Denis Doyle

Who is Denis Doyle?

Denis "Dinny" Doyle was an Irish football wing half who played professionally in Ireland and the United States. He earned one caps with the Irish Free State national football team in 1926. He was born in Dublin.

He joined Shamrock Rovers F.C. in 1922 and played in that year's FAI Cup final which they lost in a replay. He then moved back to centre-half until he left the club in 1927. That year, he moved to the United States with Bob Fullam where he signed with the Philadelphia Celtic of the American Soccer League. The team played only ten games before failing financially. He then transferred to the Fall River Marksmen. He won three league titles with the Marksmens. He began the 1929-1930 season with the Marksmen, playing three games, before transferring to the Pawtucket Rangers. In 1931, he moved to the New York Yankees. He spent his last years in Niagara Falls.

He won one cap for the Irish Free State against Italy in Turin on the 21st of March 1926.

He was part of the Rovers sides that won 2 leagues in the 1920s going through the entire season unbeaten. He was also part of the side that played in the club's opening fixtures at Glenmalure Park in 1926.