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Sat 03 Mar 2010GAA chief oversaw scrapping of 'the ban'
FORMER PRESIDENT of the GAA, Pat Fanning, who has died at the age of 91, secured a place in history when he chaired the landmark 86th congress, which abolished the controversial ban on members playing or even attending "foreign games".
A Waterford man, he was born into a sporting family in 1918 and from his early days hurling was in the blood. He won seven senior championships with his local club Mount Sion and was a member of the Waterford senior inter-county team in the 1940s and 1950s.
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