Laois' Colm Parkinson NAME: Colm Parkinson DATE OF BIRTH: 26-6-78 HEIGHT: 6' WEIGHT: 12st CLUB: Portlaoise COUNTY: Laois NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): All-Ireland Feile Under 14; Leinster A Colleges Under 16; All-Ireland Minor INTERCOUNTY DEBUT: Laois v Kilkenny first round Leinster Minor Championship 1995 TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Don't have any FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Croke Park, Dr. Cullen Park HOBBIES: Snooker, golf, soccer, socialising FAVOURITE POSITION: Left half back, full forward FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Peter Canavan, Maurice Fitzgerald, Graham Geraghty, Paul Curran INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: My parents, Gabriel Lawlor THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: All-Ireland Minor title BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing to Westmeath in second replay of the Leinster Final 1995 OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Danny Doogue, Declan Daly, Brian McDonald, Noel Kinelly, Steven Kelly, Mark Brophy, Kevin Fitzpatrick, Niall Collins, Martin Delaney, Derek Conroy, Chris Conway WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Should be allowed to pick the ball off the ground, should turn professional DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: No money in it DO YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES: My father Martin trains underage teams in Portlaoise. My uncle Mick won an All-Ireland Senior Club Championship with Portlaoise PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Spice girl Geri naked in front of me PET HATES: Socks pulled up, Puma King tongues turned upwards FAVOURITE MUSIC: Robert Miles, Brendan Keeley FAVOURITE FILM: True Romance FAVOURITE MUSIC: Any music IDEAL DATE: Alicia Silverstone, any Spice Girl except Mel C HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED? As the best looking GAA player in Ireland; the first GAA player to get a modelling contract; the man who captained Laois and Portlaoise to All-Ireland titles in the same year; to bring Spice Girl Geri to all my matches and have her wash my gear afterwards 'naked'! Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 9th January 1998 Vol 8 No 2 Tweet

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