Jonathan "Johnny" Magee is an Irish

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and former player and former manager of the Wicklow footballers. He played club football for

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and inter-county football for

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Football career

Inter-county

Magee played at half back for Dublin in the late 90s and early years of the 21st century. He made his senior football debut for Dublin against

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in the 1997

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, although he had previously appeared for Dublin in the

O'Byrne Cup The O'Byrne Cup is a Gaelic football competition organized by the Leinster GAA and first staged in 1954. History The competition is named in honour of Matt Byrne (b. 14 February 1870), a former Wicklow GAA club and county officer. By virtue of ...

against

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in 1996. In 2003, Magee was substituted against

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during an All-Ireland quarter final to allow a reserve goalkeeper to come on following the sending off of

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. Seen by several commentators as having his best ever game for the Dubs, Magee's absence was immediately felt and Armagh went on to win the game. After a two-year absence, Magee returned to the Dublin senior football panel for 2007. He won the

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for Dublin against

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in Offaly. The game finished on a scoreline of 1–18 to 2–13 against Laois. Magee made a late appearance in the Leinster Senior Football final playing for less than a minute before the final whistle.

Club

He played Centre back & midfield for Kilmacud Crokes when they won the

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in 1998, 2004, 2005, 2008 and 2010. His team progressed to win the Leinster Club Football Championship in three of those years: 2005, 2008 and 2010. He captained the team to win the

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in Croke Park on 17 March 2009, beating

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on a scoreline of 1–9 to 0–7.

Outside football

Away from football, Magee took part in a charity boxing match in 2004 against snooker player Quinten Hann in Dublin after the Australian questioned the physical strength of Gaelic football players in the media. The fight took place at Dublin's National Stadium. Magee broke Hann's nose and won in three rounds.'Hann lost for cash - report' Sport - theage.com.au 2005
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References

1978 births Living people Comparison of Gaelic football and Australian rules football Dublin inter-county Gaelic footballers Gaelic football backs Gaelic football managers Kilmacud Crokes Gaelic footballers Wicklow county football team non-playing personnel {{Dublin-Gaelic-football-bio-stub