Laune Rangers Mike Hassett (born in Killorglin, County Kerry) is a former Irish sportsperson.
He played Gaelic football with his local club Laune Rangers and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1994 until 2001.Father Micheal Hassett and mother Bridie Hassett also have another Kerry player in the family At club level he had much success with Laune Rangers.
He was on the losing side to Cork in the Munster final in 1991[3] Hassett played with Kerry at minor level in 1991 and 1992.
Wins over Cork and Waterford saw him pick up a Munster Under-21 Football Championship title, where he scored a point in the final.
[7] In 1995 wins over Clare and Waterford saw Hassett pick up his second Munster Under-21 Football Championship title, where he scored two points in the final.
[12] Later that summer wins over Limerick and Tipperary saw Hassett qualify for a first Munster Senior Football Championship.
In the end Hassett won his second Munster title after a 1–13 to 0-11 point win as well as accepting the cup as captain.
There was controversy at the end of the year when he did not receive an All Ireland medal which led to him and brother Liam not playing with Kerry for the 1998 season.
[22] He was a sub once more in the drawn All-Ireland semi-final with Armagh, he was back in the starting lineup for the replay that Kerry won after extra-time.
While many expected a classic between the previous two All-Ireland champions, it was anything but as Kerry fell to one of their biggest championship losses on a 2–14 to 0-05 scoreline.