Kelly Colm Patrick

May 01, 2004
Laois' Colm Patrick Kelly NAME: COlm Patrick Kelly HEIGHT: 5' 9" WEIGHT: 10st BOOT SIZE: 10 CLUB: Stradbally COUNTY: Laois NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS: All-Ireland Minor winner; 5 county medals; 2 U12/U14/U17/U21; represented Leinster as part of the Compromise Rules for 2 years in a row; captained my school U14 team to an U14 Leinster win INTER-COUNTY DEBUT: First round minor championship v Carlow - scored 1-5 FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Croke Park HOBBIES: Playing football, watching TV FAVOURITE POSITION: Full forward FAVOURITE MUSIC: David Gray FAVOURITE FILM: Gladiator IDEAL BATHTUB COMPANION: Rachel Stevens THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Winning All-Ireland Minor Final 2003 BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing 2 senior county finals in 2001 and 2003 OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Sean Ramsbottom (Timahoe, Co. Laois) INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: My father and Sean Dempsey who was my coach at county level from U14 to last year's winning minor team DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Players can't exploit personal sponsorship to their full potential PET HATES: Hamsters HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED: As a player who captained his county to winning an All-Ireland senior HOW WILL YOU BE REMEMBERED: Hopefully as I would like to be remembered Taken from Hogan Stand magazine May 2004 Vol 14 No 5

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