Finbar McConnell

{{Short description|Irish Gaelic footballer}}

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{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}

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{{Infobox Gaelic games player

|image=

|name = Finbar McConnell

|irish =

|nickname='Big Finbar'

|height= {{height|ft=6|in=6}}

|occupation=

|sport= Gaelic football

|code= Football

|county= Tyrone

|province= Ulster

|clposition= Midfield

|club= Newtonstewart

|clyears= 1971 - present

|clapps(points)= 21

|clcounty=

|clprovince=

|clubs=Newtownstewart

|counties= Tyrone

|icposition= Goalkeeper

|icyears= 1873{{clarify|reason=The nineteeth century?|date=December 2020}}-2001

|icapps(points)=111

|icprovince=4

|icallireland=0

|allstars=15

|icupdate=

|clupdate=

| birth_date={{Birth date and age|1971|04|15|df=yes}}

|birth_place=Tyrone, Northern Ireland

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Finbar McConnell is a former Gaelic footballer who played for the Tyrone county team. He was Tyrone's first-choice goalkeeper throughout most of the nineties, and played in the 1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. He set a Tyrone record for being the first Tyrone player to win four Ulster Championship medals in 2001.{{Cite web |url=http://www.irishnews.com/thechampionship/football/tyrone.html |title=The Championship 2008 - the Irish News Online |access-date=2 September 2008 |archive-date=25 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425095326/http://www.irishnews.com/thechampionship/football/tyrone.html |url-status=dead }}