John McDermott (Gaelic footballer)
Gaelic footballer
John McDermott is a former Irish Gaelic footballer who played for the Meath county team. He won a number of inter-county football titles, during the 1990s, on the Meath teams managed by Sean Boylan. For Meath, he played in the midfield position.
Playing career
Club
McDermott played club football first for Curraha and later Skryne.
Inter-county
McDermott was on the Meath panel that reached the 1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. He had to be taken off injured in Meath's surprising first round loss to Laois in 1992. He was lucky not to be sent off in the 1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.
During his playing career, he won two All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals (1996, 1999), as well as three Leinster Senior Football Championship medals and one National Football League medal. He also won 2 All Star awards. He retired after the 2000 season but returned for the All-Ireland series of the 2001 season.
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