John "Jack" Young (20 October 1887 – 9 February 1965) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a midfielder at senior level for the Cork county team.
During that time he won a set of All-Ireland and Munster winners' medals.
[1] At club level Young began his career with Doheny's before later winning two county championship medals with Nils in Cork city.
[2] Young was the patriarch of a famous Gaelic games family in Cork.
His sons, Éamonn and Jim, were All-Ireland medalists in football and hurling respectively.