Drew Wylie

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Drew Wylie
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Full back
Occupation ESB
Club(s)
YearsClub
? – Present
 Ballybay Pearse Brothers
Club titles
Monaghan titles 2
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
2012 – 2022
 Monaghan county team
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles 2

Drew Wylie is a Gaelic footballer who plays for Ballybay Pearse Brothers and at senior level for the Monaghan county team. [1] He has earned three All-Star nominations, in 2013, 2014 and 2018. [2]

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Career

Club

Wylie has won two County titles with Ballybay, in 2012 and 2022.

County

Wylie was part of the teams that won the 2013 and 2015 Ulster Senior Football Championship. He was also part of the team that reached the All Ireland semi final in 2018, a first appearance at this stage of the competition since 1988.

Unusually for a Gaelic footballer, Wylie is a Protestant. During a 2015 Dr McKenna Cup match, Wylie was verbally abused using sectarian language by Cavan midfielder Gearoid McKiernan. McKiernan was sent off and handed a two-match ban. The incident was believed to be the first time that a red card had been deployed as a punishment for either racist or sectarian abuse. [3]

Personal life

His brother Ryan is also a Gaelic footballer with Ballybay and Monaghan. [4]

His family having no history in the GAA, he was introduced by neighbour Kieran Finlay, former Monaghan player and father of Paul Finlay.

Wylie attended Ballybay Central School and Castleblayney College, where no one played Gaelic. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "My Club: Ryan Wylie — Ballybay Pearse Brothers". 10 December 2015.
  2. ↑ Six Monaghan players receive All-Star nominations 4 Oct 13
  3. ↑ "McKiernan apologises and accepts ban". BBC Sport.
  4. ↑ Drew Wylie has emerged from lockdown...
  5. ↑ 'There were grown men there with tears in their eyes' — Drew Wylie reflects on 2018 26 January 2019 Declan Bogue
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