Johnny Doyle (Gaelic footballer)
{{BLP sources|date=April 2008}}
{{Short description|Allenwood and Kildare Gaelic footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox GAA player
| image =
| name = Johnny Doyle
| irish =
| sport = Gaelic football
| feet = 6
| inches = 2
| code = Football
| dateofbirth =
| club = Allenwood
| clposition = Centre forward
| clubs = Allenwood
| clyears = 1995–2024
| clapps(points) =
| county = Kildare
| province = Leinster
| icyears = 2000–2014
| counties = Kildare
| icposition = Corner forward
| icapps(points) = 67 (8–258)
| icprovince = 1
| allstars = 1
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|01|30|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Allen, County Kildare
}}
Johnny Doyle is a Gaelic footballer who played 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.[http://www.hoganstand.com/Kildare/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=47852 hoganstand.com] Doyle also more recently{{When|date=April 2017}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.hoganstand.com/Article/Index/324703|title=Doyle misses first Allenwood championship match since debut in 1995|work=Hogan Stand|date=21 August 2022}}{{cite news|url=https://twitter.com/allenwood_gfc/status/1561307941512388609|title=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|publisher=Allenwood|date=21 August 2022}}
On the 14th September 2024, Doyle announced his retirement from Club Football. {{cite web|url=https://www.kfmradio.com/news/localnews/johnny-doyle-announces-his-retirement-from-club-football/ |title=Johnny Doyle Announces His Retirement from Club Football }}
=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.{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/international-rules/2013/1022/482074-two-changes-to-ireland-panel/|title=Two changes to Ireland panel ahead of second Test|publisher=RTÉ|date=22 October 2013|access-date=22 October 2013}} He played for Ireland against Australia at Croke Park and won the Series.{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/international-rules/2013/1026/482867-rampant-ireland-crush-aussies-at-croker/|title=Ireland 116-37 Australia|publisher=RTÉ|date=26 October 2013|access-date=26 October 2013}}
Post-playing career
Involved in the Kildare backroom team of Glenn Ryan from October 2021.{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2021/1001/1250238-ryan-set-to-be-appointed-as-kildare-manager/|title=Ryan set to be appointed as Kildare manager|publisher=RTÉ|date=October 2021|last=Lawlor|first=Damian}}
Career statistics
: As of 6 April 2014
| class="wikitable"
|+Appearances and scores by team, season and competition ! rowspan="2" |Team ! rowspan="2" |Season ! colspan="3" |National League ! colspan="2" |Leinster ! colspan="2" |All-Ireland ! colspan="2" |Total |
| Division
!Apps !Score !Apps !Score !Apps !Score !Apps !Score |
|---|
| rowspan="15" |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
| | | | colspan="4" | Retired after the league | | |
| colspan="3" |Total
| | |33 |0-111 |34 |8-147 |67 |8-258 |
Honours
;Inter-county
- 1 Leinster Senior Football Championship (2000)
- 1 National Football League Division 2 (2012 [c])
;International
;Club
- 1 Kildare Senior Football Championship (2004)
- 1 Kildare Intermediate Football Championship (2023)
- 1 Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship (2023)
- 2 Kildare Senior Football League Division 1s (2002, 2004)
;Individual
- 4 Kildare Senior Player of the Years (2004, 2005, 2008, 2010)
- 1 All Stars Award (2010)
References
{{Reflist}}
{{2013 Ireland international rules football team}}
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{{Kildare All Stars record}}
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Category:Allenwood Gaelic footballers
Category:Gaelic football forwards
Category:Irish international rules football players