Noel Hegarty
Donegal Gaelic footballer
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Noel Hegarty is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for Naomh Columba and the Donegal county team.
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He played as a defender.[1] According to The Irish Times, centre back was his best position.[2]
Hegarty made his championship debut for Donegal in 1991.[1] He was a member of Donegal's 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning team. He started at left corner back in the 1992 All-Ireland Final as Donegal defeated Dublin by a scoreline of 0–18 to 0–14. He and Tony Boyle were the least experienced of Donegal's men on the pitch that day.[1]
Hegarty broke his nose in the final of the 1994–95 National Football League.[3] He captained his county in 1996.[2] He started Mickey Moran's first game in charge of Donegal, a league win at home to Offaly in October 2000.[4]
With Naomh Columba, he won one Donegal Senior Football Championship title in 1990.
He is from Glencolmcille.[1] His brother Paddy also played for Donegal.[5]
He has been player–manager with his native club.[1] He has also worked with the club's underage teams.[6]