Stephen Attride

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Stephen Attride (born 1993) [1] [2] is a Gaelic footballer who has played for the Killeshin club and the Laois county team, serving as captain of his county for the 2017, 2018 and 2019 seasons. [3]

Attride was primarily interested in athletics from a young age, specifically middle-/long-distance running, at which he competed both nationally and internationally. [1] However, while in his last year at school, he developed shin splints and this affected his future progress in athletics. [1] He attended Dublin City University (DCU), where he played for the university football team. [1] Initially playing at wing-forward, Attride developed into a corner-back. [1]

Laois manager Justin McNulty noticed his progress and invited him onto the county panel in 2013. [1] He scored a goal against Dublin in Laois's 2016 Leinster Senior Football Championship quarter-final loss to the then All-Ireland Senior Football Championship title holders. [4] In 2017, the then Laois manager Peter Creedon appointed Attride as captain of the team. [1] Creedon's successor John Sugrue allowed Attride to retain the county captaincy. [1] Sugrue led Laois to the National Football League Division 4 title in his first year. [1] It meant that Attride became the first Laois captain since Ian Fitzgerald to raise a trophy aloft in the Hogan Stand of Croke Park. [3] Laois then advanced to a first Leinster Senior Football Championship final since 2007. [1]

However, Attride was unavailable. While blocking a ball during stoppage time of his county's 2018 Leinster Senior Football Championship semi-final victory over Carlow at Croke Park, Attride collided with the knee of an opponent, was knocked unconscious, stretchered from the field of play and spent a night in the Mater Hospital after sustaining a double fracture to his skull. [5] [6] [7] The injury also ruled him out for the remainder of the season. [8] Attride's teammate Ross Munnelly and former Laois player Colm Parkinson both praised Attride's intervention. [9] [10] He later recovered. [3]

Attride took a break from teaching (he teaches physical education and science) [3] at Knockbeg College to travel to Australia ahead of the 2020 season. [11] He was accompanied by his girlfriend and others he knew. [2] He took up a teaching position at Bondi High School and trained with the Clann na Gael club. [12]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Adjusting to leading role on sidelines". Sunday Independent . 8 July 2018. Age given as 24 in July 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Former Laois captain Attride hopes to represent county again when Down Under journey ends". Laois Today. 5 November 2020. Age given as 27 in November 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Laois captain Stephen Attride sewing seeds for managerial future". Sky Sports. 13 March 2019.
  4. ↑ "Skull fracture victim Attride ready to support Laois team-mates". RTÉ. 20 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "Laois captain Stephen Attride suffers double fracture to skull". The Irish Times . 11 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Laois captain Stephen Attride to miss Leinster final after suffering double-fracture to his skull". Irish Independent . 11 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Laois captain Attride ruled out of Leinster final after suffering horror double skull fracture". The42.ie. 11 June 2018.
  8. ↑ "Laois captain Stephen Attride suffers double fracture to his skull". Irish Examiner . 11 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "Colm Parkinson pays tribute to Laois' pair of heroes after courageous acts". Joe.ie.
  10. ↑ "Ross Munnelly Hails 'Unbelievable Level Of Bravery' From Laois Captain Stephen Attride". Balls.ie. 12 June 2018.
  11. ↑ "Attride blow for Laois". Hogan Stand. 25 October 2019.
  12. ↑ "Why three players swapped inter-county football for Sydney". RTÉ. 1 June 2020.
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