Dublin's John Norton NAME: John Norton DATE OF BIRTH: 11-9-78 HEIGHT: 6' 2" WEIGHT: 13st CLUB: Good Counsel COUNTY: Dublin NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): Winning the Dublin Schools A Final in primary school; making it onto the Dublin Minor football team NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (OTHER): 2 All-Ireland winners medals and one runners-up for soccer INTERCOUNTY DEBUT: Minor May 1996 TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Marking Johnny McGee in training for the Dublin minors. It got very competitive after a while FAVOURITE GROUNDS: St Vincents, Navan and Croke Park HOBBIES: Swimming, mountain biking, weight training FAVOURITE POSITION: Midfield FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Brian Stynes, Anthony Tohill, Jack O'Shea INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: First of all Paddy Whelan who started me off with sport. But most of all, Mr Gaster and Mr Duffy, two teachers from Drimnagh Castle THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Making it to a Leinster Final with the Dublin Minors BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing the Leinster Final replay OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Johnny McGee of Kilmacud Crokes. Peter Andrews of St Brigids. Derek Byrne of Round Towers DO YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES?: My 3 sisters played camogie. One of them played for Dublin U14, U16 PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Santa Claus (he has a lot to answer for) FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: 'I'll put you in hospital' PET HATES: Being told I'm wrong, when I know I'm right FAVOURITE MUSIC: A bit of rock like Bon Jovi and also some dance music FAVOURITE FILM: Trainspotting IDEAL DATE: I'd love to go on a cruise around South America for a month with my girlfriend Anne HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED? As a strong, determined, hard working player that never gave up Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 24th January 1997 Vol 7 No 4 Tweet

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