Tipperary's Thomas Dunne NAME: Thomas Dunne DATE OF BIRTH: 21-5-1974 HEIGHT: 6' WEIGHT: 12st 7lbs CLUB: Toomevara COUNTY: Tipperary NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS: Under 21 All-Ireland Hurling Championship 1995; County Senior Club Championships '92, '93, '94, Munster Club Championship '93 INTER-COUNTY DEBUT: Tipperary versus Offaly, National League 1992 TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Dan O'Neill (Kilkenny) FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Thurles (Semple Stadium), Croke Park HOBBIES: Cinema, golf FAVOURITE POSITION: Centre forward, full forward FAVOURITE PLAYERS: My father, DJ Carey, Nickey English, Sean McMahon INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: My father, Neil Williams (juvenile coach), Babs Keating THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: All-Ireland Hurling Under 21 Championship 1995 BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Defeat against Kilkenny in All-Ireland Minor Hurling Final 1991 OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Johnny Enright (Tipperary), Dan O'Neill (Kilkenny), Kevin Egan (Cork) WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Leave it alone, it's fine! DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Admission prices to games DO YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES?: Yes, all my family PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Cindy Crawford - for obvious reasons! PET HATES: Smoking at the table, begrudgery FAVOURITE FILM: The Fugitive, Apollo 13 IDEAL DATE: Anybody I can get!! HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED? A good player and a great sportsman Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 23rd February 1996 Vol 6 No 8 Tweet

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