Columba McDyer
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Colm Mac Duibhir | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Centre Half-Forward | ||
| Born | Kilraine, County Donegal, Ireland | ||
| Occupation | Teacher of Construction Studies | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| ? - ? | Glenties | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 1942 - 1947 | Cavan, Donegal | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Ulster titles | 3 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| NFL | 0 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
Columba McDyer (13 January 1921 - 18 September 2001)[1] was a former Gaelic football player for Cavan and Donegal.
Playing career
McDyer, a Glenties man, played as a centre half-forward, bringing an element of tactics to the forward line. He played with the great Cavan team that won the legendary 1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final at the Polo Grounds in New York City. This resulted in him becoming the first Donegal man to win an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medal.
Following his success with Cavan, McDyer returned to Donegal and his native Glenties where he coached the Donegal senior team for a number of years. He also collected a Railway Cup medal with Ulster in 1942 and he also played in the same competition with Connacht.[2][3]
Managerial career
McDyer managed Donegal. He was also an early influence on Jim McGuinness, Donegal's future All-Ireland winning manager. McGuinness described him as "an absolute gentleman to the fingertips, very well-educated [...] a very gentle, bubbly person".[4]
References
- ↑ rootsweb
- ↑ "Celebrating 125 years of Footballing Excellence in Ulster: 125 - Donegal Player List". Irishnews125.blogspot.com. 2009-02-13. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
- ↑ "Legendary Glenties Footballer". Glenties.ie. 2007-08-10. Archived from the original on November 19, 2007. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
- ↑ Lawlor, Damian (16 September 2012). "Managing to move forward: Jim McGuinness has restored the belief to Donegal and his job is not finished yet". Sunday Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
A Glenties man whose work as a schoolteacher had taken him around the country, McDyer was an All-Ireland winner with Cavan in the Polo Grounds in 1947 before coming back to live on home soil and later manage the Donegal team.