John McEntee is a former Gaelic footballer who played at senior level for the Armagh county team until 2007. He was part of the

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-winning team. McEntee also won six

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s and a

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title with the county. McEntee played club football for

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and had a highly successful career with the club. He helped ''Cross'' win the

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four times, the

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seven times and the Armagh Senior Football Championship on 13 occasions. He usually played as a

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. McEntee is known as one of the Armagh's best ever footballers.

Personal life

McEntee is from

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. His twin brother

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played alongside him for all of his Crossmaglen and Armagh career.

Playing career

Club

McEntee was part of the Crossmaglen team that has won 13 Armagh Senior Football Championships in a row between 1996 and 2008. This equals the national record for consecutive county football championships set by Ballina Stephenites of

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between 1904 and 1916. He has also won the

seven times (1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2007,

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) and 2010 and the

five times (1997, 1999, 2000, 2007 and 2011) with the club. McEntee, along with twin brother Tony,

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, Francie Bellew and Cathal Short is one of six Cross players to have shared in all these successes since 1996. John came on as a sub in the 2011 All-Ireland Club final that was his last game for Cross.

Inter-county

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McEntee, John 1977 births Living people Armagh inter-county Gaelic footballers Crossmaglen Rangers Gaelic footballers Twin sportspeople Winners of one All-Ireland medal (Gaelic football)