NAME: Robert McHugh DATE OF BIRTH: 6/10/61 HEIGHT: 5' 8" WEIGHT: 11st 5lbs CLUB: Baltinglass COUNTY: Wicklow PLACE OF WORK: Gallagher Dublin Ltd., tobacco manufacturers HONOURS: One O'Byrne Cup, one All-Ireland and Leinster club medal, eight local championship medals INTER-COUNTY DEBUT: versus Wexford, May 1983 championship, Croke Park FAVOURITE POSITION: Centre forward TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Mick Deegan FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Croke Park and Aughrim SPORTING AMBITION: To win a Leinster title with Wicklow DO YOU PLAY ANY OTHER SPORTS: Golf - handicap 4 but not enough time to play as I would like BOYHOOD HEROES: Mick O'Connell FAVOURITE PLAYER AT PRESENT: David Beggy BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON CAREER: My father DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Lack of modern facilities WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Bring back the handpass BEST GAME SEEN: 1977 semi-final - Dublin v Kerry BEST GAME PLAYED IN: 1986 championship against Laois who were league champions at the time and 1989 Leinster club final replay against Thomas Davis TIPS FOR THE FUTURE: Peter Canavan (Tyrone) HOPES FOR 1991: Wicklow to make significant progress to challenge consistently for major honours Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 12th July 1991 Vol 1 No 17 Tweet

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