Gerard Garvan is an Irish former footballer and coach who played as a midfielder for several clubs, during the 1960s and 1970s, in the League of Ireland, including Drumcondra, Shelbourne and Athlone Town.
[1] On 19 November 1967, while playing for Shelbourne against Bohemians at Dalymount Park, Garvan helped Jimmy O'Connor score the fastest hat-trick in top division domestic football history.
Garvan provided the cross which allowed O'Connor to head home his third goal in the space of 2 minutes and 13 seconds.
[4] [5] As a coach Garvan found success with the junior teams of Home Farm in the Dublin and District Schoolboy League.
O'Dea, Diarmuid O'Carroll, Gary Walsh and Gareth Christie were already being tracked by Celtic youth development officer, Tommy Burns, and all four were subsequently offered contracts.