Alexander 'Sandy' John Burns Fulton (1942–2001) was the first person from County Fermanagh to play representative football for Northern Ireland.
[3] Despite considerable interest from English clubs, he missed out on a trial with Wolverhampton Wanderers due to a boat strike and was deemed too old for Chelsea at the age of 21.
[4] Honours On Sunday 2 September 1973, Sandy Fulton was one of three RUC police officers shot while on a fishing trip in County Mayo.
An ambulance conveyed Fulton to Castlebar hospital, where he was treated for bullet wounds to his left leg and arm.
[8] On 5 September, two men, John Fadden and Richard McDonnell, appeared in Castlebar court on charges connected to the ambush.