Danny Nugent

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Danny Nugent
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position half-back
Born 1947
Drogheda, County Louth
Club(s)
YearsClub
1966-1987
 Newtown Blues
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
1967-1977
 Louth

Danny Nugent is a retired Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a defender for the Louth senior football team and for his club Newtown Blues. He also played inter-provincial football for Leinster.

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Playing career

His inter-county career began with the Louth junior side in 1966 while still a teenager. He was a member of the team that defeated Kildare in the final of the Leinster Junior Football Championship, [1] [2] scoring the decisive goal in a two-point win. [3] Later that year Nugent won his first Louth Senior Football Championship medal when Newtown Blues beat Cooley Kickhams in the county final at St Brigid's Park. [4] He was team captain in the 1970 county decider when the Drogheda side overcame St Mary's by three points. [5]

Nugent lined out at right half-back against Dublin in the quarter-final of the 1973 Leinster Championship, as Louth beat the Metropolitans by 1–08 to 0-09. [6] At the end of the year he received the Louth GAA Player of the Year award [7] and was nominated for an All-Star. [8] Two years later he was captain of the county side that beat Meath by 0–15 to 1–09 in the opening round of the 1975 provincial championship. [9]

Later years

In retirement Nugent filled the role of county team selector, assisting Louth managers Mickey Whelan [10] and Frank Lynch. [11] At club level he was a selector under manager Davy Byrne when Newtown Blues won the Louth SFC title in 1988. [12]

In 1992 a Louth team of retired over-40s footballers reached the final of the All-Ireland Masters Championship. Nugent featured at left corner-back as Mayo won on a scoreline of 3–09 to 0-09. [13]

Since his playing days ended he has held the roles of chairman, secretary, minor team mentor and youth officer for Newtown Blues. [14] [15] [16] [17]

Honours

Newtown Blues
Wolfe Tones
Louth
Leinster

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References

  1. ↑ "1966 was last win for the Louth men". Drogheda Independent . 18 July 1997.
  2. ↑ "Special night for men of 66". The Argus . 27 September 2006.
  3. ↑ "Kildare's second-raters go down fighting". The Nationalist and Leinster Times . 12 August 1966.
  4. ↑ "Pen Pictures Of The Newtown Blues". Drogheda Independent . 27 August 1966.
  5. ↑ "They led Blues to glory". Drogheda Independent . 9 February 1977.
  6. ↑ "Who remembers the day Louth last defeated Dublin in the Leinster Championship?". Dundalk Democrat . 24 May 2019.
  7. ↑ "Players of the year". Hogan Stand . 20 November 2002.
  8. ↑ "All-Star scheme has stood the test of time". Dundalk Democrat . 24 November 2023.
  9. ↑ "Wee County will have to bridge 31-year gap". Drogheda Independent . 10 May 2006.
  10. ↑ "Revolutionary Mickey Whelan coached Louth, as well as Clans and Dundalk FC to success". Dundalk Democrat . 26 May 2020.
  11. ↑ "Niall Of The Many Sports". Dundalk Democrat . 10 September 1988.
  12. ↑ "Medals Instead Of Money". Dundalk Democrat . 10 September 1988.
  13. ↑ "Masters crash". Drogheda Independent . 25 September 1992.
  14. ↑ "NEWTOWN BLUES". Drogheda Independent . 14 December 2011.
  15. ↑ "Special occasion for the Louth champions". Drogheda Independent . 20 February 1987.
  16. ↑ "Blues awards". Drogheda Independent . 23 February 1996.
  17. ↑ "Blues bid for first title in 20 years". Drogheda Independent . 8 September 1995.
  18. ↑ "Joe Carroll: Darver Centre a monument to Louth GAA". Drogheda Independent .
  19. ↑ "Tones Retain Minor Hurling Crown". Dundalk Democrat . 17 October 1964.
  20. ↑ "Tones Minors Take Hurling Title". Drogheda Independent . 28 November 1964.
  21. ↑ "The days when Dundalk FC lads played for the LOI and Louth stars for Leinster". Dundalk Democrat . 21 March 2020.
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