Noel Fox (Gaelic footballer)
{{Short description|Irish Gaelic footballer}}
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| name = Noel Fox
| irish = Nollaig Ó Sionnaigh
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| inches = 9
| occupation = Company executive
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| county = Dublin
| province = Leinster
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| clubs = St. Vincent's
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| icposition = Left corner-forward
| icyears = 1961-1965
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Noel Fox (born 1940) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for club side St. Vincent's and at inter-county level with the Dublin senior football team.
Career
Fox first came to prominence on the inter-county scene during a three-year stint with the Dublin minor team. He won an All-Ireland Championship in his final year in 1958 when Mayo were beaten in the final. Promotion to the Dublin senior team followed. Fox won back-to-back Leinster Championship medals in 1962 and 1963, and he was part of the Dublin squad that won the 1963 All-Ireland final by defeating Galway.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/the-thing-i-most-remember-is-the-noise-from-the-second-we-ran-out-there-was-a-din-and-it-was-constant-39215787.html|title='The thing I most remember is the noise. From the second we ran out, there was a din. And it was constant'|publisher=Irish Independent|access-date=1 June 2021|date=18 May 2020|first=Niall|last=Scully}}{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/decades-of-the-dubs/the-swinging-sixties-how-the-dubs-beat-the-odds-to-reclaim-sam-after-heffos-retirement-38423530.html|title=The swinging Sixties - How the Dubs beat the odds to reclaim Sam after Heffo's retirement|publisher=Irish Independent|access-date=1 June 2021|date=26 August 2019|first=Rónán|last=Mac Lochlainn}} He ended his career with a third provincial winners' medal in 1965.
Honours
References
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Category:St Vincents (Dublin) Gaelic footballers