John Timmons (Gaelic footballer)

John Timmons

Personal information
Irish name	Seán Ó Tiomáin
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Midfield
Born	1936 Dublin, Ireland
Died	29 June 1984 (aged 47) Dublin, Ireland
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Nickname	Big John
Occupation	Haulage contractor
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Annacurra St Mary's Seán McDermotts
Club titles
Dublin titles	0
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1953-1958 1958-1965	Wicklow Dublin
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	5
All-Irelands	2
NFL	0

John Timmons (1936 – 29 June 1984) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for club sides Annacurra, St Mary's and Seán McDermotts and at inter-county level with the Wicklow and Dublin senior football teams.

Career

Timmons first came to prominence at inter-county level alongside his brother Joe as a player with his adopted Wicklow, however, he was persuaded to join the Dublin] senior team in 1958.^[1] He made his first appearance for the team against Meath and ended his debut season with an All-Ireland medal after a defeat of Derry in the final. Timmons won five Leinster Championship medals in total, including one as team captain, while he also collected a second All-Ireland title after the 1963 final defeat of Galway.^[2][3] He also won back-to-back Railway Cup medals with Leinster.

Personal life and death

Although born in Dublin, Timmons spent much of his youth with his maternal grandparents in Annacurra, County Wicklow. He later worked as a haulage contractor with Cement Roadstone. Timmons died suddenly on 29 June 1984 while walking his dog by the Grand Canal.

Honours

Dublin

• All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: 1958, 1963
• Leinster Senior Football Championship: 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965 (c)

Leinster

• Railway Cup: 1961, 1962

References

1. "Friends pen tribute to Dub legend Joe". The Herald. 3 February 2009. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
2. Scully, Niall (18 May 2020). "'The thing I most remember is the noise. From the second we ran out, there was a din. And it was constant'". Irish Independent. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
3. Mac Lochlainn, Rónán (26 August 2019). "The swinging Sixties - How the Dubs beat the odds to reclaim Sam after Heffo's retirement". Irish Independent. Retrieved 1 June 2021.