Tadhg Lyne

Tadhgie Lyne
Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	half-forward
Born	1930 Killarney, County Kerry
Died	2000
Club(s)
Years	Club
1950s–1960s	Dr. Croke's
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1952–1960	Kerry	24(5–65)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	6
All-Irelands	3
NFL	1

Tadhgie Lyne ( December 8, 1930 – May 31, 2000) was an Irish Gaelic footballer with Kerry. Called 'the Prince of Forwards',^[1] Lyne was one of the finest scoring forwards of his time.

Early life

Tadhgie Lyne grew up on High Street, Killarney, only half a mile from the famous Kerry ground of Fitzgerald Stadium. His football talent apparent from an early age, and he spent hours daily practising the skills of the game with a ball suspended from the rafters of his father's house. Nevertheless, despite being called for trials for the Kerry All-Ireland Minor Football Championship for two years in succession he could not make the panel, with contemporaries such as Jerome O'Shea and Seán Murphy outshining him.

Playing career

Lyne's county career only began after his club, the Dick Fitzgeralds, won the 1951 Kerry Senior Football Championship. Lyne kicked 1–5 from right-half forward in the final against Dingle. He became a fixture in the Kerry team for a decade. In 1953, Lyne played at wing-forward on the Kerry team that won the Munster Senior Football Championship and went on to play in his first All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, giving a man-of-the-match display with six points as Kerry beat Armagh 0–13 to 1–6.^[1]

Kerry won Munster and reached the All-Ireland final again in 1954, but Meath beat them by 1–13 to 1–7. In 1955, Lyne might have been lost to football, but he turned down the offer of a professional soccer contract with Glasgow Celtic to play with Kerry. Kerry were Munster champions for the third consecutive time that year. They progressed to face Cavan in the All-Ireland semi final. Lyne scored 1–6 and punched a goal in the last moments to earn Kerry a draw. They went on to win the replay and faced Dublin. Lyne kicked a fine point in the first minute and notched five more as Kerry won by 0–12 to 1–9. The game is remembered as 'Tadhgie Lyne's All-Ireland". He was the championship's top marksman that year with five goals and forty-two points, and was named Footballer of the Year.

Lyne won another Munster senior medal in 1958, when he came on as a replacement in the final. However, Kerry were beaten in the All-Ireland semi-final. The 'Prince of Forwards' gained his third and final All-Ireland in 1959.^[2] Kerry won the Munster championship and went on to qualify for the All-Ireland final, in which they beat Galway by nine points.

Later life

Tadhg Lyne died at his home on Killarney Road, Castleisland on 31 May 2000 at the age of 69.^[1]

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Sporting positions
Preceded by John Joe Sheehan	Kerry Senior Football Captain 1952	Succeeded by Paudie Sheehy

Kerry – 1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (17th title)

1 J. Foley 2 J. Murphy (c) 3 N. Roche 4 D. Murphy 5 C. Kennelly 6 J. Cronin 7 M. Palmer 8 S. Murphy 9 D. Hanafin 10 J. Brosnan 11 J. J. Sheehan 12 T. Lyne 13 T. Ashe 14 S. Kelly 15 J. Lyne Sub used 16 G. O'Sullivan for D. Hanafin Subs not used 17 J. O'Shea 18 P. Sheehy 19 B. O'Shea 20 M. Brosnan

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 senior football team – managers

J. Brosnan (1965–68) J. Lyne (1968–71) J. Keohane (1971–72) J. Culloty (1972–75) M. O'Dwyer (1975–89) M. O'Sullivan (1989–92) D. Moran (1992–95) P. Ó Sé (1995–03) J. O'Connor (2003–06) P. O'Shea (2006–08) J. O'Connor (2008–12) É. Fitzmaurice (2012–present)

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