John McMahon (hurler)

John McMahon
Personal information
Irish name	Seán Mac Mathúna
Sport	Hurling
Position	Left corner-back
Born	1950 Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clare, Ireland
Club(s)
Years	Club
1960s-1980s	Newmarket-on-Fergus
Club titles
Clare titles	10
Munster titles	1
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1970s-1980s	Clare
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	0
All-Irelands	0
NHL	2
All Stars	2

John McMahon (born 1950) is an Irish former hurler who played as a left corner-back for the Clare senior team.

McMahon first joined the Clare team in the early 1970s and was a regular member of the starting fifteen over the course of the next decade. During that time he won two National Hurling League winners' medals and two All-Star awards, however, he missed out on a Munster winners' medal on a number of occasions.

At club level McMahon enjoyed a successful career with Newmarket-on-Fergus, winning one Munster winner's medal and ten county club championship winners' medals.^[1]

References

↑ "Munster Senior Club Hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 27 November 2011.

Clare – 1977 National Hurling League Champions (1st title)

1 S. Durack 2 J. McMahon 3 J. Power 4 J. O'Gorman 5 G. Loughnane 6 G. Lohan 7 S. Stack 8 M. Moroney 9 C. Honan 10 J. McNamara 11 E. O'Connor 12 J. Callanan 13 T. Crowe 14 N. Casey 15 P. O'Connor Manager J. McCarthy

1976 All-Star Hurling Team

1 N. Skehan 2 P. Larkin 3 W. Murphy 4 J. McMahon 5 J. McDonagh 6 M. Jacob 7 D. Coughlan 8 F. Burke 9 P. Moylan 10 M. Malone 11 M. Quigley 12 J. Barry-Murphy 13 M. Brennan 14 T. Doran 15 S. O'Leary

1977 All-Star Hurling Team

1 S. Durack 2 J. McMahon 3 M. O'Doherty 4 J. Horgan 5 G. Loughnane 6 M. Jacob 7 D. Coughlan 8 T. Cashman 9 M. Moroney 10 C. Keogh 11 J. Barry-Murphy 12 P. J. Molloy 13 C. McCarthy 14 R. Cummins 15 S. O'Leary

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