Colin Forde (Gaelic footballer)

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Colin Forde
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Right Corner Back
Born 1989/1990
Galway, Ireland
Occupation Physiotherapist [1]
Club(s)
YearsClub
2007–2013
 Killererin
Club titles
Galway titles 1 [2]
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
2011–2015
 Galway

Colin Forde (born 1989/1990) [3] is an Irish sportsperson who played Gaelic football with Killererin, [4] and was a member of the Galway senior football team from 2011 to 2015.

At club level, Forde was a member of the Killererin team that won the 2010 Galway Senior Football Championship. [2]

He was full-back on the Galway minor team that won the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship in 2007, [5] and captained the Galway U21 team which won the 2011 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship. [6] [5]

Forde made his debut for the Galway senior football team in the 2011 Connacht Senior Football Championship semi-final against Mayo. [7] [8] After playing for Galway in the 2013 season, [9] he moved to London ahead of the 2014 season. [10] [11] Forde returned to play in the 2015 FBD Insurance League. [1] However, after participating in Galway's first two 2015 Allianz League Division Two games, he was ruled out for the rest of the 2015 season due to a cruciate ligament injury. [5] [12]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Killererin are worthy county champions for 2010". Galway Advertiser. 21 October 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "Up Close and Personal with...Colin Forde". gaa.ie. GAA. 29 April 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Bigger tests await cool Forde". Irish Examiner. 3 May 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 "Galway defender Colin Forde latest to be struck by 'cruciate curse'". The Irish Times. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Galway U21 2-16 Cavan U21 1-09". RTÉ Sport. 1 May 2011. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  7. ↑ "Galway name team for Sunday". mayogaablog. 23 June 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  8. ↑ "Mayo 1-12 Galway 1-06". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 26 June 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  9. ↑ "Colin Forde replaces injured Finian Hanley in Galway team". The Irish Times. 16 May 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  10. ↑ "Setback for Galway footballers as defender Colin Forde emigrates". the42.ie. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  11. ↑ "Rising star Forde to miss all Galway's season after emigrating to London". Irish Examiner. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  12. ↑ "Walsh is braced for difficult away fixture against Down". Connacht Tribune. 5 March 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2021. Colin Forde [..] The Killererin clubman has been diagnosed with a damaged cruciate that will keep him out of the game for the rest of the year
Achievements
Preceded by All-Ireland Under-21 Football Final
winning captain
2011 		Succeeded by
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