Name: John C. Hehir (listed in some sources as J. C. O'Hehir)Born:
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Position: Goalkeeper
Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Full Cap (1910); Irish League: 2 Caps (1908-1909).
Club Honours: (with Bohemians) Irish Cup Winner 1907/08, Runner-Up 1908/09, 1910/11; Leinster Senior Cup Winner.
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Biography:
A goalkeeper who honed his skills on the Gaelic field, Jack Hehir was Bohemians goalkeeper as they won the first all-Dublin Irish Cup Final win over Shelbourne. He saved two penalties, from Dick Merrigan and Billy Lacey, in an initial 1-1 draw before the replay was won 3-1.
He played in two further Irish Cup Finals, in a 1909 defeat by Cliftonville and in 1911 when Shelbourne enacted their revenge.
Hehir twice represented the Irish League – in 5-0 and 8-1 defeats by the Football League in 1908 and 1909. He won his only Ireland cap against Wales at the Racecours, Wrexham in 1910. The Welsh were convincing 4-1 winners, holding a 3-0 lead at half-time.
In 1915 he left Bohs to move to London "to take up an important appointment at the War Office."
Ireland Cap Details:
11-04-1910 Wales.. A L 1-4 BC
Summary: 1/0. Won 0, Drew 0, Lost 1.
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