Columba McDyer

Columba McDyer

Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Centre Half-Forward
Born	Kilraine, Co. Donegal, Ireland
Occupation	?
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Glenties
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1942-1947	Cavan, Donegal
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles	3
All Irelands	1
NFL	0
All Stars	0

Columba McDyer (January 13, 1921 - September 18, 2001)^[1] was a former Gaelic football player for Cavan & Donegal.

Playing career

McDyer played as a centre half-Forward. He brought an element of tactics to the forward line. The Glenties man played with the great Cavan team which won the All-Ireland Final in Polo Grounds, New York in 1947. This made him the first Donegal man to win a All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Medal. Following his success with Cavan he returned to Donegal and his native Glenties where he coached the Donegal senior team for a number of years. He also collected a Railway Cup medal with Ulster in 1942 and he also played in the same competition with Connacht.^[2][3]

References

1. ^ rootsweb
2. ^ "Celebrating 125 years of Footballing Excellence in Ulster: 125 - Donegal Player List". Irishnews125.blogspot.com. 2009-02-13. http://irishnews125.blogspot.com/2009/02/125-donegal-player-list.html. Retrieved 2010-05-22. 
3. ^ "Legendary Glenties Footballer". Glenties.ie. 2007-08-10. http://www.glenties.ie/Article_Details.aspx?article_id=424&tscategory_id=45. Retrieved 2010-05-22. ^{[dead link]}

Persondata
Name	Macdyer, Columba
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1921-01-13
Place of birth	Kilraine, Co. Donegal
Date of death	2001-09-18
Place of death