John Griffin (hurler)

John Griffin (born 1983) is an Irish hurler who plays as a midfielder for the Kerry senior team.

Born in Lixnaw, County Kerry, Griffin first played competitive hurling in his youth. He arrive don the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Kerry minor team before later joining the under-21 side. He made his senior debut during the 2006 league. Griffin quickly became a regular member of the starting fifteen and has won two Christy Ring Cup medals and two National Hurling League medals in the lower divisions. He has been a Christy Ring runner-up on three occasions.

At international level Griffin has played for the composite rules shinty-hurling team, winning a championship medal in 2009. At club level he is a three-time championship medallist with Lixnaw. As a Gaelic footballer Griffin is a one-time All-Ireland medallist with Finuge in the junior grade. He has also won three Munster medals and three championship medals in the intermediate and junior grades.

Since retiring from intercounty hurling "tweek" took up the sport of competitive eating. In August 2019 he claimed first prize in the Fast Al's pizza challenge eating 45 slices in an incredible 15 minutes. Such a feat has never been seen before and as the story goes there wasn't a dry eye left in the crowd.