Brian Shortall

Brian 'Shorts' Shortall is a former Laois minor Gaelic footballer and Australian rules footballer. Hailing from Durrow, County Laois, Shortall played club football with The Harps GAA and represented Laois GAA at the minor level. In 1998, he won a Leinster Minor Football Championship medal before reaching the All-Ireland Final, where his team narrowly lost to a Tyrone team led by Cormac McAnallen. Shortall also made significant contributions to the Ireland national Australian rules football team, participating in all six games and helping them secure victory in the 2002 Australian Football International Cup.