Liam Doyle (Gaelic footballer)

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Liam Doyle
Personal information
Irish name Liam Ó Dúil
Sport Gaelic football
Position Center Half back
Born County Down, Northern Ireland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Nickname Doyler
Club(s)
YearsClub
1998 – present
Liatroim Fontenoys
Club titles
Down titles 1
Ulster titles 1
College titles
Sigerson titles 1
Inter-county(ies)**
YearsCountyApps (scores)
2000 – present
Down ?
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles 1
All-Irelands 1
All Stars 2
**Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 15:58, 17 May 2008 (UTC).

Liam Doyle is a Gaelic football player from with County Down, Northern Ireland. He plays for the Down senior football team [1] [2] and his local club Liatroim Fontenoys.

Doyle was captain of the Down team that won the Ulster Minor Championship in 1999, [3] and later that year won the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship. After nearly three years Doyle made a welcome comeback for the Down men in their 1-10 to 1-09 National Football League win over Donegal. Doyle scored 1-4 from centre back, winning man of the match and making Gaelic Life's "team of the week". Liam's father Willie Doyle was Center Half back on the Down team that won the All-Ireland in 1968.[ citation needed ]

Honours

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References

  1. "Doyle makes Down return". Hoganstand.com. 4 January 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
  2. "Doyle wary of Donegal threat". Hoganstand.com. 31 May 2006. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
  3. "Football". Hoganstand.com. Archived from the original on 8 August 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2011.