John Donnelly (born 1944) is an Irish former Gaelic football coach and player.
At club level, he played with Ellistown and he was also a member of the Kildare senior football team.
He was part of the team that won the Kildare IFC title in 1964 following a defeat of Maynooth in the final.
[3] He later spent several years with the senior team but lost four leinster SFC finals in 1966 and 1975.
[4] Donnelly also earned a call-up to the Leinster team for the Railway Cup.