Willie Joyce (Gaelic footballer)

Willie Joyce
Personal information
Irish name	Liam Seoige
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Midfield
Born	1950 Tuam, County Galway
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Club(s)
Years	Club
1960s-1980s	Killererin
Club titles
Galway titles	2
Connacht titles	2
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1969-1984	Galway
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles	6
All-Irelands	0
NFL	1
All Stars	0

Willie Joyce (born 1950) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played as a midfielder for the Galway senior team.^[1]

Joyce joined the team for a pre-season game in 1969 and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement at the end of the 1984 championship. During that time he won six Connacht medals, one National League medal and one All-Star award.^[2] He is almost unique in having lost four All-Ireland finals during his career.

Joyce enjoyed a lengthy club career with Killererin, winning Connacht medals and two county championship medals.

References

↑ "Willie Joyce". Hogan Stand website. 13 January 1995. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
↑ "Galway GAA profile". Hogan Stand website. Retrieved 15 April 2012.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Cyril Dunne	Galway Senior Football Manager 1986-1989	Succeeded by Johnny Tobin

Galway – 1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

1 P. J. Smyth 2 B. Colleran 3 J. Cosgrove 4 N. Colleran 5 L. O'Neill 6 T. J. Gilmore 7 C. McDonagh 8 L. Sammon (c) 9 W. Joyce 10 F. Burke 11 J. Duggan 12 M. Rooney 13 E. Farrell 14 F. Canavan 15 S. Leydon Sub used T. Divilly for M. Rooney M. Feerick for F. Burke

Galway – 1973 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

1 G. Mitchell 2 J. Waldron 3 J. Cosgrove 4 B. Colleran 5 L. O'Neill 6 T. J. Gilmore 7 J. Hughes 8 W. Joyce 9 J. Duggan 10 M. Burke 11 L. Sammon (c) 12 M. Rooney 13 J. Coughlan 14 T. Naughton 15 M. Hughes Subs used F. Canavan for J. Coughlan C. McDonagh for M. Burke

Galway – 1974 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

1 G. Mitchell (c) 2 J. Waldron 3 J. Cosgrove 4 B. Colleran 5 L. O'Neill 6 T. J. Gilmore 7 J. Hughes 8 W. Joyce 9 M. Rooney 10 T. Naughton 11 J. Duggan 12 P. Sands 13 C. McDonagh 14 L. Sammon 15 J. Tobin Subs used J. Burke for C. McDonagh

Galway – 1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

1 P. Coyne 2 J. Hughes 3 S. Kinneavy 4 M. Coleman 5 P. O'Neill 6 P. Lee 7 S. McHugh (c) 8 B. Talty 9 R. Lee 10 B. Brennan 11 V. Daly 12 B. O'Donnell 13 T. Tierney 14 G. McManus 15 S. Joyce Subs used M. Brennan for B. Talty W. Joyce for P. Lee J. Tobin for J. Hughes Manager M. McDonagh

Galway senior football team – managers

L. O'Neill (1978–80) M. McDonagh (1980–83) T. Regan (1983–84) C. Dunne (1984–86) W. Joyce (1986–89) J. Tobin (1989–93) B. McDermott (1993–96) V. Daly (1996–97) J. O'Mahony (1997–2004) P. Ford (2004–07) L. Sammon (2007–09) J. Kernan (2009–10) T. Ó Flatharta (2010–11) A. Mulholland (2011–14) K. Walsh (2014–)