Meath's Stephen Dillon NAME: Stephen Dillon DATE OF BIRTH: 26-12-76 HEIGHT: 6' 2" WEIGHT: 13st 7lbs CLUB: Syddan COUNTY: Meath NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): 2 Leinster Under 21 FC; 1 Meath League Division 3; Leinster Schools B winners - senior INTERCOUNTY DEBUT: Pairc Ui Chaoimh, first round of National League 1996 v Cork TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Brian Keenan (Louth); Gordon Morley (Mayo) FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Croke Park HOBBIES: Golf, tennis, chasing after sheep purely for farming reasons, socialising FAVOURITE POSITION: Centre forward FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Bernard Flynn, Tommy Dowd, Maurice Fitzgerald INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: My granny Tessie, Patsy Duff, Sean Boylan THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Winning the Leinster Under 21 Final in 1996 v Louth. Scoring a goal v Offaly in 1998 Senior Championship BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing All-Ireland Fresher Final with UCG, not winning the Sigerson Cup with UCG OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Brother Brian was on the Meath minor panel in 1998, younger brother Thomas, Kieran McWeeny (Leitrim), Decie Meehan (Galway), Con O'Meara (Sligo) WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Define the tackle, cut out all the pulling and dragging, more help to referees from linesmen, umpires DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Inconsistent refereeing, too high ticket prices PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Cindy Crawford just after coming out of the shower FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: 'Spot on, no bother hey!' PET HATES: Snakes, sharks, being broke FAVOURITE MUSIC: Any good disco music FAVOURITE FILM: The Untouchables IDEAL DATE: Roz McGovern HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED? As an All-Ireland medal holder with Meath and to have helped Syddan back to the senior grade Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 16th October 1998 Vol 8 No 42 Tweet

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