Anton O'Toole

Anton O'Toole
Personal information
Irish name	Antóin Ó Tuathail
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Forward
Born	c. 1951 (age 64–65) Dublin, Ireland
Nickname	The Blue Panther^[1]
Occupation	IT Consultant
Club(s)
Years	Club
?-?	Synge Street
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
?-?	Dublin
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	8
All-Irelands	4

Anton O'Toole (born c. 1951) is a former Dublin gaelic footballer and manager, who won four All-Ireland Senior Football Championships as a player.^[2]

He was educated at Synge Street CBS^[3] and formerly worked in the IT Department at Guinness Breweries (now Diageo) in Dublin.

Playing career

He won four All-Ireland Senior Football medals with Dublin.^[1] He won his first title in 1974 against Galway in a final that finished on a scoreline of 0-14 to 1-6. His second title was won in 1976 when Dublin beat rivals Kerry by seven points in a game that finished on a scoreline of 3-8 to 0-10. Anton's third title was achieved the following year when Dublin trounced Armagh in a game that finished on a scoreline of 5-12 to 3-6. After six years he finally lifted won his fourth all-Ireland medal against Galway in a repeat of his first title in 1974. Dublin defeated Galway by a scoreline of 1-10 to 1-8. During the period in which O'Toole played for Dublin, he won eight Leinster Senior Football Championship medals.

O'Toole also won two National football league medals with Dublin in 1976 and again in 1978.

Anton won a hat trick of All Stars for Dublin in 1975, 1976 and in 1977.

He is now manager of the Templeogue-Synge Street Senior football team which includes Denis Bastick and Eoghan O'Gara. In 2008, he guided 'Synger' to the Intermediate Football Championship with a historic victory over Kilmacud Crokes in the final in Parnell Park.

References

1 2 McKeown, Conor (July 22, 2008). "Relentless hype is biggest threat to Dubs' Sam hope". Evening Herald. Retrieved March 31, 2011.
↑ "‘Nowadays if you want someone to tell you how great you were, find a Kerry fella and you can pat each other on the back’". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
↑ "WELL TRAVELLED". Independent Newspapers. February 17, 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-17.

External links

Dublin – 1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (21st title)

1 J. O'Leary 2 M. Holden 3 G. Hargan 4 R. Hazley 5 P. Canavan 6 T. Drumm (c) 7 P.J. Buckley 8 J. Ronayne 9 B. Mullins 10 B. Rock 11 T. Conroy 12 K. Duff 13 J. Caffrey 14 A. O'Toole 15 J. McNally Subs used J. Kearns for T. Conroy C. Maher for T. Conroy Manager K. Heffernan

Dublin – 1977 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (20th title)

1 P. Cullen 2 G. O'Driscoll 3 S. Doherty 4 R. Kelleher 5 T. Drumm 6 K. Moran 7 P. O'Neill 8 B. Mullins 9 B. Brogan 10 A. O'Toole 11 T. Hanahoe (c) 12 D. Hickey 13 B. Doyle 14 J. Keaveney 15 J. McCarthy Subs used P. Reilly for P. O'Neill A. Larkin for B. Brogan J. Brogan for R. Kelleher Manager T. Hanahoe

Dublin – 1976 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (19th title)

1 P. Cullen 2 G. O'Driscoll 3 S. Doherty 4 R. Kelleher 5 T. Drumm 6 K. Moran 7 P. O'Neill 8 B. Mullins 9 B. Brogan 10 A. O'Toole 11 T. Hanahoe (c) 12 D. Hickey 13 B. Doyle 14 J. Keaveney 15 J. McCarthy Subs used F. Ryder for T. Hanahoe P. Gogarty for B. Doyle Manager K. Heffernan

1975 All Star Gaelic Football Team

1 P. O'Mahony 2 G. O'Driscoll 3 J. O'Keeffe 4 R. Kelleher 5 P. Stevenson 6 A. McGurk 7 G. Power 8 D. Long 9 C. McAlarney 10 G. McElhinney 11 K. Rennicks 12 M. O'Sullivan 13 J. Egan 14 M. Kerrigan 15 A. O'Toole

1976 All Star Gaelic Football Team

1 P. Cullen 2 G. O'Keeffe 3 J. O'Keeffe 4 B. Murphy 5 J. Hughes 6 K. Moran 7 G. Power 8 B. Mullins 9 D. McCarthy 10 A. O'Toole 11 T. Hanahoe 12 D. Hickey 13 B. Doyle 14 M. Sheehy 15 P. Spillane

1977 All Star Gaelic Football Team

1 P. Cullen 2 G. O'Driscoll 3 P. Lindsay 4 R. Kelleher 5 T. Drumm 6 P. Moriarty 7 P. O'Neill 8 B. Mullins 9 J. Kernan 10 A. O'Toole 11 J. Smith 12 P. Spillane 13 B. Doyle 14 J. Keaveney 15 J. Egan

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