Eddie Boyle (Gaelic footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Éamonn Ó Baoill | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Full-back | ||
| Born |
1915 Greenore, County Louth, Ireland | ||
| Died |
December 2000 (aged 85) Greenore, County Louth, Ireland | ||
| Nickname | Prince of full-backs | ||
| Occupation | Breadman | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
|
Cooley Kickhams Seán McDermotts (Dublin) | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Louth titles | 2 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| Louth | |||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 2 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NFL | 0 | ||
Eddie Boyle (1915 - December 2000) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a full-back for the Louth senior team.[1]
Born in Greenore, County Louth, Boyle first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Louth minor team before later joining the junior side. He later made his senior championship debut. Boyle enjoyed a lengthy career and won two Leinster medals.[2][3]
As a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Boyle won five Railway Cup medals. At club level he was a two-time championship medallist with Cooley Kickhams.[2]
In retirement from playing, Boyle was chosen at full-back on a special Team of the Century made up of players who never won an All-Ireland medal.
In 1990 the then Taoiseach, Charles J. Haughey, presented him with the All-Time All Star Award at a ceremony in Dublin in recognition of his achievements.[4]
Eddie was posthumously selected on the Louth Football Team of the Millennium in 2000.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Sadness at death of GAA legend". Irish Independent. 5 January 2001. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ^ a b c "One of most dedicated sportsmen ever in Louth". Drogheda Independent. 29 December 2000.
- ^ "Louth team of '43 and Dundalk FC side of '58 open a can of worms". Dundalk Democrat. 13 May 2020.
- ^ "Eddie Honoured". The Argus. 18 January 1991.
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