Michael McGee (Gaelic footballer)

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Michael McGee
Personal information
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)
YearsClub
Loughmacrory
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
1999-present
Tyrone
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles 5
All-Irelands 3
NFL 2
All Stars 0

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.

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References

  1. "Injury crisis hits Red Hand side". BBC. 15 May 2006. Retrieved 5 February 2010.