John McDermott is a former Irish Gaelic footballer who played for the Meath county team.
He won a number of inter-county football titles, during the 1990s, on the Meath teams managed by Sean Boylan.
McDermott played club football first for Curraha and later Skryne.
McDermott was on the Meath panel that reached the 1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.
He had to be taken off injured in Meath's surprising first round loss to Laois in 1992.