Fermanagh's Shane King NAME: Shane King DATE OF BIRTH: 11-5-75 HEIGHT: 5' 9" WEIGHT: 12st 7lbs CLUB: Lisnaskea Emmets COUNTY: Fermanagh NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): All-Ireland B; Ulster Under 21 Championship; 2 Ulster College All Star awards; 1 Corn na nOg; 1 McRory Cup; 1 Ryan Cup; 1 Ulster Freshers (UUJ) NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (OTHER): Under 17 Community Games 4 x 100m gold medal INTERCOUNTY DEBUT: B Championship v Westmeath 1994 TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Mick Gavlin (Sligo) FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Brewster Park, Enniskillen HOBBIES: Music (I play in a band called 'The Whiskey Biscuits'); athletics - presently training for Boston Marathon to raise funds for Our Lady's Hospital, Crumlin FAVOURITE POSITION: Full forward FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Frank McGuigan, Teddy McCarthy, Eugene McKenna INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: My father Pat, Johnie Neeson and Poly GFC THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: All-Ireland B Final BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: The trashing received from Tyrone in championship 1996 OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Peter Loughran (Carrickmore); Tom Brewster (Enniskillen); Sean Marty Lockart (Derry) WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Prevent players being fouled off the ball, referees and officials using headsets to communicate, similar to American football officials DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: For all the money the Association receives, they are very reluctant to see players obtaining rewards of a monetary value. Also ticket prices are too high for parents to bring children for a family day out DO YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES?: Father is manager, brother Barry is centre half back, brother Ronan carries the water and motivates Cormac McAdam PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Merlene Ottey - just to find out if she could beat me over 30 yards - honest!! FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: 'Ah come on now Ted' PET HATES: People who ask 'are you still playing football?'; smoking in the changing rooms FAVOURITE MUSIC: Brian Kennedy, Eric Clapton, Joe Satriani FAVOURITE FILM: The Quiet Man, Shane IDEAL DATE: Niamh Redmond, Toni Braxton, although I'd settle for Heather Locklear HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED? For achieving ambitions and not for nearly making it Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 7th February 1997 Vol 7 No 6 Tweet

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