Mike Doyle (surfer)
{{short description|American surfer}}
{{Infobox surfer
|name = Mike Doyle
|image = Mike Doyle and Corky Carroll.jpg
|caption = Doyle (left) with Corky Carroll, 1964
|birth_date = {{birth date|1941|03|07}}
|birth_place = Lawndale, California, U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|2019|04|30|1941|03|07}}
|death_place = San José del Cabo, Mexico
}}
Mike Doyle{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sydney-morning-herald-what-the-top-r/146600931/|title=What the top riders think: Doyle|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location=Sydney, Australia|date=May 17, 1964|access-date=May 4, 2024|page=73|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} (March 7, 1941{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=psfBKfSJJcoC|title=The Skateboard: The Good, the Rad, and the Gnarly: An Illustrated History|page=31|first=Ben|last=Marcus|publisher=MVP Books|date=June 7, 2011|isbn=9781610602099|via=Google Books}} – April 30, 2019), also known as Michael Doyle and Malibu Mike, was an American surfer.
Life and career
Doyle was born in Lawndale, California.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/01/obituaries/mike-doyle-surfer-death.html|title=Michael Doyle, 78, Surfing Champion of the 1960s, Dies|work=The New York Times|first1=Niraj|last1=Chokshi|first2=Sandra E.|last2=Garcia|date=May 1, 2019|access-date=May 4, 2024}} At the age of thirteen, he began surfing.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-mike-doyle-surf-legend-dead-20190502-story.html|title=Mike Doyle, surfing legend from the wrong side of Interstate 5, dies at 78 in Mexico|work=Los Angeles Times|first=Steve|last=Marble|date=May 2, 2019|access-date=May 4, 2024}}
Doyle was a runner-up at the 1964 World Surfing Championships.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-DWQSYRx4MUC&dq=mike+doyle.1966+surfer&pg=PA164|title=The Encyclopedia of Surfing|page=164|first=Matt|last=Warshaw|publisher=Harcourt|date=2005|isbn=9780156032513|via=Google Books}}
In 1966, Doyle was named as Number One Surfer in the World by the Surfer Magazine.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-mike-no-1-sur/146602599/|title=Mike, No. 1 Surfer, Wants Pretty Girls|work=The Atlanta Constitution|location=Atlanta, Georgia|date=May 12, 1966|access-date=May 4, 2024|page=31|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/104333549/|title=Meet Mike Doyle|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|location=Cincinnati, Ohio|date=May 26, 1966|access-date=May 4, 2024|page=22|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}
Doyle wrote an autobiography called Morning Glass.
Doyle died on April 30,{{Cite web|url=https://www.ocregister.com/2019/04/30/mike-doyle-hall-of-fame-surfer-and-boardmaker-dies-at-78/|title=Mike Doyle — Hall of Fame surfer and boardmaker — dies at 78|work=The Orange County Register|first=Laylan|last=Connelly|date=April 30, 2019|access-date=May 4, 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailybreeze.com/2019/10/20/memorial-and-paddle-out-honors-south-bay-surfing-icon-mike-doyle/|title=Memorial and paddle-out honors South Bay surfing icon Mike Doyle|work=Daily Breeze|first=Laylan|last=Connelly|date=October 20, 2019|access-date=May 4, 2024}} 2019, at his home in San José del Cabo, Mexico, at the age of 78.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|6069917}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Lawndale, California