Dublin's Liam Callan NAME: Liam Callan DATE OF BIRTH: 16-10-1972 HEIGHT: 6' 2" WEIGHT: 14st 7lbs CLUB: Ballyboden St Endas COUNTY: Dublin NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS: School - Dublin, Leinster and All-Ireland under 14 with Colaiste Eanna, Ballyroan; Club - Minor 1990; Senior Championship and Senior League 1995; 2 St. Vincent De Paul, 1 AIB County - Leinster Championship Senior medal 1992; Bluestar 1994; Dublin Player of the Month, October 1995, the month we won the championship INTER-COUNTY DEBUT: Away to Galway in the League, 1991 TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Gerry Hargan, Dublin full back. Great reader of the game FAVOURITE GROUNDS: New Parnell Park, Croke Park, Pairc Ui Murchu, Firhouse Road HOBBIES: Watching games, squash, music, cinema FAVOURITE POSITION: Centre field. No room with Bealin, Stynes and big Ken Murray FAVOURITE PLAYER AT PRESENT: Peter Canavan, Mickey Linden, Dessie Farrell INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: My da Noel and brother Martin, Bill McAllister (club), Joe Farrell (Colaiste Eanna) THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Winning the League and both Championships. Every time you play for Dublin BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing the 1992 All-Ireland against Donegal and the Leinster Club semi-final with Ballyboden 1995 OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Gary Coleran, Damien Bolger with Ballyboden St Endas WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: An advantage rule where a player is not dragged back 10 yards to take a free. You lose the advantage DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Badly promoted to the young people, some bad grounds around the country DO YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES?: Keith and Conor Galvin for Clare Hunters (1st cousins), Uncle Dan O'Neill All-Ireland 1959, Louth. My father won a Meath Junior Championship for Drumconrath with six of his brothers on the winning team 1963 PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Elvis. I think he's living around the corner FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: Hey Ref! 'It could happen to a Bishop!' PET HATES: Roundabouts like the one in Blanchardstown where the lady in the 1995 Honda Civic stopped suddenly in front of me and you can guess the rest! People not knowing all the rules WHO WOULD BE THE LAST PERSON YOU WOULD GO FOR A PINT WITH/: Mike Tyson. You would have to agree with everything he would say and after a few pints, I would probably slip up IDEAL DATE: Sandra Bullock HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED?: As a good footballer and a good mate! WOULD YOU LIKE TO OFFER ANY OPINIONS OR ANECDOTES RELEVANT TO MEATH/DUBLIN RIVALRY?: My father came from Drumconrath in County Meath. I used to spend my summers down there with my uncles Johnny and Nickey. Come Leinster Final day, there was always two worries. Firstly, would Dublin win, secondly if we did win would I have to sleep in the hay shed. Either way the poor old Dubs couldn't win! Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 22nd December 1995 Vol 5 No 51 Tweet

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