John Dowling (Gaelic footballer)

John Dowling
Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Full-forward
Born	Tralee, County Kerry
Club(s)
Years	Club
1940s-1960s	Kerins O'Rahilly's
Club titles
Kerry titles	3
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1951-1961	Kerry	26 (1-22)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	6
All-Irelands	2
NFL	2

John Dowling (1930–1998) was an Irish sportsperson. He played Gaelic football at club level with the local Kerins O'Rahilly's side and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from the 1954 until 1961. Dowling captained Kerry to the All-Ireland title in 1955.^[1] He won Munster and All Ireland Junior Medals with Kerry in 1949. He also won a Munster Minor Championship medal in 1948.

References

↑ "Munster Senior Football Championship Winning Teams". Munster GAA. Archived from the original on July 19, 2008. Retrieved 2009-09-14.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Mick Murphy	Kerry Senior Football Captain 1954-1955	Succeeded by
Achievements
Preceded by Peter McDermott (Meath)	All-Ireland Senior Football winning captain 1955	Succeeded by Jack Mangan (Galway)

Kerry – 1949 All-Ireland Junior Football Champions (7th title)

1 L. Fitzgerald 2 J. O'Connor 3 T. Flynn 4 D. Dowling 5 M. Lynch 6 P. Shanahan 7 M. McElligott 8 S. Murphy 9 J. Dowling 10 P. Murphy 11 P. McCarthy 12 T. Long (c) 13 J. Cooper 14 M. Palmer 15 J. Kennedy

Kerry – 1954 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

1 G. O'Mahony 2 M. Palmer 3 N. Roche 4 D. Murphy 5 S. Murphy 6 J. Cronin 7 C. Kennelly 8 J. Dowling (c) 9 T. Moriarty 10 B. Buckley 11 J. J. Sheehan 12 P. Sheehy 13 J. Brosnan 14 S. Kelly 15 T. Lyne

Kerry – 1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (18th title)

1 G. O'Mahony 2 J. O'Shea 3 E. Roche 4 M. Palmer 5 S. Murphy 6 J. Cronin 7 T. Moriarty 8 John Dowling (c) 9 D. O'Shea 10 P. Sheehy 11 T. Costelloe 12 T. Lyne 13 J. Cullotty 14 M. Murphy 15 J. Brosnan Sub used J. J. Sheehan for T. Moriarty

Kerry – 1959 National Football League Champions (5th title)

1 J. Culloty 2 J. O'Shea 3 Jack Dowling 4 T. Lyons 5 Seán Murphy 6 K. Coffey 7 M. O'Dwyer 8 Mick O'Connell (C) 9 Séamus Murphy 10 D. McAuliffe 11 T. Long 12 P. Sheehy 13 D. Geaney 14 John Dowling 15 T. Lyne

Kerry – 1959 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (19th title)

1 J. Culloty 2 J. O'Shea 3 N. Sheehy 4 T. Lyons 5 Seán Murphy 6 K. Coffey 7 M. O'Dwyer 8 Mick O'Connell (c) 9 Séamus Murphy 10 D. McAuliffe 11 T. Long 12 P. Sheehy 13 D. Geaney 14 John Dowling 15 T. Lyne Subs used Jack Dowling for T. Lyons Moss O'Connell for Mick O'Connell G. McMahon for D. Geaney

Kerry – 1960 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

1 J. Culloty 2 J. O'Shea 3 N. Sheehy 4 T. Lyons 5 Seán Murphy 6 K. Coffey 7 M. O'Dwyer 8 M. O'Connell 9 J. D. O'Connor 10 Séamus Murphy 11 T. Long 12 P. Sheehy (c) 13 G. McMahon 14 John Dowling 15 T. Lyne Subs used Jack Dowling for John Dowling J. Brosnan for G. McMahon D. McAuliffe for T. Lyne

Kerry – 1961 National Football League Champions (6th title)

1 J. Culloty 2 Jack Dowling 3 N. Sheehy 4 T. Lyons 5 K. Coffey 6 T. Long 7 M. O'Dwyer 8 M. O'Connell 9 Séamus Murphy 10 D. McAuliffe 11 B. Sheehy 12 P. Sheehy 13 D. Geaney 14 John Dowling 15 T. O'Dowd

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