Seán Marty Lockhart (born Seán Martin Lockhart; 22 August 1976) is an

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who plays

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for the Derry county team. He has won an

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and three

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titles with the county, as well an All-Ireland Under 21 Championship. He also won an All Star for his performances in the

1998 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship The 1998 Bank of Ireland All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 112th edition of the GAA's premier Gaelic football competition. The championship began on 3 May 1998 and ended on 27 September 1998. Galway's 1-14 to 1-10 victory over K ...

. He plays club football for St Mary's Banagher. As a dual player, Lockhart also plays

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for Banagher, and has in the past also hurled for Derry. In football, Lockhart is seen as a mobile, very tight marking corner-back, who is also very competent with the ball in his hands going forward, proven by the fact he plays

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for his club. He won three Irish News Ulster All-Star awards (1998, 1999 and 2001) and was named left-corner back on the Irish News Team of the Decade in 2004. Lockhart holds the record for the highest number of appearances in the

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, having represented

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sixteen times over the course of eight series (1998–2006).

Personal life

Lockhart and his wife, Miriam, are both teachers. The couple has three children. He teaches physical education (PE) and religion, and is a class tutor, at

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Football career

Inter-county

Lockhart reached the

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final with Derry Under-21s in 1996, but were defeated by

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. In 1997 Lockhart and Derry won the Ulster Under-21 and

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s, defeating

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and

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in the respective finals. He was already playing for Derry's

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team, having made his debut in October 1995 in a

encounter against

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. Derry went on to win the 1995/1996 National League with Lockhart playing left half forward in the final against Donegal. He made his Championship debut against

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that year. Lockhart and Derry finished runners-up to

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in the 1998 National League decider. Later that year he won the Ulster Senior Championship with Derry, with Lockhart's performance in the Ulster final was described as "outstanding". Derry lost to

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in the All-Ireland Championship semi-final. He was named full back on the 1998 All-Star team and awarded Footballer of the Year by the Ulster GAA Writers Association. Lockhart won another National League medal in 2000, playing in his more familiar position in the full back line. He was nominated in 2000 for an All Star, but narrowly missed out. 2001 saw Derry reach the All-Ireland semi-final again and Lockhart was again nominated for an All Star. He was awarded the Ulster Tennent's Monthly Merit Award for May 2003, for his two performances against

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that month. He kept six-time All Star

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scoreless from play in both the drawn game and replay. Derry reached the All-Ireland semi-final again in 2004, but were defeated by Kerry. He was part of the Derry team that won the 2008 National League where Derry beat

in the final. He was injured for the duration of the 2008 Championship.

Club

Lockhart plays for Banagher. He has represented St. Brendan's GFC Chicago in

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, and in 2003 after a replay they finished runners-up to Wolfe Tones GFC in the Chicago Senior Football Championship final.

International

Sean Marty Lockhart & Colm Cooper - 2009

Lockhart played for

in every game since the resumption of the

in 1998 until 2006 (except for the 2002 series when he had a broken arm). Of the 16 games he played for Ireland, he was on the winning side eight times, with one draw. During the eight series, Ireland won four of them. In 1998 he was chosen as Irish Player of the Series and in 2004 he was chosen on the Supreme team to mark 20 years of Ireland versus Australia International Rules tests. It has been said part of the reason for him excelling in International Rules is that his fitness levels are as high as the professional

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athletes. He was selected as a runner for the Irish team for the 2008 Series, with selector

Anthony Tohill Anthony Tohill (born 2 August 1971) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for the Derry county team in the 1990s and early 2000s. He is a former chief executive of the Mid Ulster District Council. Early life and family Tohill was b ...

citing his experience as being helpful. Although his official role was the runner, he "had a significant involvement in coaching the Irish squad". He also took an active part in training, and was impressive, and was on ready to come into the team if the Irish squad suffered a few injuries.

Province

School/college

Lockhart was

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of the

side that won the 1995 MacRory Cup, playing

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. He could not go on to compete in the

Hogan Cup The Hogan Cup ( ga, Corn Uí Ógáin), also known as the All-Ireland Post Primary Schools Senior A Football Championship, is the top level Gaelic football championship for secondary schools (sometimes referred to as colleges) in Ireland. The com ...

for the school, as he was nine days over the age limit. For his performances that year he became the first player to win both Ulster Colleges Football and Hurling All Stars. He teaches P.E and Geography at the school, he is also a form tutor to class 8SL1 in year 8 and has managed and trained a number of teams at the school. For example, he, with Martin McConnell and John Downey managed the St. Pat's second year team to success in the 2007 D'Alton Cup. Along with McConnell, he is in charge of the 2009 MacRory side.

Hurling career

Inter-county

Lockhart was part of the Derry Under-21 side that won the 1997

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. He hurled for the Derry Senior team in the past.

Club

Honours

Country

* 4

1998, 1999, 2001, 2004

Inter-county

;Senior * 3

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1996 2000 2008 * 1

1998 * 1

Dr McKenna Cup The Dr McKenna Cup is an annual Gaelic football competition played between counties and universities in the province of Ulster. It is the secondary Gaelic football competition based in Ulster behind the Ulster Senior Football Championship, an ...

1999 * 1

Ulster Senior Hurling Championship The Ulster GAA Hurling Senior Championship, known simply as the Ulster Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hurling c ...

2001 (Sub) ;Under-21 * 1

1997 * 1

1997

Club

* 1

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2005 * 2 Derry Intermediate Football Championship 1996 2002

Province

Railway Cup The GAA Interprovincial Championship ( ga, An Corn Idir-Chúigeach) or Railway Cup (''Corn an Iarnróid'') is the name of two annual Gaelic football and hurling competitions held between the provinces of Ireland. The Connacht, Leinster, Munster ...

- Winner (1): 2000

College

* 1

1995 * 2 MacRory Cup 1994 1995

Individual

* 1 All Star 1998 * Irish News Ulster All Stars Team of the Decade (1995–2004) * 3 Irish News Ulster GAA All-Stars Awards 1998 1999 2001 * 1 Ulster GAA Writers Association Footballer of the Year 1998 * 1 Ulster Tennent's Merit Award May 2003 * 1 Ulster Colleges Football All-Star 1995 * 1 Ulster Colleges Hurling All-Star 1995 * 1 Derry Senior football captain 2004 *Supreme International Rules Team (Special 20th anniversary team) *Irish Player of the Series (International Rules) - Winner (at least once): 1998 *Represented Ireland 16 times in the International Rules Series Note: The above lists may be incomplete. Please add any other honours you know of.

References

External links

Interview with ''Hogan Stand'' magazine (April 1997)

Player profiles on Official Derry GAA website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lockhart, Sean Marty 1976 births Living people Banagher Gaelic footballers Banagher hurlers Derry inter-county Gaelic footballers Derry hurlers Dual players Irish international rules football players People from County Londonderry Ulster inter-provincial Gaelic footballers