Tipperary's Declan Browne NAME: Declan Browne DATE OF BIRTH: 16-6-78 HEIGHT: 5' 8" WEIGHT: 11st 10lbs CLUB: Moyle Rovers COUNTY: Tipperary NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): All Star football; 3 county senior medals; Munster Footballer of the Year 1998; Munster and All-Ireland Minor hurling medal 1996; Munster Minor football medal 1995 TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Seamus Moynihan (Kerry) FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Semple Stadium (Thurles); Fitzgerald Stadium (Killarney) HOBBIES: Play a bit of golf, watching tv FAVOURITE POSITION: Left corner forward THE WORST PLAYER TO TRAIN THAT YOU KNOW: Myself MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT ON OR OFF THE FOOTBALL FIELD: Getting sick on the pitch in Clonmel v Waterford in Munster Championship 1998 FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Maurice Fitzgerald, Peter Canavan INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: Family, club members THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Winning a football All Star BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing Munster Club Final 1998 OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Tadhg Kenneally (Kerry); Brian McDonald (Laois) WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Letting the back door system work in the football championship DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: The way the rules are being changed all the time RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES: Brendan Cummins PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Timmy Ryan (from D'Unbelievables) FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: 'Look at him, he's not even related to a football/hurler' PET HATES: Smoking, talking all day about GAA FAVOURITE MUSIC: Oasis, Blur FAVOURITE FILM: The Shawshank Redemption WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WON THE LOTTO: Buy a big cruiser and cruise around the world PERSON LEAST WELCOME AT YOUR HOME: Too many to mention IDEAL DATE: Anna Kournikova HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED: Here Lies Declan Browne, who went through life fulfilling his every dream, and enjoyed everything he did Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 23rd April 1999 Vol 9 No 17 Tweet

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