Michael "Mickey" McGee is a former Gaelic footballer who played for the Loughmacrory club and the Tyrone county team.[1]
Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Micháel Mac Aoidh | ||
Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Position | Corner back | ||
Born | Tyrone, Northern Ireland | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
Nickname | The Tongue | ||
Occupation | Civil Servant | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Loughmacrory | |||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
1999-present | Tyrone | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Ulster titles | 5 | ||
All-Irelands | 3 | ||
NFL | 2 | ||
All Stars | 0 |
Awards
editMcGee 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
edit- ^ "Injury crisis hits Red Hand side". BBC. 15 May 2006. Retrieved 5 February 2010.