Colm Browne

{{Short description|Laois Gaelic footballer and manager}}

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Colm Browne was a Gaelic footballer and manager with Laois. He also managed the Tipperary senior football team.

Browne won numerous honours in the game including an All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship with his club Portlaoise in 1983, a National Football League title with Laois in 1986 (and captaining that team) and an All Stars Award in 1986.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

Browne is a member of the Garda Síochána at Templemore.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

He was ratified as manager of the Laois senior team in 2000 and left in 2002.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/laois-look-to-browne-1.1260862|title=Laois look to Browne|newspaper=The Irish Times|first=Ian|last=O'Riordan|date=25 August 2000|quote=The Laois County Board has ratified Colm Browne as senior football manager}}{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2002/0708/165289-laois/|title=Brown[sic] quits as Laois manager|publisher=RTÉ|first=James|last=Shortt|date=8 July 2002}}