Moran Ollie
October 03, 1997
Limerick's Ollie Moran
NAME: Ollie Moran
DATE OF BIRTH: 7-11-75
HEIGHT: 6' 2"
WEIGHT: 14st 7lbs
CLUB: Ahane
COUNTY: Limerick
NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): Fitzgibbon Cup 1995 - Waterford RTC; All-Ireland Freshers Hurling 1994 - WRTC
NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (OTHER): Rugby - Irish Under 18 team 1994; Munster Under 20 team 1994/1995
INTERCOUNTY DEBUT: v Kilkenny - NHL March 1997
TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Jamesie O'Connor, Clare
FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Kilmallock
HOBBIES: Snooker (and all sports generally)
FAVOURITE POSITION: Midfield
FAVOURITE PLAYERS: DJ Carey, Ciaran Carey
INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: Parents (Pat and Brigid)
THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Still waiting (for October 1997!!)
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing 1994 Fitzgibbon Cup Final to University of Limerick in extra time
OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: David Hennessy - Limerick, Eoin & Paul Kelly - Tipperary
WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Standard definition of all fouls to be enforced by better qualified referees
DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Players who aren't reimbursed for any financial losses, despite the GAA making huge gains
DO YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES: Eoin and Paul Kelly (Tipp minors this year), Babs Keating (current Laois manager)
PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Muhammed Ali
FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: Don't listen to myself often enough to know!
PET HATES: Creaking doors, unmannerly people
FAVOURITE FILM: Forrest Gump
IDEAL DATE: Sandra Bullock
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED: As someone who lived a good life and had no regrets
Taken from Hogan Stand magazine
3rd October 1997
Vol 7 No 40
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