Noel Hegarty
Noel Hegarty is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for Naomh Columba and the Donegal county team. He played as a defender. According to "The Irish Times", centre back was his best position. Hegarty made his championship debut for Donegal in 1991. He was a member of Donegal's 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning team. He started at left corner back in the 1992 All-Ireland Final as Donegal defeated Dublin by a scoreline of 0–18 to 0–14. He and Tony Boyle were the least experienced of Donegal's men on the pitch that day . Hegarty broke his nose in the final of the 1994–95 National Football League. He captained his county in 1996. He started Mickey Moran's first game in charge of Donegal, a league win at home to Offaly in October 2000. With Naomh Columba, he won one Donegal Senior Football Championship title in 1990. He is from Glencolmcille. He is a brother of Paddy Hegarty. He has been player-manager with his native club. He has also worked with the club's underage teams.