Tommy Langan

Tommy Langan (Thomas Langan, 23 September 1921 to 22 September 1974) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a centre-forward and as a full-forward for the senior Mayo county team. He was selected as a full-forward on the Football Team of the Millennium in 1999. He joined the team during the 1943 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement following the 1956 championship, a period in which he won two All-Ireland medals, five Connacht medals and two National League medals. Born in Ballymachugh, Ballycastle, County Mayo, he helped Ballycastle win the Mayo senior championship of 1937, made his first appearance for Mayo's minor team in the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship in 1938 and made his senior debut five years later as a centre-half-forward.