Enda Colleran

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| name = Enda Colleran

| irish = Éinde Ó Callaráin

| fullname = Enda Colleran

| feet = 5

| inches = 11

| occupation = Secondary school teacher

| county = Galway

| province = Connacht

| club = Mountbellew–Moylough

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| colleges = University College Galway

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| colyears = 1961-1966

| counties = Galway

| icposition = Right Corner Back

| icyears = 1961–1971

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| icallireland = 3

| nfl = 1

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| birth_date = May 1942

| birth_place = Moylough, County Galway, Ireland

| death_date = 8 April 2004 (aged 61)

| death_place = Barna, County Galway, Ireland

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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.

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.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-30141979.html|title=Galway GAA legend Enda Colleran dies aged 63|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=8 April 2004|access-date=3 April 2021|first=|last=}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/an-appreciation-shock-at-death-of-legendary-skipper-enda-26007744.html|title=AN APPRECIATION : Shock at death of legendary skipper Enda|publisher=Irish Independent|date=9 April 2004|access-date=3 April 2021|first=|last=}}

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 an analyst on The Sunday Game. Colleran was also named on the Team of the Century and Team of the Millennium.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/glittering-career-bedecked-with-honours-1.1307503|title=Glittering career bedecked with honours|publisher=Irish Times|date=9 April 2004|access-date=3 April 2021|first=|last=}}

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.{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2004/0408/48925-colleran/|title=Galway football star Colleran dies aged 63|publisher=RTÉ News|date=8 April 2004|access-date=3 April 2021|first=|last=}}