Limerick's Colm Hickey NAME: Colm Hickey DATE OF BIRTH: 6-5-80 HEIGHT: 5'11" WEIGHT: 12st 5lbs BOOT SIZE: 12 CLUB: Caherconlish COUNTY: Limerick NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): Munster Under 21 football, Munster and All-Ireland Colleges hurling, U16 Munster Shield football, county junior medal, numerous underage NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (OTHER): U12, U14, U16 county cycling champion TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Ronan McCarthy (Cork) FAVOURITE FOOD: Pasta HOBBIES: All sports NOMINATE WORLD'S LAZIEST PERSON: Pat Ahern (member of U21 and senior football team) spends all his time on treatment table for no reason MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT: Being sent off playing U21 FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Trevor Giles, John Quane SPORTS LEGEND YOU MOST ADMIRE: Mickey Nelligan, my coach in Caherconlish who started me playing football INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: Parents, school teacher, own club BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing minor Munster Finals 1997 & 1998; losing All-Ireland U21 this year FAVOURITE OLYMPIC SPORT: 100m FAVOURITE CARTOON CHARACTER: Homer Simpson IDEAL DRINKING COMPANY: Anyone who keeps buying me drink GAA GRIPES: Standard of referees, inconsistency, lack of financial support RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES: Granduncle played full back for Limerick hurling in 1940 FAVOURITE ACTOR: Tom Hanks WHAT FILM WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO STAR IN: Saving Private Ryan FAVOURITE MUSIC: All kinds WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WON THE LOTTO: Travel around the world and buy a pub IF YOU HAPPENED TO CHANCE UPON A TIME MACHINE, WHERE WOULD YOU TRAVEL AND WHEN: I'd travel into the future to see if Limerick win an All-Ireland DREAM BATHTUB COMPANION: Anna Kournikova HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED: As helping Limerick to win an All-Ireland hurling or football title HOW DO YOU THINK YOU'LL BE REMEMBERED: A good sporty, clean and friendly GAA player who gave it everything to help his county Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 23rd June 2000 Vol 10 No 25 Tweet

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