The GAA's Higher Education Authority has released a list of 60 nominees for the Ulster Bank Sigerson Cup Team of the Century.

The announcement of the team will coincide with the centenary celebrations of the famous third level football competition in 2011. The list of nominations is a veritable "who's who" of Gaelic football with UCD heading the list with 22 players.

However, the nominations have been criticised for being overloaded with players from the past, with Galway's Michael Meehan, Dublin's Bryan Cullen and Paul Finlay of Monaghan being the only current only inter-county players to make the shortlist.

Sigerson Cup Team of the Century nominations

Goalkeepers: Johnny Geraghty, UCG/Galway 1 medal in '62/63; Jimmy McGauran, UCG Roscommon/Galway 5 medals as goalie '36-40; Billy Morgan, UCC/Cork 2 medals, '65-67; Mick O'Gorman, UCD/Monaghan 5 medals as goalie '28-32, one as captain.

Defenders: Denis Bernard, UCC/Cork 2 medals '50-53; Eugene Callinan, UCC Tipperary/Cork 3 medals; '18-28; Mick Carty, UCD/Wexford 4 medals '73-78; Enda Colleran, UCG/Galway 2 medals, '61-66; Bryan Cullen, DCU/Dublin 2 medals '05-10; Jack Culleton, UCD/Wexford 2 medals, one as Captain '44-45; Sean Óg de Paor, UCG/Galway 1 medal as captain in '91-92; Eddie Devlin, UCD/Tyrone 5 combined universities '51-57; Seán Flanagan, UCD/Mayo 1 medal as captain in '45-46; Hugh Gibbons, UCG/Roscommon 4 medals, '36-40; Séamus McHugh, UCG/Galway 2 medals, '79-82; DJ Kane, UUJ/Down 2 medals, one as Captain '86-87; Henry Kenny, UCG /Mayo 4 medals, '37-41; Seán Marty Lockhart, UUJ/Derry Stalwart of UUJ through the '90s; Páudí Lynch, UCC/Kerry 1 medal '70-71; Kieran McGeeney, QUB/Armagh 1 medal in '92-93; Mick Morris, UCC/Kerry 3 medals '65-69; Séamus Moynihan, UCC/ITT/Kerry 3 medals, 2 with UCC and 1 with ITT; Seán Murphy, UCD/Kerry 3 medals, '54-59; Martin Newell, UCG/Galway 2 medals, '60-64; Pat O'Neill, UCD/Dublin 3 medals in '70s; Mick Raftery, UCG Mayo/Galway 8 medals '33-41; Tony Regan, UCG Roscommon/Galway 4 CU's '72-77; Joe Salmon, UCG Mayo/Galway 6 medals '36-41.

Midfielders: Paul Brewster, QUB/Fermanagh 1 medal '91-94; Pádraig Carney, UCD/Mayo 3 medals '45- 50; PJ Duke, UCD/Cavan 3 medals, '45-50; Paddy Henry, Maynooth/Sligo 1 medal in '75/76; Jim McDonnell, UCD/Cavan 3 medals, ever present in the '50s for UCD; Jim McGrane, QUB/Armagh 2 medal in '92-93; Eugene McKenna, QUB/Tyrone A Queens stalwart through the '70's; John O'Keeffe, UCD/Kerry 3 medals between '0-75.

Forwards: Greg Blaney, QUB/Down 1 medal between '81-85; Frank Bourke, UCD/Kildare and Dublin 3 medals, '16-20; James Brady, UCD/Cavan 4 medals '55-60; Jim Brosnan, UCC/Kerry 2 medals in '50s; Peter Canavan, St Mary's/Tyrone; Ray Cummins, UCC/Cork 2 medals '68-70; Trevor Giles, UCD/Meath 1 medal, '95-96; Paul Finlay, IT Sligo/Monaghan 2 medals '01-04; Anthony Finnerty, UCG/UCD Mayo 4 medals '81-96; Eamonn Fitzgerald, UCC/Kerry 4 medals '26-30; Maurice Fitzgerald, UCC/Kerry 1 medal, 87-90; Joe Kearney, UCC/Cork 3 medals, '18-25; Donal Keenan, UCD/Roscommon 2 medals '40/41 - '46/47; Kevin Kilmurray, UCD/Offaly 2 medals, '72-75; Seán Lavan, UCD/Mayo 3 medals '22-29; Brendan Lynch, UCC/Kerry 3 medals, '68-72; Tony McManus, UCD/Roscommon 3 medals, '77-80; Michael Meehan, UCG/Galway 1 medal, man of the match in '02/03 final; Denis "Ogie" Moran, UCD/Kerry 2 medals - '74-77; Paddy Moriarty, QUB/Armagh Sigerson stalwart for Queen's in the '70s; Seán O'Neill, QUB/Down 2 medals, '58/59 and '64/65; Colm O'Rourke, UCD/Meath 1 medal, '75-79; Paudie Sheehy, UCC/Kerry 2 medals, '50-53, captain in '53; Jackie Walsh, UCD/Kerry 4 medals in the 70s. Tweet

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