Gerry Heaney

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Gerry Heaney

| image =

| caption =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1945}}

| birth_place =

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}}

| position = Full back

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1966

| youthclubs1 = Hamilton Academical

| years1 = 1966–1967

| clubs1 = Third Lanark

| caps1 = 11

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 1974–1975

| clubs2 = Vancouver Whitecaps

| caps2 = 23

| goals2 = 0

| totalcaps = 34

| totalgoals = 1

}}

Gerry Heaney (born 1945) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a full back. After playing youth football with Hamilton Academical, Heaney played in the Scottish league for Third Lanark,{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/thirdlanark/thirdlanark.html|title=THIRD LANARK : 1946/47 – 1966/67|accessdate=6 August 2009|publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Transfer Database}} and in the North American Soccer League for the Vancouver Whitecaps.{{cite web|url=https://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/H/Heaney.Gerry.htm|title=NASL career stats|accessdate=6 August 2009|publisher=NASL Jerseys}}

During the 1966–67 season, Heaney combined his football career at Third Lanark with a teaching post at Jordanhill College in Glasgow and then Holy Cross High School in Hamilton.{{cite book | title=The Ghosts of Cathkin Park |last=McEwan |first=Michael |author-link=Michael McEwan |publisher=Arena |year=2021|page=263}}