23/11/02 Vice-Chairman celebrates
51st birthday
Michael Gannon, Club Vice-Chairman and stalwart of St. John's GAC
for over 40 years, celebrates his 51st birthday today and what better
way to celebrate it than looking back at his illustrious career over
the last 1/2 century.
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| Michael was always a strong athletic hurler in his younger
years and this certainly helped him achieve one of his early successes
as an international bodybuilder, winning the Mr Corrigan Park accolade
three years in a row before deciding to leave this high profile world
to return to hurling full time. |
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After a few years entertaining his team-mates in
the changing rooms after matches with the Johnnies song and already
renowned the club over as a huge singing talent he tried his hand
as a member of a pop band performing famous renditions of "American
Pie", unfortunately though he left it somewhat disillusioned
before the band hit the big time...
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| It wasn't long before he made it onto the silver screen,
providing us with some memorable moments in such movies as Butch Cassidy
and the Commedagh Kid. |
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But is was as a politician which saw his true talent
come to the fore, pictured here with the late great U.S. President
John F. Kennedy at a St. John's fund raising event in the Balmoral
Hotel. |
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