James Nallen

James Nallen
Personal information
Born1973 (age 52–53)
Castlebar, Ireland
Sport
SportGaelic football
PositionCentre Back
Clubs
Years Club
 Crossmolina Deel Rovers
Claregalway
Club titles
Mayo titles 6
Connacht titles 3
All-Ireland Titles 1
Inter-county
Years County Apps (scores)
1995–2010
 Mayo 132
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles 6
NFL 1
All Stars 2

James Nallen (born Oct 1973 in Castlebar) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for the Mayo county team. He is the team's record appearance holder with 132.[1]

He has worked as Chief Technical Officer at NUI Galway's School of Physics NUI Galway.[2][3] His brother Tom and their uncle John also played for Mayo and Crossmolina.[4]

Playing career

Nallen played in five All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) finals, including an All-Ireland SFC final replay against Meath in 1996, and won two All Stars, in 1996 and 2004. He won a National Football League medal in 2001. However, he never won an All-Ireland SFC medal. He retired from inter-county football in 2010.[5]

At club level Nallen won Mayo Senior Football Championship titles in 1995, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005 and 2006, as well as Connacht Senior Club Football Championship titles in 1999, 2000, 2002, and an All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship title in 2001.

Nallen has been a selector for Mayo.[2] He spent three seasons working as part of James Horan's management team.[6] He served as "runner" during games.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Where are they now? Dermot Flanagan". Irish Independent. 2 September 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  2. ^ a b "NUI Galway students and alumni head for Croke Park with Mayo senior football finalists". 17 September 2013. Archived from the original on 17 December 2016. The Mayo squad contains a large number of current and former students including Ger Cafferkey, Jason Doherty, Alan Dillon, Conor O'Shea, Shane McHale, Chris Barrett and Cathal Freeman. Former Inter-County star James Nallen, who is a selector with the Mayo side, is a Chief Technical Officer in NUI Galway's School of Physics.
  3. ^ a b Finnerty, Mike (20 September 2012). "The team behind the Mayo team". The Mayo News.
  4. ^ Rice, SePn (8 January 2019). "Crossmolina legend John Nallen passes away". The Mayo News.
  5. ^ "Nallen & Heaney call it a day". RTÉ. 3 February 2010. Archived from the original on 11 April 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
  6. ^ Flanagan, Ger (16 May 2017). "Nallen: Can Mayo go again?". The Mayo News.
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