Ken Robinson: From kickarounds with Def Leppard to developing Dublin football

From playing soccer with Def Leppard to rugby under Joe Schmidt, Ken Robinson enjoyed an eclectic sporting education. And now he is transferring his skills to developing a new generation of young Irish sporting talents in the capital.

To a generation of serial All-Ireland winning Dublin footballers and many others involved in Irish third-level sport, he’s Mr DCU Sport, but the rest of the nation has come to know Ken Robinson as that zany bald guy from Blue Sisters.

Just as Raymond Babbitt could list off every aviation disaster, Pat Comer’s documentary highlighted Robinson’s astonishing, show-stealing capacity to rattle off the exact dimensions of any GAA pitch the Dublin ladies footballers set foot on.