Tommy Doyle (Gaelic footballer)

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Tommy Doyle
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Half back/forward
Born (1956-03-03) 3 March 1956 (age 67)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Nickname Private
Occupation Sales rep
Club(s)
YearsClub
1970s-1990s
1990s
Annascaul
John Mitchels
Club titles
Kerry titles 2
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCountyApps (scores)
1977-1988
Kerry 41(0-25)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 9
All-Irelands 7
All Stars 3

Tommy Doyle (born 3 March 1956 in Chicago, Illinois) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for the Annascaul GAA club and at senior level for the Kerry county team in the 1970s and 1980s. He had a brief spell with the John Mitchels club in the early 1990s. Doyle was an army private at one time, and so had the nickname "Private". He now runs Kinsale Bay Food Company and lives in Cork. [1]

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Playing career

Inter-county

Doyle was a member of one of the most successful teams ever to play Gaelic football. He won seven All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals with Kerry, and was captain of the team in 1986. He received three consecutive GAA All Stars Awards, in 1984, 1985 and 1986. [2]

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References

  1. "Tommy Doyle". Hoganstand.com. 13 August 1993. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
  2. "Football All Stars". RTÉ Sport. 17 May 2007. Archived from the original on 29 February 2008. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Kerry Senior Football Captain
1986
Succeeded by
Awards and achievements
Preceded by All-Ireland SFC
winning captain

1986
Succeeded by