# Brian Shortall

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{{Short description|Irish Gaelic and Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox Gaelic games player
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| name           = Brian Shortall
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| nickname       = "Shorts"{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}
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| county         = Laois
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| code           = Football
| sport          = Gaelic Football
| province       = Leinster
| club           = [The Harps GAA](/source/The_Harps_GAA)<br> South Dublin Eagles
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| counties       = [Laois](/source/Laois_GAA)
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| icposition     = Half-forward
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'''Brian "Shorts" Shortall''' is a former [Laois](/source/Laois_GAA) minor [Gaelic football](/source/Gaelic_football)er and [Australian rules football](/source/Australian_rules_football)er.

==Playing career==
Shortall is a native of [Durrow, County Laois](/source/Durrow%2C_County_Laois), who played his club football with [The Harps GAA](/source/The_Harps_GAA) and represented [Laois GAA](/source/Laois_GAA) at minor level, winning a [Leinster MFC](/source/Leinster_Minor_Football_Championship) medal in 1998, before losing to a [Tyrone](/source/Tyrone_GAA) team led by [Cormac McAnallen](/source/Cormac_McAnallen) in the [All-Ireland MFC](/source/All-Ireland_Minor_Football_Championship) final.<ref>High Ball magazine, Vol 5 Issue 7 Page 61, August 2002. {{ISSN|1393-6158}}</ref> He played in all six games for the [Ireland national Australian rules football team](/source/Ireland_national_Australian_rules_football_team), that won the [2002 Australian Football International Cup](/source/2002_Australian_Football_International_Cup).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aussierulesinternational.com/home/tournaments/international-cup/2002/teamlists |title=Teamlists |accessdate=2012-02-29 |url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080728093415/http://www.aussierulesinternational.com/home/tournaments/international-cup/2002/teamlists |archivedate=2008-07-28 |df= }}</ref>

==References==
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Category:Irish players of Australian rules football
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