Tipperary's William Maher NAME: William Maher DATE OF BIRTH: 6-3-79 HEIGHT: 6' 2" WEIGHT: 13st 5lbs CLUB: Ballingarry COUNTY: Tipperary NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): 1 Tony Forristal (U14); 2 Nenagh Co-Ops (U16); 2 Munster Minor; 1 All-Ireland Minor; 1 Fitzgibbon Cup; 1 Leinster Colleges Championship; 1 All-Ireland Colleges with St. Kierans; 1 All-Ireland Freshers; 2 Leinster Junior Colleges; 2 County Minor Championships with club; 2 South Senior Hurling with Ballingarry NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (OTHER): Leinster Colleges Handball (U14) TOUGHEST OPPONENT: All opponents are tough FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Thurles HOBBIES: Golf and socialising FAVOURITE POSITION: Centre field THE WORST PLAYER TO TRAIN THAT YOU KNOW: Declan Browne (Tipperary) MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT ON OR OFF THE FOOTBALL FIELD: Being sent off while unconscious FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Declan Ryan, DJ Carey INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: Parents, Dinny Cahill, Paudie Butler and Ger O'Neill THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Captaining Tipperary to minor All-Ireland 1996 BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing All-Ireland minor semi final 1997 versus Galway. We were 7 points up with five minutes to go OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Eoin Kelly, Donal Shelley WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Improving the standard of refereeing DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Politics at every level RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES: Four sisters play camogie PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Paul McGrath PET HATES: Waiting FAVOURITE MUSIC: Dance music FAVOURITE FILM: The Godfather WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WON THE LOTTO: Go on holiday straight away PERSON LEAST WELCOME AT YOUR HOME: Everybody is welcome at my home! IDEAL DATE: Liz Hurley HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED: Winning an All-Ireland senior medal with Tipperary and being successful in everything I do Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 28th January 2000 Vol 10 No 4 Tweet

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