Johnny Geraghty

Johnny Geraghty, formally John Geraghty and born on 20 June 1942, is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played as a goalkeeper. At club level he played with Kilkerrin, Mountbellew-Moylough and Fr Griffin's, and at inter-county level he represented the Galway senior football team. He first came to prominence as a student, winning the Hogan Cup with St Jarlath's College in 1960 and later the Sigerson Cup with University College Galway. He joined the Galway minor team in 1960 and won a Connacht Minor Championship, then was promoted to the senior side for a tournament game against Meath in November 1963. He quickly became first-choice goalkeeper and won three consecutive All-Ireland Senior Football Championship titles from 1964 to 1966, along with Connacht Championship medals and a National League title, and he won a Railway Cup medal with Connacht. A three-time winner of the Cúchulainn Award, he was later named on the Galway Football Team of the Millennium. After his playing days he led the Galway minor team to the All-Ireland title in 1976 and coached the Connacht Railway Cup team, and he also worked as a teacher before qualifying in law in 1999.