Brian Shortall
Irish Gaelic and Australian rules footballer
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Brian "Shorts" Shortall is a former Laois minor Gaelic footballer and Australian rules footballer.
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Nickname | "Shorts"[citation needed] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Gaelic Football | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Half-forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career
Shortall is a native of Durrow, County Laois, who played his club football with The Harps GAA and represented Laois GAA at minor level, winning a Leinster MFC medal in 1998, before losing to a Tyrone team led by Cormac McAnallen in the All-Ireland MFC final.[1] He played in all six games for the Ireland national Australian rules football team, that won the 2002 Australian Football International Cup.[2]
