Christo Hand

Christopher Hand, known as Christo, was born in 1924 and died in February 2006. He was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a left wing-back at senior level for the Meath county team. Born in Ardcath, County Meath, he first arrived on the inter-county scene at seventeen with the Meath minor team and made his senior debut in the 1943 championship. He played a key role for Meath for a decade and won one All-Ireland medal, four Leinster medals and one National Football League medal, finishing as an All-Ireland runner-up once. At club level he was a one-time championship medallist with Seán McDermott's in Dublin and won a championship medal with St Vincent's in Meath. He retired from inter-county football after the 1953 championship.