Séamus Hetherton

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{{Short description|Irish Gaelic footballer (1930–2019)}}

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{{Infobox GAA player

| code= Football

| sport = Gaelic football

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| name = Séamus Hetherton

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| feet = 5

| inches = 9

| occupation = Roman Catholic priest

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| county = Cavan

| province = Ulster

| club = Munterconnaught

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| clcounty = 0

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| counties = Cavan

| icposition = Right wing-forward

| icyears = 1951–1956

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| icprovince = 2

| icallireland = 1

| nfl = 0

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| birth_date = 1930

| birth_place = Munterconnaught, County Cavan, Ireland

| death_date = 11 July 2019 (aged 89)

| death_place = Birmingham, England

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Séamus Hetherton (1930 – 11 July 2019) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for Cavan Championship club Munterconnaught. He played at senior level for the Cavan county team for five seasons, during which time he usually lined out at right wing-forward.{{cite web|url=http://hoganstand.com/Cavan/article/index/301619|title=Cavan 1952 All-Ireland winner passes away|publisher=Hogan Stand|date=11 July 2019|accessdate=12 July 2019|first=|last=}}

Later in life Hetherton became a Catholic priest in England. In 1997 he received a suspended jail sentence in connection with the disappearance of £104,000 from a church bank account.{{Cite web |date=1998-02-20 |title=Interpol hunt for priest over missing £100,000 inquiry |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/58399.stm |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=BBC News}}{{Cite web |date=1998-09-17 |title=Unholy row revealed missing funds |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/unholy-row-revealed-missing-funds/26174624.html |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=Irish Independent |language=en}}