Stefan White

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Stefan White
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Corner-Forward
Club(s)
YearsClub
 O'Connell's
Castleblaney Faughs
Clan na Gael
Burren
O'Connell's
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
1986-1999
 Louth/Monaghan

Stefan White (born 1967) is a retired Gaelic footballer who played in the full-forward line at inter-county level for his native Louth and Monaghan during the 1980s and 1990s.

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Playing career

Growing up in Castlebellingham, County Louth as the son of legendary Louth star Stephen White, Stefan played his underage and early adult football with local side O'Connell's. He was part of the O'Connell's Louth Junior Championship winning team of 1983 at the age of 16. He also was selected for the Louth junior county side and in 1985, he won a Leinster Colleges title with his school Dundalk CBS. [1]

In 1986, White moved to Castleblayney in County Monaghan for work purposes and joined the local club Castleblaney Faughs. That same year, Louth manager Mickey Whelan gave him his Championship debut for Louth against Carlow.

White accepted an invitation to declare for Monaghan ahead of the 1987 season and played in that year's Ulster Senior Football Championship. In the Ulster Final of 1988, he came off the bench and scored a point as Monaghan defeated Tyrone on a scoreline of 1–10 to 0–11 at Clones. He started the All-Ireland Semi-Final against Cork, which ended in an eleven-point defeat for Monaghan.

In 1989, he transferred back to Louth and played in the Wee County's Leinster Championship loss to Meath. He continued to play for Castleblaney Faughs until joining Dundalk side Clan na Gael at the start of the 1991 season.

In 1991, his two goals helped Louth defeat a fancied Kildare side, managed by Mick O'Dwyer, in the Leinster Championship quarter-final at Drogheda. [2] He would miss out on a second provincial championship final appearance as Louth were beaten by Laois in a controversial replayed semi-final at Croke Park. [3] Manager Declan Smyth made White captain of Louth for 1992.

In 1993 he lined out at full-forward for Leinster in the Railway Cup final. Ulster triumphed by a three-point margin.

White had resided in County Down for several years and in 1998 he transferred to the Burren club, near Warrenpoint. His inter-county career ended in 1999, when he appeared as a substitute in Louth's Leinster Championship loss to Dublin. [4]

White left Burren in 2003, to rejoin O'Connell's of Castlebellingham, where his football journey began. [5] In 2000, he received a nomination at right full-forward for the Louth Football Team of the Millennium. [6] While he was not selected, his father Stephen was chosen at left half-back. [7]

Honours

Monaghan
Louth
O'Connell's
Dundalk CBS
Castleblayney Faughs
Clan na Gael

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References

  1. ↑ "Stefan White on his career with Louth, semi-final pain, controversy, relationships and the rivalry with Meath". Dundalk Democrat . 18 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Stefan White, two goal hero of 1991 shock, can see Louth taking fight to Kildare". Irish Daily Mirror . 30 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "A look back at the infamous Louth v Laois game of 1991". Dundalk Democrat . 20 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Dublin easily overcome a very Wee challenge". Irish Independent . 7 June 1999.
  5. ↑ "O'Connells welcome back White". Hogan Stand . 13 February 2003. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  6. ↑ "Louth team of the Millennium". Drogheda Independent . 21 January 2000.
  7. ↑ "Horgan scores on his Ireland debut". Drogheda Independent . 12 January 2001.
  8. ↑ "Clans overcome Gaels in O'Donnell final, Joe's relegate Roche and Stabannon play in Leinster". Dundalk Democrat . 8 November 2019.
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