Damien John Richardson (born 2 August 1947, Dublin) is an Irish football manager and former player. He currently has no club attachments, having left Cork City at the end of the 2007 season. Richardson formerly managed Gillingham in England and Cobh Ramblers, Shelbourne and Shamrock Rovers in Ireland.
Richardson's father George managed St Patrick's Athletic in the 1970s.
Richardson is also recognisable for his media work, including Monday Night Soccer.
As a player Richardson's career was divided between Shamrock Rovers and Gillingham. He made his Rovers debut in a 2–1 friendly win over Sunderland at Roker Park on 10 August 1963. His competitive debut came eight days later as Rovers beat Shelbourne 3–0 at Tolka Park in a Dublin City Cup clash. While at Rovers he twice won the FAI Cup in 1968 and 1969 (scoring in the final replay) as well as getting an Inter League cap and represented the club 5 times in the UEFA Cup Winners Cup. He received the first of three international caps for the Irish national team while at Shamrock Rovers, making his debut against Austria in Linz in October 1971. He scored in his final appearance for Rovers on 22 October 1972 at Milltown.
Roderick 'Roddy' Collins (born 7 August 1961 in Dublin), is a Irish former professional football player and current manager of Monaghan United. He has also worked as a television pundit. He is the brother of acclaimed former boxer, Steve Collins.
Roddy Collins began his career at local club Bohemians making his debut in September 1979 away to Finn Harps and made 2 appearances in European competition for the club before suffering a serious leg injury which sidelined him for two years before going on to play for Home Farm F.C., Athlone Town, Drogheda United and Dundalk from where he joined Mansfield Town in December 1985 for a club record fee of £30,000. He left to join Newport County in August 1987, playing seven times in an injury plagued season, their ill-fated 1987-88 season which would see them lose their place in the Football League amid a growing financial crisis. Collins then went on to play once for Cheltenham Town.
Collins scored for Athlone Town in the 1983–84 European Cup against Standard Liege.
Jason Steven "Jake" Plummer (born on December 19, 1974) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in the second round of the 1997 NFL Draft. He played college football at Arizona State.
His nickname, Jake "the Snake", was given to him as a tribute to professional wrestler, Jake "the Snake" Roberts. Coincidentally, Roberts adopted that nickname as a tribute to his favorite NFL player, former Oakland Raiders quarterback Ken Stabler, who was nicknamed "the Snake".
After a 2007 offseason trade from the Denver Broncos to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Plummer failed to report to the team and announced his intention to retire.
Plummer was born in, and grew up in, Boise, Idaho, went to Pierce Park Elementary, Hillside Junior High, and graduated from Capital High School in 1993. He was a three-sport star in high school, playing baseball and basketball in addition to football. He was selected as an all-state quarterback as well as punter twice, and passed for 6,097 yards and 68 touchdowns in his junior and senior years.