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Gerry Collins (other) (1980–2015), New Zealand rugby player
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Gerry Collins is the name of: * Gerry Collins (broadcaster), Australian sports broadcaster * Gerry Collins (footballer) (1955–2024), Scottish footballer and coach * Gerry Collins (politician) (born 1938), former Irish Fianna Fáil politician from Limerick and senior government minister * Gerard Collins (artist), (born 1957) Canadian painter * Gerard Collins (canoeist) (born 1952), Irish slalom canoer See also * Jerry Collins Jerry Collins (4 November 1980 – 5 June 2015) was a professional rugby union player. Although he was born in Apia, Samoa, he grew up in New Zealand and played for the New Zealand national team, earning 48 caps. At club level, he played for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerry Collins (broadcaster)
Gerry Collins is a Brisbane-based sports commentator and writer for ABC Radio Grandstand. He was born in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia and attended St Brigid's Primary School at Raymond Terrace and Marist Brothers' College in Hamilton before gaining a teaching qualification at Newcastle Teachers' College. His teaching career ultimately took him to Dubbo in western New South Wales. He joined the Dubbo Ducks amateur swimming team in 1972 and called rugby league games on a part-time basis at 2DU in Dubbo. Ultimately, he left his teaching career to work at the Daily Liberal, rising to sports editor and then editor. In 1984, he became a sports broadcaster with the ABC, and his major Games swimming coverage began in 1986 with that year's Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. A regular caller of rugby league, rugby union and cricket in Brisbane, he has also hosted Grandstand in the past and presented its Queensland segment, and covered three Rugby World Cups, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerry Collins (footballer)
Gerard Collins (12 March 1955 – 20 May 2024) was a Scottish football player and coach. A defender and midfielder, he played for Stranraer, Albion Rovers, Ayr United, Hamilton Academical, and Partick Thistle. Playing career Collins played for Stranraer, Maryhill, St Roch's, Albion Rovers, Ayr United, Hamilton Academical and Partick Thistle. At Hamilton, Collins began as a midfielder but converted to a defender after one season. He won the Division 1 title with Hamilton in 1986 and 1988, serving as club captain. He was a part-time player, also working as a taxi driver. Coaching career Collins retired from playing to become assistant manager of Partick Thistle. He then became manager of Falkirk Falkirk ( ; ; ) is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had a resident population of 32,422 at the .... He later managed Partick, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerry Collins (politician)
James Gerard Collins (born 16 October 1938) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from March 1982 to December 1982 and 1989 to 1992, Minister for Justice from 1977 to 1981 and 1987 to 1989, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs from 1970 to 1973, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry and Commerce and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Gaeltacht from 1969 to 1970. He was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Munster constituency from 1994 to 2004. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Limerick West constituency from 1967 to 1997. Early life Collins was born in Abbeyfeale, County Limerick, in 1938. The son of James Collins, his father was a former adjutant of the West Limerick Brigade of the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence. The father took the republican side during the subsequent Civil War and a quarter of a century later was elected to Dáil Éireann at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerard Collins (artist)
Gerard Collins (born 1957) is a Canadian painter. Early life and education Collins was born in Saint John, New Brunswick. He studied initially at St. Martin’s School of Art in London, England, ultimately completing a BFA degree at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. He later studied under Gerhard Richter at the Staaliche Kunstakademie in Dusseldorf, Germany. Career In 2001, Collins received the Strathbutler Award for New Brunswick artists. Collins' work is held in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS) is a public provincial museums of Canada, provincial art museum based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The art museum's primary building complex is located in downtown Halifax and takes up ... and the New Brunswick Museum. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Collins, Gerard 1957 births 20th-century Canadian painters Canadian male painters 21st-century Canadian painters Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerard Collins (canoeist)
Gerard "Gerry" Collins (born 26 March 1952) is an Irish retired slalom canoeist who competed in the 1970s. He finished 24th in the K-1 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no .... References * Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Irish male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for Ireland 1952 births 20th-century Irish sportsmen {{Ireland-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |