Charlie Harrison (Gaelic footballer)

Charlie Harrison is an Irish sportsperson from County Sligo. He plays Gaelic football for his club St John's and at senior level for the Sligo county team. In 2010, he was given an All Star, a particularly unusual achievement for a Sligo player. Only three others had managed this before him [Mickey Kearins, Barnes Murphy and Eamon O'Hara].

Charlie Harrison
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Corner Back
Born Sligo
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Club(s)
Years Club
 St John's
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
2004
 London
Sligo
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles 1
NFL 2 Div 2 & 3
All Stars 1

Playing career

Harrison made his senior inter-county debut in 2004 playing for London while he was a student at St Mary's College Strawberry Hill. He played against Galway in the Connacht Championship and also against Dublin in the first round of qualifiers. It was Harrison's only year to play for London. Fellow Sligo player Brendan Egan also played for London that year.

Harrison won a Connacht Senior Football Championship medal for Sligo in 2007. That victory made Sligo the Connacht champions for the first time since 1975 and third time overall.[1]

All Star

In October 2010, Harrison was named in the 2010 All Stars football team as a result of his performances for Sligo during the 2010 season.[2] He joined Michael Kearins (1971), Barnes Murphy (1974) and Eamon O'Hara (2002) on the list of Sligo footballers to have won All Star awards.[3] Harrison was selected at left corner back in the All Star team rather than in his customary right corner back position. Speaking after hearing of the All Star he said "when I was called out I couldn't believe it. We were jumping up and down. I'm absolutely delighted, The All-Star is a really coveted award, but you never really think you will be up there someday, so to win one is an amazing feeling."[4] He later picked up a GPA award.

References
  1. "Setanta Sports - Ireland's Sports Broadcaster - Setanta Sports brings you the latest in sports news and broadcasts premium sports content such as Barclays Premier League, UEFA Champions League, London Paralympics 2012, Formula 1, French Top 14, Guinness PRO12 and golf". Setanta Sports - Ireland’s Sports Broadcaster. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007.
  2. "Louth's Keenan earns historic All Star". Irish Times. 18 October 2010. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
  3. "Sligo's Charlie Harrison selected for All Stars". Sligotoday.ie. 14 October 2010. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
  4. "Harrison overjoyed at All-Star recognition". Hoganstand.com. 15 October 2010. Retrieved 18 October 2010.


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