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Mick O Dwyer
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 Munstel 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. Chams. 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 winnin 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 Kildar 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 202 - 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 23rd June 2012
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