Longford's Trevor Smullen NAME: Trevor Smullen DATE OF BIRTH: 29-1-78 HEIGHT: 6' WEIGHT: 12st CLUB: Ballymahon COUNTY: Longford NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): Getting selected for Longford. Two County Minor Championship, Under 16 Championship winners and Under 14 Feile All-Ireland winners NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (OTHER): Getting selected to play for Ireland in bastketball, captain of Irish juniors team in 1996 INTERCOUNTY DEBUT: 1996 TOUGHEST OPPONENT: They are all tough, especially at inter county level FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Pearse Park HOBBIES: Listening to music, playing snooker and keeping fit FAVOURITE POSITION: Centre half forward FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Anthony Tohill, Dessie Barry INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: My dad, Albert Fallon my coach when I was Under 14. That's when I realised I wanted to play football THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Playing in the All-Ireland B Final against Fermanagh BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: I try not to get too disappointed OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Niall Sheridan, Enda Ledwith, David Hanniffy WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Make the holding of a players jersey a bookable offence. It takes the skill out of defending and fives the defender a huge advantage DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: It's always slow to change. The GAA tends to follow trends in other sports, rather than lead the way DO YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES?: My brother plays U14 and schoolboys PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Claire Danes FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: 'It's not the size of the dog in the fight that counts, but the size of the fight in the dog' PET HATES: People who always seem to stay at the back in training sessions, and never bother to give 100% FAVOURITE FILM: Braveheart, In The Name Of The Father IDEAL DATE: Claire Danes HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED? As somebody who always gave 100% at everything he did Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 17th October 1997 Vol 7 No 42 Tweet

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