Leslie McGettigan (born 1960?) is a

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manager and former player for St Eunan's and

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. McGettigan was born to footballer James "Gouldie" McGettigan and his wife Cora (''

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'' Embleton). He was one of four daughters and seven sons (including fellow Donegal footballer Paul). One of McGettigan's brothers died at the age of sixteen in 1986 and another at the age of forty in 2009. He attended

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St Jarlath's College St Jarlath's College () is a Catholic secondary school for young men in Tuam, County Galway. The college was founded in 1800 and in 2009 absorbed St. Patrick's College, Tuam. The College, which operates under patronage of the Archbishop of Tuam, ...

in Tuam, where he played in three consecutive

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finals, the first aged 15 making him the youngest in history. He won the

in 1984. McGettigan won the

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. In 1988, he played a critical role in the county's victory against

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, which led to the county's first promotion to Division One of the

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. 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.

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delayed its ruling until the following year, at which time the Games Administration Committee (GAC) banned McGettigan for 12 months. He lives in

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. He has managed the

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. He is a family friend of John Haran.

References

1960s births Living people Donegal inter-county Gaelic footballers Gaelic football managers Irish expatriate sportspeople in the United States People educated at St Jarlath's College St Eunan's Gaelic footballers {{Donegal-gaelic-football-bio-stub