John Joe O'Hagan
{{Short description|Gaelic footballer and manager (1930–2021)}}
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{{Use Irish English|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox GAA player
| code= Football
| sport = Gaelic football
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| name = John Joseph O'Hagan
| irish = Seán Seosamh Ó hÁgáin
| birth_date= 1930
| death_date= 2 November 2021 (aged 91)
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| nickname = John Joe O'Hagan
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| county = Tyrone
| province = Ulster
| club = Clonoe O'Rahilly's
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| clcounty = 5
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| counties = Tyrone
| icposition = Left wing-back
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| icprovince = 2
| icallireland = 0
| nfl = 0
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| birth_place=Coalisland,
County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, Ulster
| death_place=Portadown,
County Armagh, Northern Ireland, Ulster
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John Joseph O'Hagan (1930 – 2 November 2021) was a Gaelic football player and manager from Northern Ireland who played for club side Clonoe O'Rahilly's and at inter-county level with the Tyrone senior football team.
Career
Born in Coalisland, O'Hagan was a Gaelic footballer with nearby Clonoe O'Rahilly's GAC, with whom he won five Tyrone Senior Football Championship medals. A member of the Tyrone minor team that won the county’s first ever All-Ireland title in 1947, he helped the team to win another at this level in 1948. O'Hagan went on to share in the county’s breakthrough Ulster Championship senior wins in 1956 and 1957.{{cite news|url=https://hoganstand.com/Article/Index/321024|title=Tributes flow after death of Tyrone great John Joe O'Hagan|publisher=Hogan Stand|date=4 November 2021|access-date=4 November 2021|first=|last=}} When he retired from playing, he took up coaching and guided the Eglish St Patrick's club to the Tyrone Senior Championship title in 1970, their only title to date.{{cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/gaa/tyrone/tyrone-in-mourning-after-death-of-legend-john-joe-ohagan-41015735.html|title=Tyrone in mourning after death of legend John Joe O’Hagan|publisher=Belfast Telegraph|date=4 November 2021|access-date=4 November 2021|first=|last=}}
Personal life and death
His son, Damien O'Hagan, played at minor, under-21 and senior level for Tyrone, winning three Ulster senior medals and an All-Star award in 1986.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishnews.com/sport/gaafootball/2021/08/28/news/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-gaalaxy-tyrone-s-damian-o-hagan-on-a-lifetime-in-gaelic-games-2429379/|title=The Hitchhikers' Guide to the GAAlaxy... Tyrone's Damian O'Hagan on a lifetime in Gaelic Games|publisher=The Irish News|date=28 August 2021|access-date=4 November 2021|first=|last=}}
O'Hagan died at the Craigavon Area Hospital on 2 November 2021.{{cite news|url=https://www.gaeliclife.com/counties/tributes-paid-to-tyrone-great-john-joe-ohagan/|title=Tributes paid to Tyrone great John Joe O’Hagan|publisher=Gaelic Life|date=4 November 2021|access-date=4 November 2021|first=|last=}}
Honours
References
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Category:Tyrone inter-county Gaelic footballers