Michael McGee (Gaelic footballer)
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| Native name | Micháel Mac Aoidh (Irish) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | The Tongue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Tyrone, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Civil Servant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Gaelic football | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Corner back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael "Mickey" McGee is a former Gaelic footballer who played for the Loughmacrory club and the Tyrone county team.[1]
Awards
McGee has three All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winners' medals. He brought the first All-Ireland senior championship medal to his club, Loughmacrory, in 2003, the year Tyrone made the breakthrough at county senior level, and he won an All-Ireland minor medal with the county in 1998. From there he progressed to the Under-21 grade where he won two All-Ireland Under-21 championships in 2000 and 2001.
He helped Tyrone regain the Sam Maguire Cup in 2005.
McGee's 2007 and 2008 seasons were hampered by a shoulder injury, one of Tyrone's many long-term injuries.
References
- ^ "Injury crisis hits Red Hand side". BBC. 15 May 2006. Retrieved 5 February 2010.