Chris Lawn

Chris Lawn
Personal information
Irish name Criosróir Ó Liatháin
Sport Gaelic football
Position Full Back
Born 24 June 1972 (1972-06-24) (age 39)
Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Nickname weep
Occupation Joiner
Club(s)
Years Club
Moortown
Club Titles
Tyrone titles 1
Inter-county(ies)*
Years County Apps (scores)
1994-2005 Tyrone 0
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles 4
All Irelands 2
All Stars 50
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 14:10, 25 November 2006 (UTC).

Chris Lawn is a former Tyrone Gaelic footballer. Along with Peter Canavan, he is one of only two Tyrone men to be on the panel for three All-Ireland Finals (1995, 2003 and 2005), although he was on the substitutes bench for the entirety of the 2003 final, and came on as a substitute in the 2005 final, for the injured Joe McMahon.[1] He has All-Ireland medals from 2003 and 2005. He was nominated for an all-star award in 1995, but was unlucky to lose out. He also until this day has been a long serving stalwart of the Moortown team, including a brief stint as manager.

After championship success in 2005, he, along with Peter Canavan, announced their retirement from inter-county football, after a very successful inter-county career. In December of that year, he auditioned for the 2007 Warner Bros picture 300 (film) and was initially cast for the position of King Leonidas who led the 300 strong spartans to fight the Persians, but later gave up the role to Gerard Butler due to a fall out with director Zack Snyder.

Until recently he managed the Cookstown Fr. Rock's club side and led them to promotion and an intermediate all-ireland club championship in 2009.[2]

In 2009 with his brother Stephen and son Gene, he conquered Mount Everest. It is said that both Chris and Stephen have Jesus like features with both been sighted by the side of God.