O'Brien Leigh
July 12, 1996
Wexford's Leigh O'Brien
NAME: Leigh O'Brien
DATE OF BIRTH: 30-6-77
HEIGHT: 5' 10"
WEIGHT: 12st 7lbs
CLUB: Horeswood
COUNTY: Wexford
NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC):Bord na nOg Loch Gorman Footballer of the Year 1995; 2 Under 21 Championship (Premier) 1994 and 1995; 2 Minor Championships 1993 and 1995; 2 Leinster medals in Senior A Colleges football 1995 and 1996; 1 Leinster medal in Senior A Colleges hurling 1995; Good Council College Player of the Year 1995; captain Wexford minor football team 1995; reached Leinster Final in 1994 v Dublin; hurling and football All-Ireland Feile Under 14 1991
(OTHER): Wexford Youths Soccer Player of the Year 1995; Division 2, Soccer trials to Coventry City at the age 14; Leinster 40 x 20 Handball Under 14 1990
INTERCOUNTY DEBUT: Against Carlow in Leinster Senior Football Championship 1996
TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Team - St Pats, Maghera (football); Player - Joe Deane, Cork (hurling)
FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Croke Park, Nowlan Park
HOBBIES: Sport, socialising with the boys, going to the cinema
FAVOURITE POSITION: Centre back
FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Hurling - Ciaran Carey (Limerick); Football - Tommy Dowd (Meath)
INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: My family and local club trainers
THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Playing for Wexford in the senior football campaign, reaching All-Ireland and four Leinster Finals in Colleges GAA in the past two years
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Breaking finger in the '96 campaign and as a result I was forced to miss the football and hurling finals in Colleges GAA in 1996. Losing 1995 All-Ireland Final to St. Pats, Maghera. Losing Leinster final to Dublin in 1994
OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Some of the members of the Good Counsel College 1996 Under 14 football team
WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Making it more professional, more emphasis put on the skills of the game
DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Some of the refereeing at times can be abysmal
DO YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES?: My brother Matt, David and Michael Ryan, both cousins, sister Donna
PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Pele
PET HATES: I hate smoke
FAVOURITE MUSIC: Light rock, Oasis, Ska
FAVOURITE FILM: Shawshank Redemption, Braveheart
IDEAL DATE: Pamela Anderson
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED: Win an All Star with Wexford, as a good athlete in all sports
Taken from Hogan Stand magazine
12th July 1996
Vol 6 No 28
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