Johnny Doyle (Gaelic footballer)

Johnny Doyle
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Corner forward
Born (1978-01-30) 30 January 1978 (age 45)
Allen, County Kildare
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Club(s)
Years Club
1995–
 Allenwood
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
2000–2014
 Kildare 67 (8–258)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 1
All Stars 1

Johnny Doyle is a Gaelic footballer who plays for Allenwood and, formerly, at senior level for the Kildare county team.

Playing career

Doyle has won one Agricultural Colleges All-Ireland. His talents are very versatile and he has won an All-Ireland Cross Country Athletic College medal and won several boxing medals.[1] Doyle also more recently[when?] has taken up a managerial role with the Maynooth Sigerson first team.

Club

Doyle plays his club football for Allenwood and was awarded Kildare Footballer of the Year in 2004 and 2005. He won the Kildare Senior Football Championship with Allenwood in 2004. Doyle and Allenwood's form continued in 2006 with a Kildare Senior Football Championship final appearance against Moorefield.

He did not miss a championship match for his club between his debut in 1995 and 2022 (when he had an injury) and started every championship match for his club between 2000 and 2013.[2][3]

Inter-county

Doyle won one Leinster Senior Football Championship medal with Kildare in 2000 and a Kildare Under-21 county title. He was all round top scorer in the 2008 and 2010 Championships. Doyle was named as a 2010 Vodafone GAA football All Star for his performances with Kildare in the 2010 Championship. In 2012 Doyle captained Kildare to the National Football League Division 2 title with a win over Tyrone. In 2012 and 2013 he was on the Kildare team to win the O'Byrne Cup. Doyle announced his retirement from inter-county football on 6 April 2014, at the age of 36. On his retirement Doyle had appeared 154 times for his county over a 15-year span.

In 2019, at the age of 41, he made a surprise return to the inter-county game when he joined the Kildare junior team.

International rules

Doyle was called up for the 2013 International Rules Series as a replacement for Aidan O'Shea ahead of the second Test.[4] He played for Ireland against Australia at Croke Park and won the Series.[5]

Career statistics

As of 6 April 2014
Appearances and scores by team, season and competition
Team Season National League Leinster All-Ireland Total
Division Apps Score Apps Score Apps Score Apps Score
Kildare 2000 5 0-09 1 0-00 6 0-09
2001 2 0-03 2 0-06 4 0-09
2002 4 0-11 1 0-04 5 0-15
2003 3 0-12 1 0-02 4 0-14
2004 1 0-02 1 0-08 2 0-10
2005 3 0-15 1 1-02 4 1-17
2006 1 0-06 2 0-09 3 0-15
2007 1 0-04 2 2-12 3 2-16
2008 1 0-02 4 2-24 5 2-26
2009 4 0-16 2 0-11 6 0-27
2010 1 0-09 7 1-40 8 1-49
2011 3 0-09 4 2-12 7 2-21
2012 2 0-05 4 0-06 6 0-11
2013 2 0-08 2 0-11 4 0-19
2014 Retired after the league
Total 33 0-111 34 8-147 67 8-258

Honours

Inter-county
International
Club
Individual
  • 4 Kildare Senior Player of the Years (2004, 2005, 2008, 2010)
  • 1 All Stars Award (2010)

References

  1. ^ hoganstand.com
  2. ^ "Doyle misses first Allenwood championship match since debut in 1995". Hogan Stand. 21 August 2022.
  3. ^ "A historic day for the Blues as they take to the pitch for a championship game for the first time since 1995 without the inspirational @johnnydoyle78". Allenwood. 21 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Two changes to Ireland panel ahead of second Test". RTÉ. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  5. ^ "Ireland 116-37 Australia". RTÉ. 26 October 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2013.