Eamon McGee

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Eamon McGee
File:Eamon Mc Gee Donegal GAA.png
Personal information
Irish name Éamonn Mac Aoidh
Sport Gaelic football
Position Right Corner Back
Born (1984-04-26) 26 April 1984 (age 41)
Letterkenny, Ireland
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Occupation Physical Therapist
Club(s)
Years Club
2001-present Ghaoth Dobhair
Club titles
Donegal titles 2
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
2004-present Donegal 100 (0-0)
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles 3
All-Irelands 1
NFL 1
All Stars 0

Eamon McGee (born 26 April 1984)[1] is an Irish Gaelic footballer from Gweedore, County Donegal. He plies his trade with the Ghaoth Dobhair club and plays inter-county for Donegal.

He has one All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (2012), three Ulster Senior Football Championships (2011, 2012 and 2014) and one National Football League (2007) to his name.

Playing career

Club

In 2006, his club were back in the final of the Donegal Senior Football Championship. He played as his team won their 14th County Championship in one of the worst Donegal county finals ever.[2]

Inter-county

McGee was first called up to the senior team by Brian McEniff for winter training in 2003.[3] His early years in a Donegal shirt were marked by lapses of discipline—at one point Shane Carr left the panel when McGee moved ahead of him on the substitutes bench despite his lack of dedication.[4]

In 2006, he and Kevin Cassidy were suspended from the Donegal football panel over a breach of discipline.[5][6] McGee later returned and played in the 2006 Ulster Senior Football Championship Final at Croke Park, scoring one point.[7]

McGee was a member of the Donegal team that won the National Football League in 2007, playing from the start to the end in the final against Mayo.[8]

He spent some time in London before returning to Donegal in 2010.[9][10]

He and his brother played in the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final against Mayo.[11]

He thinks a lot about how he nearly missed this experience through lack of interest.[12] He owes Jim McGuinness so, so much.[13]

He's no fan of training.[14]

Inter-provincial

McGee has represented Ulster in the Inter-Provincial Series.[15]

Personal life

McGee has a profound fear of flying, a condition which has affected his ability to cope with flights to games in far-flung corners of the earth. Nevertheless, he deals with his disability in a humorous manner. Such witty responses include describing it as "kinda like Dennis Bergkamp" (the former Dutch soccer player who also suffered from this condition during his sporting career) and suggesting before one flight to Cork, "I think I might just get big Neil to knock me out before we leave!".[16]

In his spare time McGee supports marriage equality.[17]

Honours

Inter-county
Club
Individual
  • Player of the Week (February 2013)[18]

References

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