Wexford's Chris McGrath NAME: Chris McGrath DATE OF BIRTH: 22-2-78 HEIGHT: 5'6" WEIGHT: 9st BOOT SIZE: 8 CLUB: Shelmaliers COUNTY: Wexford NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): County Championship Hurling and Football; 1 Leinster Under 21 Hurling Championship 1997; Fitzgibbon Cup medal NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (OTHER): Played with Ireland Under 21 Shinty v Scotland, county handball medal TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Enda Everard (Tipperary), Fergal Ryan (Cork) FAVOURITE FOOD: Pizza HOBBIES: Golf, snooker and most sports, socialising and gambling, going to greyhound and horse racing meetings VICES: None, maybe a bit too much socialising NOMINATE WORLD'S LAZIEST PERSON: John Cosgrove or Mitch Jordan MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT: Anytime I play in Pairc Ui Chaoimh and being included in an U14 picture when I was U21 FAVOURITE PLAYERS: DJ Carey, Joe Deane, Seanie McGrath, Henry Shefflin SPORTS LEGEND YOU MOST ADMIRE: Tony McCoy, Tom Dempsey INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: My father CHOSEN SPECIALIST SUBJECT ON MASTERMIND: Sweet love BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing Fitzgibbon Cup Final in 1998, and having no winners in Cheltenham FAVOURITE OLYMPIC SPORT: 100m, synchronised swimming FAVOURITE CARTOON CHARACTER: Homer Simpson IDEAL DRINKING COMPANY: Henry Shefflin, Enda Everard, Tom Dempsey and George Best GAA GRIPES: Not enough rewards for players and winter hurling FAVOURITE ACTOR: Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman WHAT FILM WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO STAR IN: Any high budget film FAVOURITE BOOK: Hogan Stand FAVOURITE MUSIC: All kinds apart from opera WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WON THE LOTTO: Pay for a holiday for the county team and give up working IF YOU HAPPENED TO CHANCE UPON A TIME MACHINE, WHERE WOULD YOU TRAVEL AND WHEN: Back to 1996 to be a part of the All-Ireland team DREAM BATHTUB COMPANION: Rubber Duckie HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED: In the same category as Martin Storey, Tom Dempsey and Rory McCarthy HOW DO YOU THINK YOU'LL BE REMEMBERED: Chris who? Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 16th June 2000 Vol 10 No 24 Tweet

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