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Born
9th June 1936
Birthplace
Waterville, Co. Kerry
Parents
John O'Dwyer and Mary Galvin
Married
Mary Carmel O'Sullivan on 20th Feb 1962
Family
Four sons: John, Michael, Robert and Karl
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Inter-County Career
Kerry Minors · 1954
Kerry Juniors · 1956
Kerry Senior Debut · 1956
(Kerry v Carlow in Tralee)
Last Game in Croke Park · 1973
(National League Final)
Last Munster Final · 1973
(Kerry v Cork in Cork)
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Honours Won
4 All-Ireland Senior Medals
8 National League Medals
12 Munster Champ. Medals
1 Munster Junior Medal
1 Railway Cup Medal
Played in 10 Senior All-Ireland Finals
Played Snr football for Waterville for 33 yrs.
Won 8 Sth Kerry Senior Champs.
Won 3 Co. Champs. with Sth Kerry
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Trainer / Manager
Managed Kerry in 10 All-Ireland
finals in 12 years, winning 8
Trainer of Kerry U-21 in 4 consecutive
All-Ireland finals 1975 - '78 winning 3
Trainer of 6 winning Railway Cup Teams
Trainer
of Bank of Ireland All-Stars 1990
Manager of the Millenium 2000
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Kildare
Manager of Kildare 1991 - '94 and '97 - 2002
Won 2 Leinster Champs. 1998 and 2000
1 Leinster U-21 Champ. 1992
All-Ireland Finalists 1998
National League Finalists 1991
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Laois and Wicklow
Manager of Laois 2002 - 2006
Won Leinster Champ. 2003
Won O'Byrne Cup 2005
National League Finalists 2003
Manager of Wicklow 2006 - 2011
Won Tommy Murphy Cup 2007
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Other Achievements
Footballer of the Year 1969
Top Scorer 1969 and 1970
Kerryman of the year 1986
Texaco Hall of Fame 2004
Conferred with Hon. Doctorate by UCD 2004
RTE & Sports Council Hall of Fame 2010
Irish Independent Hall of Fame 2012
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This statue was officially unveiled by
Jimmy Deenihan T.D.
Minister for Arts, Heritage
and The Gaeltacht
on 13 June 2012
Details
| HM Number | HM2LRN |
|---|---|
| Tags | |
| Year Placed | 2012 |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Friday, October 11th, 2019 at 8:01pm PDT -07:00 |
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| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 29U E 419221 N 5742413 |
|---|---|
| Decimal Degrees | 51.82670000, -10.17216667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 51° 49.602', W 10° 10.33' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 51° 49' 36.12" N, 10° 10' 19.8" W |
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| Closest Postal Address | At or near , , |
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