Laois' Brian McCormack NAME: Brian McCormack DATE OF BIRTH: 20-6-81 HEIGHT: 6' 2" WEIGHT: 11st 7lbs CLUB: Portlaoise COUNTY: Laois NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): 1 Minor Leinster Football medal; 1 Leinster Senior Colleges football medal. Club: 2 U14 Championship; 2 U16 Championship; 2 U14 Feiles; 1 Minor Championship; 1 Club All-Ireland medal U16; 1 Minor Championship; 2 U12 Championship; 2 U14 Championship; 2 U16 Championship TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Anthony Ryan (Ballyfin) FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Croke Park HOBBIES: Football, hurling, tennis FAVOURITE POSITION: Half back THE WORST PLAYER TO TRAIN THAT YOU KNOW: Eoin Browne (Portlaoise) MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT ON OR OFF THE FOOTBALL FIELD: Walking into one of the poles in work and getting a black eye FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Niall Buckley (Kildare) INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: Niall Tully (school coach) THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Winning the Leinster minor title BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing Minor All-Ireland OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Eoin Browne (Portlaoise), Aidan Fennelly WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Have someone in the stand helping the referee in difficult situations like a fourth official DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Bad refereeing PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: The tennis player Anna Kournikova FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: 'Well kid' PET HATES: Rats FAVOURITE MUSIC: ATB FAVOURITE FILM: Braveheart WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WON THE LOTTO: Travel around Australia PERSON LEAST WELCOME AT YOUR HOME: Principal of my last school or some of my teachers IDEAL DATE: Well built blonde, good humoured and has to be outgoing HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED: As a nice respectable chap that wasn't too bad at his football and wasn't a troublemaker on or off the football field Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 4th February 2000 Vol 10 No 5 Tweet

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