Finbar McConnell
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
| Place of birth | Tyrone, Ireland | ||
| Height | 6'4" | ||
| Club information | |||
| Club | Newtonstewart | ||
| Position | Midfield | ||
| Club(s)* | |||
| Club | Years | Apps (scores) | |
| Newtonstewart | ?-? | ||
| Inter County | |||
| County | Tyrone | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Inter County(ies)** | |||
| County | Years | Apps (scores) | |
| Tyrone | ?-? | ||
| Inter County Titles | |||
| Ulster Titles | 4 | ||
| All-Ireland | 0 | ||
| All-Stars | 1 | ||
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* club appearances and scores |
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Finbar McConnell is a former Tyrone Gaelic Footballer. He was Tyrone's first-choice goalkeeper throughout most of the nineties, and played in the 1995 All-Ireland Final.
In 1996, he won an All Star, most likely due to his match-winning saves in the Ulster Final.
He also represented Ireland in the first of the annual International rules football series matches agsint Australia.
His height, huge kick-outs (desribed by Hogan Stand Magazine as "arguably the longest ground kicker in the country" in 1992),[1] as well as his incredible low reflex saves, means he is remembered as one of the greats of Tyrone football.
His younger brother is the current Tyrone goalkeeper, Pascal McConnell.
| Tyrone Panel: All-Ireland Final 1995 | ||
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1 Finbar McConnell | 2 Paul Devlin | 3 Chris Lawn | 4 Fay Devlin | 5 Ronan McGarrity | 6 Seamus McCallen | 7 Seán McLaughlin | 8 Fergal Logan | 9 Jody Gormley | 10 Cairan Corr (Cap.) | 11 Pascal Canavan | 12 Cairan Loughran | 13 Cairan McBride | 14 Peter Canavan | 15 Stephen Lawn | Subs: 16 ?, 17 ?, 18 Brian Gormley, 19 ?, 20 ?, 21 Paul Donnelly, 22 Matt McGleenan, 23 Adrian Cush, 24 ?, 25 Damien Gormley, Manager: Art McRory, Eugene McKenna |
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