{{Short description|Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox Gaelic games player | code= Hurling | sport = Hurling | image = | name = Nicky Behan | irish = Nioclás Ó Beacháin | feet = 5 | inches = 4 | occupation = | nickname = | county = Kildare | province = Leinster | club = | clposition = | clubs = Allenwood<br>Éire Óg-Corrachoill | clyears = | clapps(points) = | clcountyf = 0 | clcountyh = 6 | clprovince= | clallireland = | colleges = | fitz = | counties = Kildare | icposition = Full-back | icyears = | icapps(points) = | icprovince = 0 | icallireland = 0 | nfl = 0 | allstars = 0 | clupdate = | icupdate = | birth_date={{birth year|1946}} | birth_place=Allenwood,<br>County Kildare, Ireland | death_date= | death_place= }}
'''Nicholas Behan''' (born 1946) was an Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler. At club level, he played with Allenwood and he also lined out as a dual player with various Kildare teams.
==Career==
McTeague had his first success at club level in 1964 when he won a Kildare MFC title with St Mary's.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/olive/APA/INA/Default.aspx#panel=document|title=Close-up on the players|publisher=Nationalist and Leinster Times|date=1 October 1965|access-date=19 December 2024|first=|last=}}</ref> He later progressed to adult level Gaelic football with Allenwood. Behan played his club hurling with Éire Óg-Corrachoill and won six Kildare SHC medals between 1964 and 1971.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/olive/APA/INA/Default.aspx#panel=document|title=Éire Óg first holders of Carey trophy|publisher=Nationalist and Leinster Times|date=8 October 1971|access-date=19 December 2024|first=|last=}}</ref>
At inter-county level, Behan was part of the Kildare team that won consecutive Leinster U21FC titles as well as the All-Ireland U21FC title in 1965.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://leinster.clubandcounty.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2017/03/P214-All-Irl-U-21-Football.pdf|title=Leinster Under-21 All-Ireland Football Winning Teams|publisher=Leinster GAA website|date=|access-date=19 December 2024|first=|last=|archive-date=12 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250112204550/https://leinster.clubandcounty.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2017/03/P214-All-Irl-U-21-Football.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Behan added an All-Ireland JHC medal to his collection after beating Warwickshire in the 1966 All-Ireland junior final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://leinster.clubandcounty.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2017/03/P87-91-%E2%80%93-All-%E2%80%A6e-Junior-Hurl.pdf|title=Leinster Junior All-Ireland Hurling Winning Teams|publisher=Leinster GAA website|date=|access-date=19 December 2024|first=|last=}}</ref> An All-Ireland IHC medal followed in 1969, having earlier claimed the Division 2 league title.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://leinster.clubandcounty.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2017/03/P86-All-Irl-I%E2%80%A6ermed-Hurling.pdf|title=Leinster All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Winning Teams|publisher=Leinster GAA website|date=|access-date=19 December 2024|first=|last=}}</ref>
==Honours==
;St Mary's *Kildare Minor Football Championship: 1964
;Éire Óg-Corrachoill *Kildare Senior Hurling Championship: 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971
;Kildare *All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship: 1969 *Leinster Intermediate Hurling Championship: 1969 *All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship: 1966 *Leinster Junior Hurling Championship: 1966 *National Hurling League Division 2: 1968–69 *All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship: 1965 *Leinster Under-21 Football Championship: 1965, 1966
==References== {{reflist}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Behan, Nicky}} Category:1946 births Category:Living people Category:Dual players Category:Allenwood Gaelic footballers Category:Éire Óg-Corrachoill hurlers Category:Kildare inter-county Gaelic footballers Category:Kildare inter-county hurlers Category:20th-century Irish sportsmen