Joe Lennon

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| sport = Gaelic football

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| name = Joe Lennon

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| birth_date = 1934

| death_date=23 November 2016 (aged 81)

| feet = 5

| inches = 11

| occupation = Secondary school teacher

| county = Down

| province = Ulster

| club = Aghaderg
St Patrick's Stamullen

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| counties = Down

| icposition = Left wing-back

| icyears = 1954–1970

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| icprovince = 7

| icallireland = 3

| nfl = 3

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| birth_place=Poyntzpass, County Down, Northern Ireland

| death_place = Gormanston, County Meath, Ireland

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Joseph Finbarr Lennon (1934 – 23 November 2016) was a Gaelic football manager, player and sports broadcaster from Northern Ireland, who featured on The Sunday Game.

Playing career

His league and championship career with the Down senior team spanned seventeen seasons from 1954 to 1970.{{cite news|first=John|last=Donohoe|url=https://www.meathchronicle.ie/2016/11/24/joe-lennon-all-ireland-winner-and-gormanston-teacher-dies/|title=Joe Lennon, All Ireland winner and Gormanston teacher, dies|work=Meath Chronicle|date=24 November 2016}}{{cite web | url=http://www.hoganstand.com/Down/Profile.aspx | title=Down GAA profile | publisher=Lynn Group Media | work=Hogan Stand | year=2012 | accessdate=9 April 2010 | archive-date=8 August 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100808012650/http://www.hoganstand.com/down/Profile.aspx | url-status=dead }} Lennon captained Down to the All-Ireland title in 1968.