Brian Roper (Gaelic footballer)

Brian Roper
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Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Born Boston, United States of America
Club(s)
Years Club
1992–2013 Aodh Ruadh
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1996-2009[1] Donegal
Inter-county titles
NFL 1

Brian Roper is an American Gaelic footballer who has lived in Ireland most of his life,with Aodh Ruadh and a former member of the Donegal senior inter-county team. Brian prefers to play centre-forward, but has tended to play at wing-forward for Donegal. Brian McEniff has described him as one of the best forwards in the country for the best part of a decade and a half.[2]

Playing career

Roper's honours include an Ulster Under-21 Football Championship medal with Donegal and three Donegal Senior Football Championships and one League with Aodh Ruadh. His other interests include Manchester United Football Club and scuba diving.[3]

Roper's Championship debut came in 1996 against Antrim in Ballybofey, having made several appearances in the National Football League earlier that year. P.J. McGowan, gave him his big break after drafting him into the squad along with Damien Diver, Adrian Sweeney, Peter McGinley, Dessie McNamara and Martin Coll, following Donegal's 1995 Ulster Under-21 Football Championship winning campaign.[2]

Roper was a member of the Donegal team that won the National Football League in 2007, scoring three points in the final against Mayo.[4] As a result of this he was honoured by both the Opel GPA awards and the Vodafone Allstars.[5] He retired from inter-county football in 2009 with a record number of appearances.[6] Roper never won the Ulster Senior Football Championship during his career.[1]

Management career

In November 2017, he became part of Gary McDaid's back-room team when McDaid became the first manager of the new U20 Donegal U20 football team.[7][8]

Honours

Inter-county
Club

References

  1. 1 2 Nulty, Chris (22 July 2011). "1992-2011: The best XV not to win Ulster…". Donegal News. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Roper heads into the sunset". Donegal Democrat. Johnston Press. 12 January 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
  3. ↑ "BRIAN ROPER Donegal footballer". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 4 June 2006. Retrieved 4 June 2006.
  4. ↑ "Donegal achieve historic win - First national league title comes to county after victory over Mayo". Donegal Times. 25 April 2007. Retrieved 25 April 2007.
  5. ↑ "Prendergast and Roper take awards". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 8 May 2006. Retrieved 8 May 2006.
  6. ↑ "Donegal hit by the retirement of Brian Roper". BBC Sport. BBC. 28 December 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
  7. ↑ Campbell, Peter (24 November 2017). "Glenswilly's Gary McDaid set to lead Donegal U-20s in 2018". Donegal Democrat. Johnston Press. Archived from the original on 29 November 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "Gary McDaid on starting out as Donegal's u20 Manager". Highland Radio. 28 November 2017. Archived from the original on 28 November 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
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