{{Short description|Irish Gaelic footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=December 2020}} '''Gareth Dillon''' is a Gaelic football player with Portlaoise GAA<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.laoistoday.ie/2018/05/14/sugrue-pays-praises-to-portlaoise-duo-after-remarkable-comeback-win/|title=Sugrue sings praises of Portlaoise duo after remarkable comeback win|date=14 May 2018|work=Laois Today|accessdate=10 January 2019}}</ref> and Laois GAA.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/football/2015/0207/678628-cavan-make-light-work-of-laois/|title=Cavan make light work of Laois|date=7 February 2015|publisher=RTÉ|accessdate=10 January 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051425/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/football/2015/0207/678628-cavan-make-light-work-of-laois/|archivedate=4 March 2016}}</ref> He made his inter county debut on 7 February 2015, against Cavan. Dillon was named Laois Footballer of the Year in 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.leinsterexpress.ie/news/laois-sports/287709/my-sporting-year-gareth-dillon-portlaoise-and-laois-senior-footballer.html|title=MY SPORTING YEAR - Gareth Dillon|date=31 December 2017|work=Leinster Express|accessdate=10 January 2019}}</ref>
Dillon is a former University College Dublin golf scholarship recipient and scratch player.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} He represented UCD<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ucd.ie/sport/news_311008_golfiona.html|title=UCD Men’s Golf 2008 American Tour|publisher=University College Dublin|accessdate=10 January 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062338/http://www.ucd.ie/sport/news_311008_golfiona.html|archivedate=4 March 2016}}</ref> from 2006 - 2009.
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