Enda Colleran
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Éinde Ó Callaráin | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Right Corner Back | ||
| Born | Moylough, County Galway | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 1960s–1972 | Mountbellew-Moylough | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Galway titles | 2 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 1961–1971 | Galway | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Connacht titles | 7 | ||
| All-Irelands | 3 | ||
| NFL | 1 | ||
Enda Colleran (May 1942 – 8 April 2004) was an Irish Gaelic football manager and player. He played football with his local club Mountbellew-Moylough and was a member of the Galway senior inter-county team from 1961 until 1971. Colleran captained Galway to back-to-back All-Ireland titles in 1965 and 1966 and later served as manager of the team. He is regarded as one of the greatest players of all-time.
Enda Colleran was born in Moylough, County Galway in 1942. He was educated at his local national school before later attending the famous St. Jarlath's College in Tuam. It was here that Colleran first displayed his great football talents and quickly became a key member of the college’s senior team. In 1960 St. Jarlath’s captured the Connacht colleges’ title, with Colleran playing a key role in the last line of defence. The Tuam college side subsequently faced St. Finian’s of Mullingar in the All-Ireland final. An exciting and high-scoring game developed over the course of the sixty minutes. At the final whistle St. Jarlath’s were the Hogan Cup champions by 3–10 to 3–7, and Colleran picked up his first winners’ medal in an All-Ireland competition.
Colleran later attended University College Galway (UCG) where his academic life was augmented by further success on the football field. In 1962 UCG reached the final of the Sigerson Cup, an All-Ireland inter-varsities competition for third level institutions. University College Dublin (UDC) provided the opposition on that occasion as Colleran made one of his first appearances at Croke Park. The game was not a happy one for the Galwegians, as UCD narrowly won by 3–7 to 2–7. UCG contested a second consecutive Sigerson Cup final in 1963, this time with University College Cork (UCC) providing the opposition. On this occasion Colleran ended up on the winning side by 1–9 to 1–3 and collected an inter-varsities winners’ medal for his effort. A third successive Sigerson Cup final appearance beckoned for Colleran and UCG in 1964. UCC provided the opposition once again; however, they failed to match their Galway-based counterparts for the second year in-a-row. A 2–10 to 0–5 trouncing gave UCG the title and gave Colleran a second Sigerson Cup winners’ medal.
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