Gerry Doyle (Irish footballer)
Gerry Doyle (16 September 1911 – 3 December 1990) was an
Shelbourne in the League of Ireland.[1]
Career
Doyle was born in Dublin. He managed Shelbourne from the end of the 1956–57 season, having taken over from Eddie Gannon, to October 1965.
Doyle's first spell as Shels manager was a successful one. He promoted a number of the club's 1959 FAI Youth Cup winning team to the first team and his decision was rewarded the following season as Shels claimed the FAI Cup for the second time.
Doyle also took the first ever Shels team into Europe when they played
Sporting Clube de Portugal in the European Cup
in 1962–63.
He became
St Patrick's Athletic in June 1966.[3]
Came back to Shels in August 1967.[4]
Honours
Manager
Shelbourne
- League of Ireland: 1961–62
- FAI Cup: 1960, 1963
- League of Ireland Shield: 1971
Trivia
Doyle is the only person to be player, manager, chairman and president of Shelbourne.
References
- ^ "Shelbourne F.C. Official Website". www.shelbournefc.ie. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ISSN 0791-5144 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1965/0407/Pg004.html#Ar00429:1792211BE2361781D81BA1F41CD21E2082331B92921E42A7.)
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