Séamus Coughlan

Séamus Coughlan, born James J. Coughlan on 27 March 1953, was an Irish Gaelic footballer and coach from Cork who played club football with Nemo Rangers and inter-county football for the Cork senior team. He began as a dual player in hurling and football and captained both Cork minor teams in 1971. With Nemo Rangers he won seven Cork Senior Football Championships and three All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championships, and he captained the club in 1977 and 1978. He came on as a substitute in the 1973 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final and won an All-Ireland medal when Cork defeated Galway. Outside sport he spent 24 years in the Irish Army, serving on a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon and reaching the rank of Commandant, and he later managed the Cork County Board GAA clubs' draw. He died on 9 February 2013.