Timmy O'Dowd

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Timmy O'Dowd
Timmy Dowd in Dowdies December 2011.JPG
Personal information
Irish name Tadhg Ó Dúda
Sport Gaelic football
Position Right wing-forward
Born 1963
Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Nickname Dowdie
Occupation Publican
Club(s)
YearsClub
 John Mitchels
Thomas Davis
Club titles
Kerry titles 0
Inter-county(ies)*
YearsCountyApps (scores)
1983-1988
 Kerry 14 (1-11)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 3
All-Irelands 3
NFL 1
All Stars 0
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 13:15, 24 September 2011.

Timothy O'Dowd (born 1963) is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer. His league and championship career with the Kerry senior team spanned six seasons from 1983 to 1988. [1]

Born in Tralee, County Kerry, O'Dowd was born into a strong Gaelic football family. His father, Tom, enjoyed a distinguished career with the John Mitchels club while he also played for Kerry at minor, junior and senior levels. [2]

O'Dowd first appeared for the John Mitchels club at underage levels, winning a county under-21 championship medal in 1983. He had made his senior debut as a fifteen year-old in 1978, however, he enjoyed little success in this grade. O'Dowd also lined out with the Thomas Davis club in Dublin.[ citation needed ]

O'Dowd made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he was picked on the Kerry minor team. He enjoyed two championship seasons with the minor team, winning an All-Ireland medal in 1980. O'Dowd made his senior debut during the 1982-83 league. Over the course of the next five seasons, he won three All-Ireland medals in-a-row from 1984 to 1986. O'Dowd also won three Munster medals and one National Football League medal. He played his last game for Kerry in February 1988.[ citation needed ]

O'Dowd was chosen on the Munster inter-provincial team in 1986, however, he ended his career without a Railway Cup medal.[ citation needed ]

Career statistics

TeamSeason National League Munster All-Ireland Total
DivisionAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScore
Kerry 1982-83 Division 1 10-0000-0000-0010-00
1983-8482-1010-0410-00102-14
1984-8560-0320-0231-02111-07
1985-8640-0420-0120-0280-07
1986-87101-0430-0000-00131-04
1987-8820-0100-0000-0020-1
Total313-2280-0761-04454-33

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References

  1. ↑ "All-Ireland winner turned pub landlord". The Kerryman. 27 October 2005. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  2. ↑ McCrohan, Owen (8 May 2011). "Kerry football mourns the passing of Mitchels legend O'Dowd". Irish Independent. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
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