title: Seán McCormack
text: # Seán McCormack
  
  Seán McCormack (1943 – 19 May 2023) was an Irish Gaelic football player and manager. At club level he played with a number of clubs, including Gaeil Colmcille, Nobber and Kingscourt Stars. He was also a member of the Meath senior football team.
  
  ## Career
  
  Born in Kilmainhamwood, County Meath, McCormack first played Gaelic football at minor club level. He was part of the Castletown/Kilmainhamwood team that won the [[Meath Minor Football Championship[|Meath MFC]] title in 1961. McCormack later played at adult level with a number of clubs, including Gaeil Colmcille, Nobber and Kingscourt Stars, before ending his career with Kilmainhamwood.
  
  McCormack first appeared on the inter-county scene at minor level with Meath in 1960. He later progressed to the Meath junior team and was at corner-back when they won the All-Ireland JFC title in 1962. By the time the junior team won a second Leinster JFC in 1964, Mccormack had been moved to the goalkeeping position.
  
  McCormack was the senior team's sub-goalkeeper when they won the Leinster SFC title in 1964. He played his first game with the senior team in tournament against Dublin in 1965, before becoming first-choice goalkeeper a year later. McCormack won an All-Ireland SFC medal after a defeat of Cork in the 1967 All-Ireland final, having earlier claimed consecutive Leinster SFC medals. He won a fourth Leinster SFC medal in 1970.
  
  ## Death
  
  McCormack died at his home on 19 May 2023, at the age of 79.
  
  ## Honours
  
  ### Gaeil Colmcille
  
  * Meath Minor Football Championship: 1959
  
  ### Meath
  
  * All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: 1967
  * Leinster Senior Football Championship: 1964, 1966, 1967, 1970
  * All-Ireland Junior Football Championship: 1962
  * Leinster Junior Football Championship: 1962, 1964
  