Laois's Stephen Kelly NAME: Stephen Kelly DATE OF BIRTH: 5-3-79 HEIGHT: 6' WEIGHT: 13st 7lbs CLUB: St Josephs COUNTY: Laois NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): Played at half time during the 1991 All-Ireland Mini Sevens Final; winner of two All-Ireland MFC medals and two Leinster MFC medals; 1 Leinster Under 21 medal; 1 SFC medal with my club; 1 SFL medal with my club NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (OTHER): 1 Under 14 B County Championship; 2 Under 14 Leinster Schools; 1 Under 16 Leinster Schools INTERCOUNTY DEBUT: Against Carlow in the NFL TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Declan McCrossan FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Croke Park HOBBIES: Swimming, basketball FAVOURITE POSITION: Centre forward FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Keith Barr, Peter Canavan INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: My parents, Gabriel Lawlor and relations THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Winning two All-Ireland medals and it gets better each time BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing the Senior Club Championship in 1995 OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: My twin brother Tom, younger brother Colm and Joe Higgins WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Umpires should make the referee more aware of what happens in a game DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Players should get more for the big effort they put in and the time they give up for training and matches DO YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES: Most of my relatives are involved in football some way or another, my twin brother Tom and and second cousin Joe Higgins played with me in the Minor All-Ireland PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Roy Keane FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: 'Life is life, take it as it comes' PET HATES: Has to be cats FAVOURITE MUSIC: Cranberries FAVOURITE FILM: Braveheart IDEAL DATE: Geri from The Spice Girls HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED? As someone famous and as someone who made a difference to Laois football Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 8th May 1998 Vol 8 No 19 Tweet

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