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John Tobin
Personal information
Tobin in 1975
Irish name	Seán Ó Tóibín
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Left corner-forward
Born	1952 Tuam, County Galway, Ireland
Occupation	Retired secondary school teacher
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Tuam Stars
Club titles
Galway titles	1
Inter-county(ies)*
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1971–1983	Galway	16 (5-59)
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles	5
All-Irelands	0
NFL	0
All Stars	1
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 17:54, 23 October 2016.

John Tobin (born 1952) is an Irish former Gaelic football manager and player. His league and championship career at senior level with the Galway county team spanned twelve seasons from 1971 until 1983. Tobin served as manager of the team from 1989 until 1993 before taking charge of Roscommon from 2000 to 2001.^[1]

Honours

Player

Tuam Stars

Galway Senior Football Championship (1): 1984

Galway

Connacht Senior Football Championship (5): 1973, 1974, 1976, 1982, 1983
All-Ireland Minor Football Championship (1): 1970
Connacht Minor Football Championship (1): 1970
All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship (1): 1972
Connacht Under-21 Football Championship (1): 1972

Individual

All Star Football Award (1): 1974

Manager

Roscommon

Connacht Senior Football Championship (1): 2001

References

^ Breheny, Martin (30 October 2011). "Where are they now? John Tobin, former Galway footballer". Irish Independent News. Retrieved 3 October 2016.

Galway squads

v t e Galway – 1970 All-Ireland Minor Football Champions (3rd title)
1 S. Higgins 2 S. Cloonan 3 A. Marren 4 J. Kemple 5 P. J. Burke 6 M. Geraghty 7 J. Corcoran 8 T. O'Connor 9 P. Silke 10 I. Barrett 11 M. Rooney 12 J. Lardner 13 M. Burke 14 J. Meehan 15 J. Tobin Sub used 19 M. Walsh for S. Meehan Subs not used 16 K. O'Connor 17 T. Naughton 18 S. Hynes 20 N. Mannion 21 P. Kinneavy 22 L. Lally

v t e Galway – 1972 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Champions (1st title)
1 M. Noonan 2 J. Waldron (c) 3 J. Dillon 4 B. Costello 5 P. J. Burke 6 M. Geraghty 7 S. Stephens 8 M. Walsh 9 M. Rooney 10 P. Burke 11 T. Naughton 12 M. Burke 13 J. Lardner 14 F. Rushe 15 J. Tobin Sub used E. Monaghan for J. Lardner

v t e Galway – 1973 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up
1 G. Mitchell 2 J. Waldron 3 J. Cosgrove 4 B. Colleran 5 L. O'Neill 6 T. J. Gilmore 7 J. Hughes 8 W. Joyce 9 J. Duggan 10 M. Burke 11 L. Sammon (c) 12 M. Rooney 13 J. Coughlan 14 T. Naughton 15 M. Hughes Subs used 19 F. Canavan for J. Coughlan 18 C. McDonagh for M. Burke Subs not used 16 M. Noonan 17 J. Dillon 20 M. Geraghty 21 J. Tobin 22 G. King 23 E. Farrell

v t e Galway – 1974 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up
1 G. Mitchell (c) 2 J. Waldron 3 J. Cosgrove 4 B. Colleran 5 L. O'Neill 6 T. J. Gilmore 7 J. Hughes 8 W. Joyce 9 M. Rooney 10 T. Naughton 11 J. Duggan 12 P. Sands 13 C. McDonagh 14 L. Sammon 15 J. Tobin Subs used J. Burke for C. McDonagh

Galway – 1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

Subs used: 19 M. Brennan for B. Talty; 21 W. Joyce for P. Lee; 24 J. Tobin for J. Hughes

Subs not used: 16 N. Hynes; 17 P. Connolly; 18 F. Broderick; 20 T. Naughton; 22 P. Kelly; 23 T. J. Gilmore; 25 M. Joyce

Manager: M. McDonagh

v t e 1974 All Star Gaelic Football Team
1 P. Cullen 2 D. Monaghan 3 S. Doherty 4 R. Kelleher 5 P. Reilly 6 B. Murphy 7 J. Hughes 8 D. Earley 9 P. Lynch 10 T. Naughton 11 D. Barron 12 D. Hickey 13 J. Barry-Murphy 14 J. Keaveney 15 J. Tobin

Galway football team – managers

E. Colleran (1975–77)
T. Sands (1977–78)
L. O'Neill (1978–80)
M. McDonagh (1980–83)
T. Regan (1983–84)
C. Dunne (1984–86)
W. Joyce (1986–89)
J. Tobin (1989–93)
B. McDermott (1993–96)
V. Daly (1996–97)
J. O'Mahony (1997–2004)
P. Ford (2004–07)
L. Sammon (2007–09)
J. Kernan (2009–10)
T. Ó Flatharta (2010–11)
A. Mulholland (2011–14)
K. Walsh (2014–2019)
P. Joyce (2019–)

Under-20s incl. G. Fahy: until 2018 • P. Joyce: 2018–2019 • D. Ó Fátharta: 2019?–

Minors incl. S. Joyce: c. 2015 • D. Ó Fátharta: c. 2018

v t e Roscommon football team – managers
M. McDermott (1987–92) D. Earley (1992–94) D. Shine (1994–97) G. Sheerin (1997–00) J. Tobin (2000–02) T. Carr (2002–05) V. Daly (2005) J. Maughan (2005–08) P. Earley (2008) M. Ryan (2008) F. O'Donnell (2008–11) D. Newton (2011–12) J. Evans (2012–15) K. McStay and F. O'Donnell (2015) K. McStay (2015–18) A. Cunningham (2018–22) D. Burke (2022–)