Pádraig Coyne

Pádraig Coyne
Personal information
Irish name Pádraig Ó Cadhain
Sport Gaelic Football
Position Goalkeeper
Born (1960-03-09) 9 March 1960
Milltown, County Galway, Ireland
Club(s)
Years Club Apps (scores)
1977-1992 Milltown 34 (0-0)
Club titles
Galway titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1981-1983 Galway
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles 2
NFL 1

Pádraig Coyne (born 9 March 1960) is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer who played as a goalkeeper with the Galway senior team and his local club Milltown.[1]

Coyne attended St Colman's College, Claremorris where he helped the school to win their first and only Hogan Cup in 1977, playing at mid-field. He won an All-Ireland Minor Football Championship with Galway in 1976. He was an All-Ireland Under 21 Football Championship runner-up in 1981 after losing to Cork after a replay. He joined the Galway senior team the same year in 1981, winning the National Football League in his first season with the county. He played for Galway in the 1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, however; they were beaten by Dublin. Coyne won an All-Ireland Junior Football Championship with Galway in 1985. With this, he has played in an All-Ireland football final in every possible grade with his county.

Honours

Milltown
St Colman's College, Claremorris
Galway

References

  1. ↑ Murphy, Ciaran (25 September 2014). "Like Padraic Coyne in '83, Paul Durcan got stuck between a Rock and a hard place". Irish TimesNews. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
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