Kerry's Pa O'Sullivan NAME: Pa O'Sullivan DATE OF BIRTH: 16-12-77 HEIGHT: 6' 1" WEIGHT: 12st CLUB: Laune Rangers COUNTY: Kerry NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): All-Ireland Minor medal 1994; Club All-Ireland medal with Laune Rangers (senior); All-Ireland Colleges medal (captain); All-Ireland Under 14 medal; Minor, Under 21, Senior county medal NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (OTHER): Sports Star for the month of April 1996; played Under 14, 16 hurling for Kerry; basketball and running medals underage INTERCOUNTY DEBUT: For Kerry minors against Limerick 1994 TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Gary Doyle, Maghera College FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Croke Park or Austin Stack Park HOBBIES: Swimming, cycling, reading, watching all sporting activities FAVOURITE POSITION: Midfield FAVOURITE PLAYERS: John Egan, Mike Hassett, Billy O'Shea, Gregory McCartan (Down) INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: Father and brother. John Egan and Mikey Sheehy THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: All-Ireland Colleges, receiving the Hogan Cup in Croke Park BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing the Munster Minor Semi Final replay against Cork in Pairc Ui Chaoimh in 1995 OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Brothers John and Barry. Mike Frank Russell, Noel Kennelly, son of Tim Kennelly WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Working on the skills more with the youngsters in school etc. DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Absolutely nothing DO YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES?: My brother John captained Under 14 All-Ireland winning team and was also a Kerry minor in 1995. Brother Raymond won an All-Ireland Under 16 Community Colleges medal in 1991. Brother Barry plays with Laune Rangers Under 14 PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Gazza - just to measure his tongue FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: 'Mo-laer' PET HATES: Smoking FAVOURITE MUSIC: U2 FAVOURITE FILM: Ace Ventura IDEAL DATE: Candlelight dinner with my girlfriend Kerry O'Connor HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED? Playing midfield for Kerry seniors and winning an All-Ireland medal Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 9th August 1996 Vol 6 No 32 Tweet

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