Mick Lyons (Gaelic footballer)

Mick Lyons is a former Gaelic footballer from Summerhill in County Meath, who played his club football for Summerhill and represented the Meath county team. He was best known as a full back and was one of the central figures of the Meath sides built by manager Seán Boylan in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Lyons made his Championship debut for Meath in 1979, captained the team to the All-Ireland title of 1987, and won a second All-Ireland medal in 1988, along with five Leinster medals and two National League medals. He also won two All Star awards at full back, in 1984 and 1986, and helped Summerhill to the Meath Senior Football Championship in 1986. His brother Paraic and his cousins Liam Harnan and Trevor Giles also played for Meath, and his reputation as a hard man on the pitch is noted in accounts of his career.