Johnny Egan (Offaly Gaelic footballer)

John Francis Egan, born in Doon, County Offaly, on 26 September 1939 and died on 14 December 2015, was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a left corner-back for the Offaly senior county team. He first arrived on the inter-county scene with the Offaly minor team and was named on the Offaly Football Team of the Century, regarded as one of his county's finest ever footballers. He made his senior debut during the 1957-58 league, played a key role for over a decade, made 99 league and championship appearances and won two Leinster SFC medals on the field of play. He was an All-Ireland SFC runner-up on two occasions, in 1961 and 1969, played in front of a record crowd of 90,556 against Down in 1961 and captained the team in 1969. At club level he played with Doon, Ballycumber and Kickhams in Dublin.