Stefan White (born 1967) is a retired

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er who played in the full-forward line at inter-county level for his native

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and

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during the 1980s and 1990s.

Playing career

Growing up in

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as the son of legendary

star Stephen White, Stefan played his underage and early adult football with local side O'Connell's. He was part of the O'Connell's Louth Junior Championship winning team of 1983 at the age of 16. He also was selected for the Louth junior county side and in 1985, he won a Leinster Colleges title with his school Dundalk CBS. In 1986, White moved to

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for work purposes and joined the local club Castleblaney Faughs. That same year, Louth manager Mickey Whelan gave him his

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debut for Louth against

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. White accepted an invitation to declare for

ahead of the 1987 season and played in that year's

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. In the Ulster Final of 1988, he came off the bench and scored a point as Monaghan defeated Tyrone on a scoreline of 1–10 to 0–11 at Clones. He started the All-Ireland Semi-Final against

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, which ended in an eleven-point defeat for Monaghan. In 1989, he transferred back to Louth and played in the Wee County's Leinster Championship loss to

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. He continued to play for Castleblaney Faughs until joining

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side

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at the start of the 1991 season. In 1991, his two goals helped Louth defeat a fancied

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side, managed by

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, in the Leinster Championship quarter-final at

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. He would miss out on a second provincial championship final appearance as Louth were beaten by

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in a controversial replayed semi-final at

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. Manager Declan Smyth made White

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of Louth for 1992. In 1993 he lined out at full-forward for

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in the

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final.

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triumphed by a three-point margin. White had resided in

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for several years and in 1998 he transferred to the Burren club, near

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. His inter-county career ended in

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, when he appeared as a substitute in Louth's Leinster Championship loss to

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. White left Burren in 2003, to rejoin O'Connell's of

, where his football journey began. In 2000, he received a nomination at right full-forward for the Louth Football Team of the Millennium. While he was not selected, his father

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was chosen at left half-back.

Honours

;Monaghan *

(1):

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;Louth *

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(1):

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Division Two (1): 1996–97 * All-Ireland Senior B Football Championship (1):

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;O'Connell's *

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(1): 1983 * Louth Under-21 Football Championship (1): 1986 *Louth Junior 2 Football League Division 4B (1): 2005 ;Dundalk CBS * Leinster Colleges Senior Football Championship (1): 1985 ;Castleblayney Faughs * Monaghan Senior Football Championship (3): 1986, 1988, 1990 *

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(1): 1986 ;Clan na Gael *

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(2): 1992, 1993 * Louth Senior Football League (5): 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997 * ACC Cup (3): 1991, 1992, 1993

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:White, Stefan Living people People educated at Coláiste Rís Louth inter-county Gaelic footballers Leinster inter-provincial Gaelic footballers Monaghan inter-county Gaelic footballers O'Connells Gaelic footballers Castleblayney Faughs Gaelic footballers Clan na Gael (Louth) Gaelic footballers Burren Gaelic footballers 1967 births