Mick O’Dwyer, the most successful Gaelic football manager of all time, has passed away, aged 88
The Waterville man played with the Kerry senior team in the championship from 1957 until 1973, winning four All-Irelands, before going on to manage the side to eight senior titles.
He also manged four other counties at senior level following his time with Kerry, which included leading Kildare and Laois to Leinster titles.
Mick O’Dwyer was born in Waterville on the 9th June, 1936.
From his local club, Micko went on to become one of the most successful players of his era,
claiming four All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals, eight league titles, numerous
Munster titles and one Railway Cup medal, while he also won three county titles with
Waterville as player-coach.
Mick O’Dwyer was also named Texaco Footballer of the Year in 1969 and scored 22 goals and 420 points in both league and championship for Kerry.
Following his retirement from playing inter-county football, he managed the Kingdom to eight senior All-Irelands from 10 final appearances over a 12-year spell.
Mick O’Dwyer also coached six winning Railway Cup teams, led both Kildare and Laois to
provincial success in Leinster and also managed Wicklow to Tommy Murphy success and
finished his inter-county career with Clare.
Speaking on Terrace Talk in 2019, he said he had no regrets.
