Alan Kane

John A. D. Kane (1945 – 16 March 2021), known as Alan Kane, was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as goalkeeper for the St Joseph's and Aodh Ruadh clubs and for the Donegal county team in the early 1970s.

Playing career Born in Ballyshannon, Kane first came to prominence as a Gaelic footballer with the Ballyshannon-Bundoran combination of St Joseph's. At club level he won seven County Senior Championship titles in nine seasons between 1968 and 1976, while he also lined out in goal when St Joseph's became the first Donegal club to win the Ulster Club Championship.

At inter-county level, Kane made his championship debut against Antrim in 1970. The club also credited him with "resurrecting" the sport of camogie during the 1980s and inducted him into the Aodh Ruadh Hall of Fame in 2012. He was survived by his wife, three daughters, one son and two brothers, Teddy and Jim.

Honours St Joseph's Ulster Senior Club Football Championship: 1975 Donegal Senior Football Championship: 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976

Donegal Ulster Senior Football Championship: 1972, 1974