"I couldn't confirm that for you but I'll take it."
That's what Mayo's Shairoze Akram had to say when RTÉ's Darragh Maloney told him that he was the first Pakistan-born player to win an All-Ireland.
Akram, born in Haroonabad, Pakistan, featured prominently as Mayo's U-21s trumped Cork 5-7 to 1-14 in the final to secure the county's first EirGrid All-Ireland U21 football championship in a decade.
The Ballaghaderreen clubman epitomised the dogged, pressurising game of Mayo throughout the game in Ennis and it is believed that Akram really is the first Pakistan-born player to claim an All-Ireland medal.
And the history made by Akram, who also featured in the Mayo minor team that reached an All-Ireland semi-final in 2014, didn't go unnoticed after the game.
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