Enda Colleran

Enda Colleran
Personal information
Irish name	Éinde Ó Callaráin
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Right Corner Back
Born	May 1942 Moylough, County Galway, Ireland
Died	8 April 2004 (aged 61) Barna, County Galway, Ireland
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Occupation	Secondary school teacher
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Mountbellew–Moylough
Club titles
Galway titles	2
Colleges(s)
Years	College
1961-1966	University College Galway
College titles
Sigerson titles	2
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1961–1971	Galway
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles	6
All-Irelands	3
NFL	1

Enda Colleran (May 1942 – 8 April 2004) was an Irish Gaelic footballer and manager who played for the Mountbellew–Moylough club and at senior level for the Galway county team.

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Career

A native of Moylough, Colleran's Gaelic football prowess was first noticed on the national stage in 1960 when he won an All-Ireland Minor Championship medal with Galway and a Hogan Cup medal with St Jarlath's College. Having made his Galway senior debut in 1961, he went on to play in four successive All-Ireland senior finals between 1963 and 1966, winning the latter three against Kerry (twice) and Meath.^[1] Colleran also picked up two Sigerson Cup medals with University College Galway and became only the fourth Connacht man to captain his province to Railway Cup success when they beat Ulster in the 1967 final.^[2]

A brief spell as a rugby union player with Corinthians was followed by Colleran taking over as manager of the Galway senior team, winning a Connacht Championship title in 1976. His next high-profile engagement was as analyst on the Sunday Game. Colleran was also named on the Team of the Century and Team of the Millennium.^[3]

Personal life and death

Colleran worked as a secondary school teacher at St Enda's College in Salthill. He died suddenly at his home in Barna, County Galway on 8 April 2004.^[4]

Honours

St Jarlath's College

University College Galway

Sigerson Cup: 1963, 1964

Mountbellew–Moylough

Galway Senior Football Championship: 1964, 1965

Galway Corinthians

Connacht Senior Cup: 1971–72

Galway

Connacht

Railway Cup: 1967

References

^ "Galway GAA legend Enda Colleran dies aged 63". Irish Examiner. 8 April 2004. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
^ "AN APPRECIATION : Shock at death of legendary skipper Enda". Irish Independent. 9 April 2004. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
^ "Glittering career bedecked with honours". Irish Times. 9 April 2004. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
^ "Galway football star Colleran dies aged 63". RTÉ News. 8 April 2004. Retrieved 3 April 2021.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by	Galway Senior Football Captain 1965–1966	Succeeded by John Keenan
Preceded by John Donnellan	Galway Senior Football Manager 1975–1977	Succeeded by Tom Sands
Achievements
Preceded by John Donnellan	All-Ireland SFC winning captain 1965–1966	Succeeded by Peter Darby
Preceded by Jim McCartan	Railway Cup Football Final winning captain 1967	Succeeded by Joe Lennon

v t e Galway – 1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up
1 M. Moore 2 E. Colleran 3 N. Tierney 4 S. Meade 5 B. McDermott 6 J. Donnellan 7 M. Newell 8 M. Garrett (c) 9 M. Reynolds 10 C. Dunne 11 M. McDonagh 12 P. Donnellan 13 J. Keenan 14 S. Cleary 15 S. Leydon Sub used B. Geraghty for S. Cleary

v t e Galway – 1964 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (5th title)
1 J. Geraghty 2 E. Colleran 3 N. Tierney 4 B. McDermott 5 J. Donnellan (c) 6 S. Meade 7 M. Newell 8 M. Garrett 9 M. Reynolds 10 C. Dunne 11 M. McDonagh 12 S. Leydon 13 C. Tyrrell 14 S. Cleary 15 J. Keenan Subs not used 16 M. Moore 17 K. O'Connor 18 T. Sands 19 P. Donnellan 20 B. Geraghty 21 M. Coen 22 T. Keenan Selectors J. Dunne B. Nestor B. Coleman

v t e Galway – 1965 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (6th title)
1 J. Geraghty 2 E. Colleran (c) 3 N. Tierney 4 B. McDermott 5 J. Donnellan 6 S. Meade 7 M. Newell 8 P. Donnellan 9 M. Garrett 10 C. Dunne 11 M. McDonagh 12 S. Leydon 13 C. Tyrrell 14 S. Cleary 15 J. Keenan Sub used 16 M. Reynolds for J. Keenan Subs not used 17 T. Sands 18 T. Keenan 19 B. Geraghty 20 M. Moore Selectors J. Dunne B. Nestor F. Stockwell

v t e Galway – 1966 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (7th title)
1 J. Geraghty 2 E. Colleran (c) 3 N. Tierney 4 B. McDermott 5 C. McDonagh 6 S. Meade 7 M. Newell 8 J. Duggan 9 P. Donnellan 10 C. Dunne 11 M. McDonagh 12 S. Leydon 13 L. Sammon 14 S. Cleary 15 J. Keenan Sub used 17 J. Donnellan for S. Meade Subs not used 16 F. McLoughlin 18 T. Sands 19 M. Reynolds 20 C. Tyrrell Selectors J. Dunne B. Nestor F. Stockwell

Galway football team – managers

E. Colleran (1975–77)
T. Sands (1977–78)
L. O'Neill (1978–80)
M. McDonagh (1980–83)
T. Regan (1983–84)
C. Dunne (1984–86)
W. Joyce (1986–89)
J. Tobin (1989–93)
B. McDermott (1993–96)
V. Daly (1996–97)
J. O'Mahony (1997–2004)
P. Ford (2004–07)
L. Sammon (2007–09)
J. Kernan (2009–10)
T. Ó Flatharta (2010–11)
A. Mulholland (2011–14)
K. Walsh (2014–2019)
P. Joyce (2019–)

Under-20s incl. G. Fahy: until 2018 • P. Joyce: 2018–2019 • D. Ó Fátharta: 2019?–

Minors incl. S. Joyce: c. 2015 • D. Ó Fátharta: c. 2018

Gaelic football – Team of the Century

All-Ireland winners

Non All-Ireland winners

v t e Gaelic football – Team of the Millennium
1 Dan O'Keeffe 2 Seán Flanagan 3 Joe Keohane 4 Enda Colleran 5 Martin O'Connell 6 John Joe O'Reilly 7 Seán Murphy 8 Mick O'Connell 9 Tommy Murphy 10 Pat Spillane 11 Seán Purcell 12 Seán O'Neill 13 Kevin Heffernan 14 Tommy Langan 15 Mikey Sheehy

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