Limerick's John Galvin NAME: John Galvin DATE OF BIRTH: 7-7-80 HEIGHT: 6' 4" WEIGHT: 14st CLUB: Croom COUNTY: Limerick NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): County football champions U14, U16, U18, U21, Junior, Minor hurling; played with Limerick Under 21s in All-Ireland Final; captain of that team; played with Limerick senior footballers in 1999 and 2000 NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (OTHER): 2 All-Ireland medals in basketball; 2 Dawn Milk All Star awards; a member of the Irish Junior Mens basketball team that were in Germany and Andorra TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Tyrone FAVOURITE FOOD: Ice cream HOBBIES: Farming, living my social life to the max, computers VICES: The only commitment I can keep is to sport. Big feet and ears. I'm a farmer NOMINATE WORLD'S LAZIEST PERSON: John Caulfield (Galway) MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT: Waking up the day after we won the Munster Final and being told what I was after doing the night before FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Trevor Giles, Maurice Fitzgerald SPORTS LEGEND YOU MOST ADMIRE: Jack O'Shea INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: Liam Kearns and Pat O'Shea, and all the people in Croom that got me started CHOSEN SPECIALIST SUBJECT ON MASTERMIND: Drink types BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing the All-Ireland Under 21 Final against Tyrone FAVOURITE OLYMPIC SPORT: Basketball FAVOURITE CARTOON CHARACTER: Homer Simpson IDEAL DRINKING COMPANY: Anyone that's up for a good laugh, anyone in my family GAA GRIPES: The championship is straight knockout RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES: We originate from Kerry so everyone really FAVOURITE ACTOR: Pamela Anderson WHAT FILM WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO STAR IN: Entrapment FAVOURITE BOOK: The Lawyer FAVOURITE MUSIC: Mixture WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WON THE LOTTO: Well I did but I was buying the ticket for someone else and I won't win it again, so I won't think about it IF YOU HAPPENED UPON A TIME MACHINE, WHERE WOULD YOU TRAVEL AND WHEN: 13 May 2000, Mullingar, 50 minutes before kickoff. Do it again and tell Brian Begley to keep it low IDEAL BATHTUB COMPANION: Britney Spears HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED: Who was that tall guy who had a very bad kick? Taken from Hogan Stand magazine December 2000 Tweet

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