Charlie Harrison (Gaelic footballer)

Charlie Harrison

Personal information
Sport	Gaelic Football
Position	Corner Back
Born	Sligo
Club(s)
Years	Club
	St. John's
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
2004	London Sligo
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles	1
All Stars	1

Charlie Harrison is a Gaelic football player from County Sligo, Ireland. He plays for the Sligo senior inter county football team and for his club St. John's.

He 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]

In October 2010, Harrison was named in the 2010 All-Star football team for his performances for Sligo during the 2010 season.^[2] He joins Michael Kearns in 1971, Barnes Murphy in 1974 and Eamon O'Hara in 2002 on the list of Sligo footballers who 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. Charlie 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 Charlie's only year to play for London. Fellow Sligo player Brendan Egan also played for London that year.

References

1. ^ http://ie.setanta.com/portal/article/gaa?open&articleid=4e3a81fd0d93988680257312005eb374
2. ^ "Louth's Keenan earns historic All Star". Irish Times. 2010-10-18. http://www.irishtimes.com/sports/gaa/2010/1013/1224281055570.html. Retrieved 2010-10-18. 
3. ^ "Sligo's Charlie Harrison selected for All Stars". Sligotoday.ie. 2010-10-14. http://www.sligotoday.ie/details.php?id=11353&PHPSESSID=636612c30ca6e2f57e182650c6239ab1. Retrieved 2010-10-18. 
4. ^ "Harrison overjoyed at All-Star recognition". Hoganstand.com. 2010-10-15. http://www.hoganstand.com/sligo/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=137092. Retrieved 2010-10-18. 

Persondata
Name	Harrison, Charlie
Alternative names
Short description	Gaelic footballer
Date of birth
Place of birth	Sligo, Ireland
Date of death
Place of death