Tommy Doyle (Gaelic footballer)

For other people named Tommy Doyle, see Tommy Doyle (disambiguation).

Tommy Doyle
Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Half back/forward
Born	3 March 1956 (1956-03-03) (age 56) Chicago, Illinois, United States
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Nickname	Private
Occupation	Sales rep
Club(s)
Years	Club
1970s-1990s 1990s	Annascaul John Mitchels
Club Titles
Kerry titles	2
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1977-1988	Kerry	41(0-25)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	9
All Irelands	6
All Stars	3

Tommy Doyle (born 3 March 1956 in Chicago, Illinois) was an Irish sportman who played Gaelic football with Annascaul GAA club and the Kerry senior football team in the 1970s and 1980s. He had a brief spell with John Mitchels in the early 90s. Doyle was an army private at one time, and so had the nickname "Private". He now works as a sales representative and lives in Cork.^[1] His brother Johnny also played with Kerry and captained them to an All Ireland Junior Championship in 1983.

1 Playing career
- 1.1 Club
- 1.2 Intercounty
2 Post career
3 References
4 Teams

Playing career

Club

With Annascaul, Doyle won three County Intermediate Football Championships, one County Junior Championship, one County Novice Championship, one County Club Championship as well as West Kerry Championship and League Medals and a number of County Leagues. He also won two Senior County Championships with West Kerry in 1984 and 1985 and helped Annascaul to the Final in 1993.

Intercounty

Doyle was a member of one of the most successful teams ever to play Gaelic football. He won 7 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] He also won two U21 All Irelands with Kerry as an All-Ireland Vocational Schools Championship. He won a Railway Cup medal with Munster in 1982.

Post career

In the years after retiring Doyle was a selector of the Kerry senior team. Doyle has acted as a trainer and selector with Annascaul, Douglas and Na Gaeil.

References

^ "Tommy Doyle". Hoganstand.com. 1993-08-13. http://www.hoganstand.com/Kerry/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=88779. Retrieved 2009-09-29.
^ "Football All Stars". RTÉ Sport. 2007-05-17. http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/footballallstars.html. Retrieved 2009-09-29.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Páidí Ó Sé	Kerry Senior Football Captain 1986	Succeeded by Mikey Sheehy
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Páidí Ó Sé (Kerry)	All-Ireland Senior Football winning captain 1986	Succeeded by Mick Lyons (Meath)

Teams

Kerry - All-Ireland Under 21 Football Champions 1975 (3rd title)

1 C. Nelligan \| 2 K. O'Donoghue \| 3 P. Ó Sé \| 4 G. Leahy \| 5 M. Spillane \| 6 T. Kennelly \| 7 D. Moran \| 8 G. O'Driscoll \| 9 S. Walsh \| 10 B. Walsh \| 11 M. Sheehy \| 12 D. Murphy \| 13 T. Doyle \| 14 J. O'Shea \| 15 P. Spillane \| Manager: M. O'Dwyer

Kerry - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1978 (24th title)

1 C. Nelligan \| 2 J. Deenihan \| 3 J. O'Keeffe \| 4 M. Spillane \| 5 P. Ó Sé \| 6 T. Kennelly \| 7 P. Lynch \| 8 J. O'Shea \| 9 S. Walsh \| 10 G. Power \| 11 D. Moran (Capt.) \| 12 P. Spillane \| 13 M. Sheehy \| 14 E. 'Bomber' Liston \| 15 J. Egan \| Subs: P. O'Mahony \| Manager: M. O'Dwyer

Kerry - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1979 (25th title)

1 C. Nelligan \| 2 J. Deenihan \| 3 J. O'Keeffe \| 4 M. Spillane \| 5 P. Ó Sé \| 6 T. Kennelly (c) \| 7 P. Lynch \| 8 J. O'Shea \| 9 S. Walsh \| 10 T. Doyle \| 11 D. Moran \| 12 P. Spillane \| 13 M. Sheehy \| 14 E. Liston \| 15 J. Egan \| Sub used: V. O'Connor \| Subs not used: T. Doyle \| G. O'Keeffe \| B. Walsh \| J. L. McElligott \| P. O'Mahony \| G. O'Driscoll \| T. O'Regan \| Manager: M. O'Dwyer \|

Kerry - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1980 (26th title)

1 C. Nelligan \| 2 J. Deenihan \| 3 J. O'Keeffe \| 4 P. Lynch \| 5 P. Ó Sé \| 6 T. Kennelly \| 7 G. O'Keeffe \| 8 J. O'Shea \| 9 S. Walsh \| 10 G. Power (c) \| 11 D. Moran \| 12 P. Spillane \| 13 M. Sheehy \| 14 T. Doyle \| 15 J. Egan \| Sub used: G. O'Driscoll for G. Power \| Subs not used: G. O'Keeffe \| M. Spillane \| J. Walsh \| D. O'Donoghue \| P. O'Mahony \| Manager: M. O'Dwyer \|

Kerry - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1981 (27th title)

1 C. Nelligan \| 2 J. Deenihan (c) \| 3 J. O'Keeffe \| 4 P. Lynch \| 5 P. Ó Sé \| 6 T. Kennelly \| 7 M. Spillane \| 8 S. Walsh \| 9 J. O'Shea \| 10 G. Power \| 11 D. Moran \| 12 T. Doyle \| 13 M. Sheehy \| 14 E. Liston \| 15 J. Egan \| Subs used: P. Spillane for J. Egan \| G. O'Keeffe for M. Spillane \| Manager: M. O'Dwyer \|

Kerry - National Football League Champions 1982 (14th title)

1 C. Nelligan \| 2 J. Deenihan (c) \| 3 J. O'Keeffe \| 4 G. O'Keeffe \| 5 V. O'Connor \| 6 T. Kennelly \| 7 G. Lynch \| 8 S. Walsh \| 9 J. O'Shea \| 10 J. McElligott \| 11 D. Moran \| 12 T. Doyle \| 13 G. Power \| 14 E. Liston \| 15 J. Egan \| Manager: M. O'Dwyer \|

Kerry - All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Runners-up 1982

1 C. Nelligan \| 2 G. O'Keeffe \| 3 J. O'Keeffe \| 4 P. Lynch \| 5 P. Ó Sé \| 6 T. Kennelly \| 7 T. Doyle \| 8 J. O'Shea \| 9 S. Walsh \| 10 G. Power \| 11 T. Spillane \| 12 D. Moran \| 13 M. Sheehy \| 14 E. Liston \| 15 J. Egan (C) \| Sub: P. Spillane \| Manager: M. O'Dwyer

Kerry - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1984 (28th title)

1 C. Nelligan \| 2 P. Ó Sé \| 3 S. Walsh \| 4 M. Spillane \| 5 T. Doyle \| 6 T. Spillane \| 7 G. Lynch \| 8 J. O'Shea \| 9 A. O'Donovan (Capt.) \| 10 John Kennedy \| 11 D. Moran \| 12 P. Spillane \| 13 G. Power \| 14 E. Liston \| 15 J. Egan \| Subs: T. O'Dowd \| Manager: M. O'Dwyer

Kerry - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1985 (29th title)

1 C. Nelligan \| 2 P. Ó Sé (Capt.) \| 3 S. Walsh \| 4 M. Spillane \| 5 T. Doyle \| 6 T. Spillane \| 7 G. Lynch \| 8 J. O'Shea \| 9 A. O'Donovan \| 10 T. O'Dowd \| 11 D. Moran \| 12 P. Spillane \| 13 M. Sheehy \| 14 E. Liston \| 15 G. Power \| Subs: J. Kennedy \| Manager: M. O'Dwyer

Kerry - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1986 (30th title)

1 C. Nelligan \| 2 P. Ó Sé \| 3 S. Walsh \| 4 M. Spillane \| 5 T. Doyle (Capt.) \| 6 T. Spillane \| 7 G. Lynch \| 8 J. O'Shea \| 9 A. O'Donovan \| 10 W. Maher \| 11 D. Moran \| 12 P. Spillane \| 13 M. Sheehy \| 14 E. Liston \| 15 G. Power \| Subs: T. O'Dowd \| Manager: M. O'Dwyer

1984 All Star Gaelic Football Team

1 J. O'Leary \| 2 P. Ó Sé \| 3 M. Lyons \| 4 S. McHugh \| 5 T. Doyle \| 6 T. Spillane \| 7 P. J. Buckley \| 8 J. O'Shea \| 9 E. McKenna \| 10 B. Rock \| 11 E. Liston \| 12 P. Spillane \| 13 M. Sheehy \| 14 F. McGuigan \| 15 D. McNicholl

1985 All Star Gaelic Football Team

1 J. O'Leary \| 2 P. Ó Sé \| 3 G. Hargan \| 4 M. Spillane \| 5 T. Doyle \| 6 C. Murray \| 7 D. Flanagan \| 8 J. O'Shea \| 9 W. J. Padden \| 10 B. Rock \| 11 T. Conroy \| 12 P. Spillane \| 13 K. McStay \| 14 P. Earley \| 15 E. Hughes

1986 All Star Gaelic Football Team

1 C. Nelligan \| 2 H. Keegan \| 3 M. Lyons \| 4 J. Lynch \| 5 T. Doyle \| 6 T. Spillane \| 7 C. Browne \| 8 P. Donaghy \| 9 L. Irwin \| 10 R. McCarron \| 11 E. McKenna \| 12 P. Spillane \| 13 M. Sheehy \| 14 D. O'Hagan \| 15 G. Power

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Name	Doyle, Tommy
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Date of birth	3 March 1956
Place of birth	County Kerry
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