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John Joe Doyle
John Joe "Goggles" Doyle (14 June 1906 – 11 August 2000) was an Irish hurler who played as for the Clare senior team from 1926 to 1938. He was a left corner-back.
Doyle made his first appearance for the team during the 1926 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1938 championship. During that time he won one Munster medal. Doyle was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.
At club level Doyle was a six-time county club championship medalist with Newmarket-on-Fergus.
He was known as "Goggles" because of the goggles he designed and made to protect his glasses while hurling. They were made of bicycle spokes, medical bandages, and elastic.
In retirement from playing Doyle was recognised as one of a number of the "greatest players never to have won an All-Ireland medal". In 1990 Doyle was presented with the GAA All-Time All-Star Award.
'Goggles' Doyle played his club hurling with his local club in Newmarket-on-Fergus. He won his first senior county title in 1925, the first of a three-in-a-row for Newmarket. Doyle captured another set of back-to-back county medals in 1930 and 1931. He won his sixth and final county championship title in 1936.
Doyle first came to prominence for the Clare senior inter-county team in 1926 when he made championship debut. Clare's campaign finished early that season; however, in 1927 Doyle's side reached the Munster final. Cork provided the opposition on that occasion and went on to win the game by 5–3 to 3–4.
1928 saw Clare take on Cork for the second consecutive year in the Munster final. That year Doyle's side nearly pulled off a shock result, however, both sides finished level after recording 2–2.[citation needed] The replay saw Clare beaten by Cork trounced 6–4 to 2–2.
John Joe Doyle
John Joe "Goggles" Doyle (14 June 1906 – 11 August 2000) was an Irish hurler who played as for the Clare senior team from 1926 to 1938. He was a left corner-back.
Doyle made his first appearance for the team during the 1926 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1938 championship. During that time he won one Munster medal. Doyle was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.
At club level Doyle was a six-time county club championship medalist with Newmarket-on-Fergus.
He was known as "Goggles" because of the goggles he designed and made to protect his glasses while hurling. They were made of bicycle spokes, medical bandages, and elastic.
In retirement from playing Doyle was recognised as one of a number of the "greatest players never to have won an All-Ireland medal". In 1990 Doyle was presented with the GAA All-Time All-Star Award.
'Goggles' Doyle played his club hurling with his local club in Newmarket-on-Fergus. He won his first senior county title in 1925, the first of a three-in-a-row for Newmarket. Doyle captured another set of back-to-back county medals in 1930 and 1931. He won his sixth and final county championship title in 1936.
Doyle first came to prominence for the Clare senior inter-county team in 1926 when he made championship debut. Clare's campaign finished early that season; however, in 1927 Doyle's side reached the Munster final. Cork provided the opposition on that occasion and went on to win the game by 5–3 to 3–4.
1928 saw Clare take on Cork for the second consecutive year in the Munster final. That year Doyle's side nearly pulled off a shock result, however, both sides finished level after recording 2–2.[citation needed] The replay saw Clare beaten by Cork trounced 6–4 to 2–2.