Leslie McGettigan
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Leaschulainn Mac Eiteagáin | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| St Eunan's | |||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
198?–19?? | Donegal | ||
Leslie McGettigan (born c. 1960?) is a Gaelic football manager and former player for St Eunan's and Donegal.
McGettigan was born to footballer James "Gouldie" McGettigan and his wife Cora (née Embleton).[1] He was one of four daughters and seven sons (including fellow Donegal footballer Paul).[1][2] One of McGettigan's brothers died at the age of sixteen in 1986 and another at the age of forty in 2009.[1]
He attended boarding school at St Jarlath's College in Tuam, where he played in three consecutive Hogan Cup finals, the first aged 15 making him the youngest in history.[2] He won the Hogan Cup in 1984.[3]
McGettigan won the 1987 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship.[4] In 1988, he played a critical role in the county's victory against Laois, which led to the county's first promotion to Division One of the National Football League.[4]
His club defeated Aodh Ruadh in the final of the 1997 Donegal Senior Football Championship by a scoreline of 1–11 to 2–7 but lost the title when McGettigan was found to have participated in two separate championships in the same year.[4][5] Croke Park delayed its ruling until the following year, at which time the Games Administration Committee (GAC) banned McGettigan for 12 months.[6]
He lives in New York.[1][4] He has managed the New York county football team.[7] He is a family friend of John Haran.[3]
