NAME: Colin Kelly DATE OF BIRTH: 22/4/71 HEIGHT: 5' 9" WEIGHT: 11st CLUB: Newtown Blues COUNTY: Louth HONOURS: 5 Colleges County medals; County Senior Championship; O'Byrne Cup medal; three County Minor Hurling Championships INTER-COUNTY DEBUT: versus Mayo, NFL, February 1991, Dundalk TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Terry Ferguson (Meath) FAVOURITE POSITION: Anywhere in the forward line or midfield FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Drogheda and Navan SPORTING AMBITION: To win an All-Ireland senior medal DO YOU PLAY ANY OTHER SPORTS: No BOYHOOD HEROES: Pat Spillane and Mike Sheehy FAVOURITE PLAYER AT PRESENT: Bernard Flynn BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON CAREER: Father DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Having to play the majority of my county football in the winter months WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Improve refereeing standards BEST GAME SEEN: 1977 All-Ireland semi-final, Dublin v Kerry BEST GAME PLAYED IN: 1989 Leinster MFC v Laois, scored 10 points TIPS FOR THE FUTURE: Alan Doherty (Ardee), a Louth minor HOPES FOR 1991: To reach Leinster SFC Final and win Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 5th April 1991 Vol 1 No 3 Tweet

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