COOPER LEADING THE WAY.Byline: ORLA BANNON COLM COLM Column COLM Colorado National Monument (US National Park Service) COLM Committee On Lay Ministry COOPER'S six points in Sunday's All-Ireland final saw him finish the year as the top scorer in the Senior Football Championship. Despite having a poor season by his own usual standards, the Kerry star's 0-6 against Cork (all from frees) was just enough to see him edge out Donegal's Young Player of the Year prospect Michael Murphy Michael Murphy may refer to:
Cooper finished with 1-34 with Murphy just behind on 0-36. Donncha O'Connor was also in with a chance of topping the charts heading into Sunday's final but only managed three frees which left him trailing behind in fourth place, just behind Meath's Cian Ward. POINTS SCORE FREES: 37 Colm Cooper Colm "Gooch" Cooper (born June 3, 1983) is a Gaelic footballer from County Kerry in Ireland. Colm was the Kerry captain for part of the 2006 All-Ireland senior football championship, although captain in favour his team-mate Declan O'Sullivan was restored as team captain for the (Kerry) 1-34 0-25f; 36 Michael Murphy (Donegal) 0-36 0-20f; 35 Cian Ward (Meath) 3-26 1-24f; 34 Donncha O'Connor (Cork) 3-25 2-15f; 27 John Doyle (Kildare) 0-27 0-18f; 26 Bernard Brogan (Dublin) 2-20 0-8f; 25 Tony Hannon (Wicklow) 1-22 0-8f; 24 Donie Shine (Roscommon) 0-24 0-16f; 24 Seanie Furlong (Wicklow) 1-21 0-13f; 23 Michael Meehan (Galway) 2-17 1-7f. CAPTION(S): DIFFERENCE Cooper's six points on Sunday was crucial |
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