Finbar McConnell
Irish Gaelic footballer
Personal information | |||
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Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Position | Goalkeeper | ||
Born | (1971-04-15) 15 April 1971 (age 53) Tyrone, Northern Ireland | ||
Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||
Nickname | 'Big Finbar' | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | Apps (scores) | |
1971 - present | Newtownstewart | 21 | |
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
1873[clarification needed]-2001 icapps(points)111 icprovince=4 | Tyrone | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
All-Irelands | 0 | ||
All Stars | 15 |
Finbar McConnell is a former Gaelic footballer who played for the Tyrone county team. He was Tyrone's first-choice goalkeeper throughout most of the nineties, and played in the 1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. He set a Tyrone record for being the first Tyrone player to win four Ulster Championship medals in 2001.[1]
References
- ^ "The Championship 2008 - the Irish News Online". Archived from the original on 25 April 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2008.
External links
- Hogan Stand Magazine interview from early in his career (c. 1992)
- Newtonstewart Club website detailing their county representatives' honours
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Tyrone – 1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up
- 1 F. McConnell
- 2 P. Devlin
- 3 C. Lawn
- 4 F. Devlin
- 5 R. McGarrity
- 6 S. McCallan
- 7 S. McLaughlin
- 8 F. Logan
- 9 J. Gormley
- 10 C. Corr (c)
- 11 Pascal Canavan
- 12 C. Loughran
- 13 C. McBride
- 14 Peter Canavan
- 15 S. Lawn
- Subs
- 19 M. McGleenan for C. Loughran
- 24 B. Gormley for S. Lawn
- 18 P. Donnelly for S. McCallan
- Brendan Mallon
- 16 J. Cassidy
- 17 D. Loughran
- 20 A. Cush
- 21 G. Cavlan
- 22 D. Barr
- 23 D. Gormley
- Managers
- A. McRory
- E. McKenna
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