Forde David
July 21, 2000
Galway's David Forde
NAME: David Forde
DATE OF BIRTH: 25-6-81
HEIGHT: 6'
WEIGHT: 12st 7lbs
BOOT SIZE: 10 1/2
CLUB: Clarinbridge Hurling Club
COUNTY: Galway
NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): 1 All-Ireland Minor, 1 Railway Cup, 1 County Vocational Schools, 3 individual schools, 1 National Hurling League
NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (OTHER): Played Vocational Schools football for Galway
TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Stephen Lucey (Limerick)
FAVOURITE FOOD: Chocolate
HOBBIES: Golf, hurling, squash
NOMINATE WORLD'S LAZIEST PERSON: Myself
MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT: I went to do an interview with RnaG after All-Ireland Minor Final and forgot I wasn't able to speak Irish
FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Joe Cooney, Fergal Healy, John Leahy
SPORTS LEGEND YOU MOST ADMIRE: Michael Jordan
INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: My father
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Last year's club championship with my own club
FAVOURITE OLYMPIC SPORT: Wrestling
FAVOURITE CARTOON CHARACTER: Mickey Mouse
IDEAL DRINKING COMPANY: Cathal Coen and Derek Forde
GAA GRIPES: I don't think GAA players should be out of pocket and we shouldn't have to pay into matches
FAVOURITE ACTOR: Nicholas Cage
WHAT FILM WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO STAR IN: Star Wars - The Phantom Menace
FAVOURITE BOOK: Charlie's Chocolate Factory
FAVOURITE MUSIC: The Beatles
WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WON THE LOTTO: I'd probably spend the money
IF YOU HAPPENED TO CHANCE UPON A TIME MACHINE, WHERE WOULD YOU TRAVEL AND WHEN: Croke Park 1980 All-Ireland Final day
DREAM BATHTUB COMPANION: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED: As an honest, quiet, unassuming guy with great hurling ability
HOW DO YOU THINK YOU'LL BE REMEMBERED: A deceitful, loud, proud guy who was a crap hurler
Taken from Hogan Stand magazine
21st July 2000
Vol 10 No 29
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