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{{Short description|Irish Gaelic footballer (1928–2020)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox Gaelic Athletic Association player
| code= Football
| sport = Gaelic football
| image =
| name = Jimmy Lavin
| irish = Séamus Ó Maoiléimhín
| fullname =
| feet = 6
| inches = 0
| occupation = Shopkeeper
| county = Dublin
| province = Leinster
| club = [[St Vincents GAA|St Vincent's]]
| cposition =
| clubs =
| clyears =
| clapps(points) =
| clcounty = 10
| clprovince=
| clallireland =
| counties = [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]]
| icposition = Full-back
| icyears = 1949–1957
| icapps(points) =
| icprovince = 1
| icallireland = 0
| nfl = 2
| allstars =
| clupdate =
| icupdate =
| birth_date = 1928
| birth_place = [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
| death_date = 5 September 2020 (aged 92)
| death_place = [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
}}
'''James Lavin''' (1928 – 5 September 2020) was an Irish [[Gaelic football]]er and [[Hurling|hurler]]. At club level he played with the [[St Vincents GAA|St Vincent's]] club and was a two-time [[National Football League (Ireland)|National League]] winner at senior level with the [[Dublin county football team]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/tributes-paid-after-death-of-dublin-great-jimmy-lavin-1.4350106|title=Tributes paid after death of Dublin great Jimmy Lavin|publisher=Irish Times|date=8 September 2020|accessdate=9 September 2020|first=Seán|last=Moran}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2020/0909/1164244-tributes-pour-in-for-ex-dublin-dual-star-jimmy-lavin/|title=Tributes pour in for ex-Dublin dual star Jimmy Lavin|publisher=RTÉ News|date=9 September 2020|accessdate=9 September 2020|first=|last=}}</ref>
==Playing career==
Born in [[Dublin]], Lavin was educated at [[O'Connell School]]s, with whom he also played in the [[Dr. Croke Cup]] against [[St Flannan's College]] in 1946. By that stage he had also joined the Dublin minor team as a [[dual player]], winning back-to-back All-Ireland Championships as a hurler in 1945 and as a footballer in 1946. After a spell with the Dublin junior football team, Lavin was drafted onto the senior team in [[1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|1949]]. Over the following eight years he won two [[National Football League (Ireland)|National Football League]] medals and a [[Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster Championship]] medal. Lavin also played club football with [[St Vincents GAA|St Vincent's]] and won ten [[Dublin Senior Football Championship|Dublin County Championship]]s between 1949 and 1959.
==Honours==
;St Vincent's
*[[Dublin Senior Football Championship]] (10): 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959
;Dublin
*[[Leinster Senior Football Championship]] (1): [[1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|1955]]
*[[National Football League (Ireland)|National League]] (2): [[1952–53 National Football League (Ireland)|1952-53]], [[1954–55 National Football League (Ireland)|1954-55]]
==References==
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{{Dublin Football Team 1955}}
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[[Category:1928 births]]
[[Category:2020 deaths]]
[[Category:Dual players]]
[[Category:Dublin inter-county Gaelic footballers]]
[[Category:Dublin inter-county hurlers]]
[[Category:Gaelic football backs]]
[[Category:St Vincents (Dublin) Gaelic footballers]]
[[Category:St Vincents (Dublin) hurlers]]