.jpg) O'Neill during the 2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Full Forward | ||
| Born |
19 November 1980 Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Occupation | Primary school teacher | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
1997– | Clann na nGael | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1999–2014 | Tyrone | 30 (7–114) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Ulster titles | 5 | ||
| All-Irelands | 3 | ||
| NFL | 2 | ||
| All Stars | 3 | ||
Stephen O'Neill (born 19 November 1980) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer from Strabane, Northern Ireland, who played at senior level for the Tyrone county team. He won three All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals, two Under 21 medals, and a Minor medal. He was the 2005 All Stars Footballer of the Year, and won All Stars Awards in 2001, 2005 and 2009.
His style of play is quite traditional as a full forward, often getting on the end of passes, and scoring with his preferred left foot. It's his superior physical strength that sets him apart from his peers, coupled with his agility on the ball, making him very difficult to mark.
O'Neill announced his retirement from the Tyrone Gaelic football team in January 2008,[1][2] but made himself available for the All-Ireland final of the same year. Tyrone won the competition, but O'Neill refused to accept the medal, citing the fact that he felt he had not earned it, having not been part of the team on their journey to the final.[3]
- ^ O'Neill calls time on inter-county career, BreakingNews.ie
- ^ Paul McConville (25 January 2008), O'Neill hangs up his boots, The Irish News, retrieved 25 January 2008
- ^ O'Neill 'will not accept' medal, BBC Sport, 27 November 2008, retrieved 27 November 2008