Anton O'Toole

Anton O'Toole
Personal information
Irish name	Antóin Ó Tuathail
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Full-forward
Born	(1951-02-18) 18 February 1951 Dublin, Ireland
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Nickname	The Blue Panther^[1]
Occupation	IT consultant
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Synge Street P.P.
Club titles
Dublin titles	0
Inter-county(ies)**
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1972-1984	Dublin	47 (7-50)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	8
All-Irelands	4
NFL	2
All Stars	3
**Inter County team apps and scores correct as of (20:30, 18 August 2006 (UTC)).

Anton O'Toole (born 18 February 1951) is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer. His league and championship career with the Dublin senior team spanned thirteen seasons from 1972 to 1984. O'Toole is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the game.^[2]

Born in Dublin, O'Toole first played competitive Gaelic football during his schooling at Synge Street CBS. He later joined the Synge Street P.P. club and won a county junior championship medal in 1970.

O'Toole made his debut on the inter-county scene when he was picked on the Dublin minor team. He subsequently joined the Dublin under-21 team, however, his underage inter-county career ended without success. O'Toole joined the Dublin senior team during the 1972 championship. Over the course of the next thirteen seasons he won four All-Ireland medals, beginning with a lone triumph in 1974, back-to-back championships in 1976 and 1977 and a final title in 1983. O'Toole also won eight Leinster medals, two National Football League medals and three All-Stars. He played his last game for Dublin in September 1984.^[1]

In retirement from playing O'Toole became involved in team management and coaching. He guided Templeogue Synge Street to the county intermediate championship title in 2008.

Honours

Team

Synge Street PP

Dublin Intermediate Football Championship (1): 1970

Dublin

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (4): 1974, 1976, 1977, 1983
Leinster Senior Football Championship (8): 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984
National Football League (2): 1975-76, 1977-78

Individual

Awards

All-Stars Awards (3): 1975, 1976, 1977

References

1 2 McKeown, Conor (July 22, 2008). "Relentless hype is biggest threat to Dubs' Sam hope". Evening Herald. Retrieved March 31, 2011.
↑ "‘Nowadays if you want someone to tell you how great you were, find a Kerry fella and you can pat each other on the back’". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2013-05-29.

Anton O'Toole navigation boxes

Dublin – 1974 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (18th title)

Subs not used: 16 B. Pocock; 17 B. Donovan; 18 D. Billings; 19 K. Synnott; 20 P. Gogarty; 21 L. Deegan; 22 P. O'Neill; 23 J. Brogan; 24 F. Ryder

Manager: K. Heffernan
Manager: L. Redmond; D. Colfer

Dublin – 1975 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

Subs used: 17 B. Doyle for B. Brogan; 18 P. O'Neill for J. McCarthy; 19 B. Pocock for P. Reilly

Subs not used: 16 L. Deegan; 19 S. Rooney; 20 K. Synnott; 21 J. Brogan; 22 F. Ryder; 23 L. Egan; 24 M. Noctor

Manager: K. Heffernan

Dublin – 1976 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (19th title)
1 P. Cullen 2 G. O'Driscoll 3 S. Doherty 4 R. Kelleher 5 T. Drumm 6 K. Moran 7 P. O'Neill 8 B. Mullins 9 B. Brogan 10 A. O'Toole 11 T. Hanahoe (c) 12 D. Hickey 13 B. Doyle 14 J. Keaveney 15 J. McCarthy Subs used 19 F. Ryder for T. Hanahoe 20 P. Gogarty for B. Doyle Subs not used 16 J. Brogan 17 P.O'Reilly 18 P. Pocock 21 L. Deegan Manager K. Heffernan

Dublin – 1977 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (20th title)

Subs used: 17 P. Reilly for P. O'Neill; 16 A. Larkin for B. Brogan; 18 J. Brogan for R. Kelleher

Subs not used: 19 P. Gogarty; 20 B. Pocock; 21 F. Ryder; 22 N. Bernard; 23 M. Hickey; 24 L. Egan; 25 D. Maher

Manager: T. Hanahoe

Dublin – 1978 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up
1 P. Cullen 2 G. O'Driscoll 3 S. Doherty 4 R. Kelleher 5 T. Drumm 6 K. Moran 7 P. O'Neill 8 B. Mullins 9 B. Brogan 10 A. O'Toole 11 T. Hanahoe (c) 12 D. Hickey 13 B. Doyle 14 J. Keaveney 15 J. McCarthy Subs not used 16 P. Hogan 17 J. Brogan 18 P. O'Reilly 19 F. Ryder 20 D. Maher 21 P. Gogarty Manager T. Hanahoe

Dublin – 1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up
1 P. Cullen 2 M. Kennedy 3 M. Holden 4 D. Foran 5 T. Drumm 6 F. Ryder 7 P. O'Neill 8 B. Mullins 9 B. Brogan 10 A. O'Toole 11 T. Hanahoe (c) 12 D. Hickey 13 M. Hickey 14 B. Doyle 15 J. McCarthy Subs used J. Ronayne for M. Hickey G. O'Driscoll for J. McCarthy B. Pocock for A. O'Toole Manager K. Heffernan

Dublin – 1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (21st title)
1 J. O'Leary 2 M. Holden 3 G. Hargan 4 R. Hazley 5 P. Canavan 6 T. Drumm (c) 7 P.J. Buckley 8 J. Ronayne 9 B. Mullins 10 B. Rock 11 T. Conroy 12 K. Duff 13 J. Caffrey 14 A. O'Toole 15 J. McNally Subs used J. Kearns for T. Conroy C. Maher for T. Conroy Manager K. Heffernan

Dublin – 1984 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up
1 J. O'Leary 2 M. Holden 3 G. Hargan 4 M. Kennedy 5 P. Canavan 6 T. Drumm (c) 7 P.J. Buckley 8 J. Ronayne 9 B. Mullins 10 B. Rock 11 T. Conroy 12 K. Duff 13 J. Kearns 14 A. O'Toole 15 J. McNally Subs used M. O'Callaghan for J. McNally C. Sutton for J. Tonayne Manager K. Heffernan

1975 All Star Gaelic Football Team
1 P. O'Mahony 2 G. O'Driscoll 3 J. O'Keeffe 4 R. Kelleher 5 P. Stevenson 6 A. McGurk 7 G. Power 8 D. Long 9 C. McAlarney 10 G. McElhinney 11 K. Rennicks 12 M. O'Sullivan 13 J. Egan 14 M. Kerrigan 15 A. O'Toole

1976 All Star Gaelic Football Team
1 P. Cullen 2 G. O'Keeffe 3 J. O'Keeffe 4 B. Murphy 5 J. Hughes 6 K. Moran 7 G. Power 8 B. Mullins 9 D. McCarthy 10 A. O'Toole 11 T. Hanahoe 12 D. Hickey 13 B. Doyle 14 M. Sheehy 15 P. Spillane

1977 All Star Gaelic Football Team
1 P. Cullen 2 G. O'Driscoll 3 P. Lindsay 4 R. Kelleher 5 T. Drumm 6 P. Moriarty 7 P. O'Neill 8 B. Mullins 9 J. Kernan 10 A. O'Toole 11 J. Smith 12 P. Spillane 13 B. Doyle 14 J. Keaveney 15 J. Egan

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