{{Short description|Westmeath Gaelic footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=November 2022}} {{For|the singer|This Burning Effigy}} {{Infobox Gaelic games player | name = Ger Egan | image = | alt = | caption = | <!-- Personal information --> | irish = | sport = Gaelic football | clposition = | icposition = | birth_date = 1990/1991 | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | feet = | inches = | nickname = | occupation = | <!-- Club(s) --> | clyears = 2008– | clubs = Tyrrellspass | clapps(points) = | <!-- Club titles --> | code = Football | county = | clcounty = | province = | clprovince = | clallireland = | <!-- Colleges(s) --> | colyears = | colleges = Athlone IT<ref name=to_undergo_surgery/> | colapps(points) = | <!-- College titles --> | fitz = | sig = | <!-- Inter-county(ies) --> | icyears = 2010–2022 | counties = Westmeath | icapps(points) = | <!-- Inter-county titles --> | icprovince = | icconnacht = | iculster = | icleinster = | icmunster = | icallireland = | nfl = | nhl = | allstars = | <!-- Last updated --> | clupdate = | icupdate = }} '''Ger Egan''' (born 1990/1991)<ref name=my_club/> is a Gaelic footballer who plays for Tyrrellspass and at senior level for the Westmeath county team.
His uncle Joe Hyland was a goalkeeper for Tyrrellspass, who was part of the team that won the 1999 Westmeath Senior Football Championship.<ref name=my_club/> Egan got involved in the senior setup at his club in 2007 when he was 16 years of age and when Pat Flanagan was manager, but he was too young to play at the time.<ref name=my_club/> He started playing for the Tyrellspass senior team in 2008.<ref name=my_club>{{cite news|url=https://www.gaa.ie/features/feature/club-ger-egan-tyrrellspass-110549/|title=My Club: Ger Egan — Tyrrellspass|first=Brian|last=Murphy|date=9 July 2015|quote=I was involved [with Tyrellspass] in 2007, but I was only 16 at the time and deemed too young to play.|archive-date=2 November 2022|access-date=2 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102094115/https://www.gaa.ie/features/feature/club-ger-egan-tyrrellspass-110549/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
He played in the 2015 Leinster Senior Football Championship final.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2015/0712/714293-dublin-v-westmeath/|title=Dublin ease to another Leinster football crown|work=RTÉ|first=Eoin|last=Ryan|date=12 July 2015}}</ref>
He played in the 2016 Leinster Senior Football Championship final.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2016/0717/802997-dublin-westmeath/|title=Boys in Blue cruise to another Leinster title at Croke Park|work=RTÉ|first=Paul|last=Keane|date=17 July 2016}}</ref>
He was a crucial part of the team, scoring 1–5 (1–4 from open play) to defeat Dublin at Parnell Park, that won the 2019 O'Byrne Cup, his county's first time to win that trophy since 1988.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.the42.ie/westmeath-dublin-obyrne-cup-final-4447898-Jan2019/|title=Ger Egan hits 1–5 as Westmeath defeat Dublin for first O'Byrne Cup title since 1988|publisher=The42.ie|first=Kevin|last=O'Brien|date=18 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2019/0118/1024176-egan-lead-westmeath-to-obyrne-cup-win-over-dublin/|title=Egan leads Westmeath to O'Byrne Cup win over Dublin|publisher=RTÉ|first=Paul|last=Keane|date=18 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hoganstand.com/Article/Index/294373|title=O'Byrne Cup final: Egan steers Westmeath past Dubs|work=Hogan Stand|date=18 January 2019}}</ref> He won his second piece of silverware of 2019 when Westmeath won the 2019 National Football League Division 3 league title by a goal against Laois at Croke Park, Egan scored 1–7 including the crucial goal in 60 minutes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-30915948.html|title=Westmeath claim more silverware with Division 3 success|work=Irish Examiner|first=Paul|last=Keane|date=6 April 2019}}</ref> He was named the Man of the Match in that game.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/gaa/gaelic-football/gaelic-football-news/westmeaths-ger-egan-admits-unlikely-14267936|title=Westmeath's Ger Egan admits they are unlikely to win any more silverware|first=Paul|last=Keane|date=9 April 2019}}</ref>
Egan tore his cruciate ligament in a game against Clare in 2019,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/ger-egan-misses-out-as-westmeath-make-two-changes-for-daunting-date-with-dublin-39716461.html|title=Ger Egan misses out as Westmeath make two changes for daunting date with Dublin|work=Irish Independent|first=Frank|last=Roche|date=6 November 2020}}</ref> and underwent surgery on it.<ref name=to_undergo_surgery>{{cite news|url=https://www.westmeathindependent.ie/2020/11/11/egan-to-undergo-surgery-to-address-injury-problems/|title=Egan to undergo surgery to address injury problems|work=Westmeath Independent|first=Kieran|last=Galvin|date=11 November 2020}}</ref>
He returned to become part of the Westmeath side that won the 2022 Tailteann Cup, and played in the final.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2022/0709/1309306-late-goal-seals-inaugural-tailteann-cup-for-westmeath/|title=Late goal seals inaugural Tailteann Cup for Westmeath|publisher=RTÉ|first=Paul|last=Keane|date=9 July 2022}}</ref>
==Honours== ;Westmeath * Tailteann Cup (1): 2022 * National Football League Division 3 (1): 2019 * O'Byrne Cup (1): 2019
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Westmeath Football Team 2022}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Egan, Ger}} Category:1990s births Category:Living people Category:Tyrrellspass Gaelic footballers Category:Westmeath inter-county Gaelic footballers