Cork's Joe Deane NAME: Joe Deane DATE OF BIRTH: 15-11-77 HEIGHT: 5' 7" WEIGHT: 11st 7lbs CLUB: Killeagh COUNTY: Cork NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): All-Ireland Minor champions 1995; Harty Cup 1995 with Midleton CBS; Fitzgibbon Cup 1996 with UCC (OTHER): Freshers Football All-Ireland with UCC 1996; Junior A County champions with Killeagh 1995 INTER-COUNTY DEBUT: Minor v Limerick, Munster semi-final 1995; Senior v Kerry in League 1995/96 TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Niall Murphy (Mungret, Limerick) FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Pairc Ui Chinníde, Killeagh; Semple Stadium, Thurles HOBBIES: GAA, golf, snooker, squash FAVOURITE POSITION: Full forward FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Joe Cooney, Galway; Michael Cleary, Tipperary INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: Tommy Seward, Killeagh club THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Winning All-Ireland Minor with Cork, and Junior county with Killeagh BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Getting beaten by Tipperary in the Munster Minor Football Final 1995 OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Sean Og O hAilpin, Cork; Johnny Enright, Tipperary WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Giving more coverage of GAA matches on television DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Not being allowed to do a lap of honour last September after the Minor Final, the amount of travelling to matches DO YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES?: Sister Carmel plays camogie, all brothers play, Robert, Alan, Oliver and father are involved in club PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Michael Jordan, basketball FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: 'How bad' PET HATES: Smoking, rats FAVOURITE MUSIC: Oasis, Christy Moore FAVOURITE FILM: In The Name Of The Father IDEAL DATE: Claudia Schiffer HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED: A person who won every honour in the game, hopefully Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 31st May 1996 Vol 6 No 22 Tweet

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