Colm Cooper

Colm 'The Gooch' Cooper (born 3 June 1983 in Killarney) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Dr Crokes and has been a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team since 2002.

Playing career

Club

Cooper helped Dr. Crokes win the 2000 Kerry Senior Football Championship at the age of 17. They beat An Ghaeltacht in the final.

Crokes reached the Kerry Senior county final again in 2005 and 2006, but were defeated on both occasions by South Kingdom. However, South Kingdom are a divisional side and not a club hence Crokes qualified to represent the county in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship. In 2006 Dr. Crokes won the Munster Club Championship, beating The Nire of Waterford in the decider. They advanced to the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship after beating Moorefield of Kildare after a replay in the semi-final, and faced Crossmaglen of Armagh in the All-Ireland Club final in March 2007. The game finished in a draw. Crossmaglen won the replay to claim their fourth All-Ireland title. In 2010 Cooper was allowed play against Austin Stacks in Tralee in the Championship final finally giving Dr. Crokes the title after the 3 losses in finals. Cooper and Crokes were back again the year after 2010 to win back to back county titles. They secured the KSFC title in 2011, 2012 and 2013 to make it five in a row.