Brian McGuigan

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**Brian McGuigan**
Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Place of birth	County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Club information
Club	Ardboe O'Donovan Rossa GAC
Position	Half Forward
Club(s)*
Club	Years	Apps (scores)
Ardboe	? -?
Inter County
County	Tyrone
Position	Half Forward
Inter County(ies)**
County	Years	Apps (scores)
Tyrone	?- ?
Inter County Titles
Ulster Titles	2
All-Ireland	2
All-Stars	1
* club appearances and scores correct as of . **Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 01:02, 19 November 2006 (UTC).

Brian McGuigan is an All Star-winning Tyrone Gaelic footballer. He won two All-Ireland medals in 2003 (when he won his All Star) and 2005.

His father is Tyrone legend, Frank McGuigan, but Brian has successfully stepped out of his father's shadow, because of his own achievements.

At underage level, McGuigan was part of the team that captured All-Ireland gold in 1998 in the Minor championship, and back-to-back triumphs in the Under 21 championships in 2000 and 2001.^[1]

McGuigan's influence on the team may be illustrated by Tyrone's mammoth run to the 2005 All-Ireland triumph. During the early stages of the season, they were having difficulty beating teams in the Ulster Championship. McGuigan had been absent from the team because he wanted to take a year out to travel. While he was away he was contacted by the Tyrone staff to return to the Tyrone team. He cut his holiday short to return to action, and despite being less than match fit he came on as a substitute in his first game back. He was subsequently chosen as a starter for the rest of the Championship, which coincided with Tyrone's return to form with the return of their main playmaker.^[1]

Shortly before the 2006 season, McGuigan suffered an horrific double leg break in a club match against Dromore. He was out of action for nearly a year, but has now made an appearance in a club game, and is targeting March 31st as his comeback game for Tyrone.^[2]

	Tyrone Senior Football Team
1 Pascal McConnell \| 2 Ryan McMenamin \| 3 Peter Donnelly \| 4 Dermot Carlin \| 5 David Harte \| 6 Conor Gormley \| 7 Justin McMahon \| 8 Kevin Hughes \| 9 Enda McGinley \| 10 Brian Dooher(Cap.) \| 11 Martin Penrose \| 12 Ryan Mellon \| 13 Niall Gormley \| 14 Colm McCullagh \| 15 Stephen O'Neill \| Subs: Johnathan Curran, Colm Cavanagh, Colm Donnelly, Cairan Gourley, Colin Holmes, Kelvin Hughes, Aidan McCarron, Cathal McCarron, Damien McCaul, Tommy McGuigan, Joe McMahon, Raymond Mulgrew, Paul Quinn, Paul Rouse, Declan Treanor Unavailable Panellists: Gerard Cavlan, Brian McGuigan, Phillip Jordan, Cormac McGinley, Michael McGee, Sean Cavanagh, P McGurk, Mickey Murphy, Eoin Mulligan Manager: Mickey Harte (Team as of 31 March 2007 versus Kerry)

	Tyrone Panel: 2005 All-Ireland Final
1 Pascal McConnell \| 2 Ryan McMenamin \| 3 Joe McMahon \| 4 Michael McGee \| 5 David Harte \| 6 Conor Gormley \| 7 Phillip Jordan \| 8 Enda McGinley \| 9 Sean Cavanagh \| 10 Brian Dooher (Cap.) \| 11 Brian McGuigan \| 12 Ryan Mellon \| 13 Peter Canavan \| 14 Stephen O'Neill \| 15 Eoin Mulligan \| Subs: John Devine, Eoghain Bradley, Brian Meenan, Gavin Devlin, Brendan Donnelly, Peter Donnelly, Cairan Gourley, Mark Harte, Colin Holmes, Chris Lawn, Colm McCullagh, Leo Meenan, Michael Murphy, Martin Penrose, Shane Sweeney Manager: Mickey Harte (Team as of September 2005 versus Kerry)

	Tyrone Panel: 2003 All-Ireland Final
1 John Devine \| 2 Cairan Gourley \| 3 Cormac McAnallen \| 4 Ryan McMenamin \| 5 Conor Gormley \| 6 Gavin Devlin \| 7 Phillip Jordan \| 8 Kevin Hughes \| 9 Sean Cavanagh \| 10 Brian Dooher \| 11 Brian McGuigan \| 12 Gerard Cavlan \| 13 Enda McGinley \| 14 Peter Canavan (Cap.) \| 15 Eoin Mulligan \| Subs: 16 Pascal McConnell, 17 Dermot Carlin, 18 Mark Harte, 19 Colin Holmes, 20 Paul Horisk, 21 Chris Lawn, 22 Peter Loughran, 23 Declan McCrossan, 24 Michael McGee, 25 Cormac McGinley, 26 Frank McGuigan 27 Seamus Mulgrew 28 Stephen O'Neill 29 Brian Robinson 30 Michael Coleman Manager: Mickey Harte (Team as of September 2003 versus Armagh)