Colm Coyle
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Seneschalstown, County Meath, Ireland
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| Irish name | Colm Mac Giolla Chomhaill | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Back/ Forward | ||
| Born |
26 February 1963 Seneschalstown, County Meath, Ireland | ||
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| Years | Club | ||
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| Years | County | ||
1982–1998 | Meath | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 5 | ||
| All-Irelands | 3 | ||
| NFL | 2 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
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Colm Coyle (born 26 February 1963), is a former Gaelic football player and manager from County Meath, Ireland. He was manager of the senior Meath county team from September 2006 to July 2008, having previously played for the county team.
Coyle won a Leinster Minor Football Championship medal with Meath in 1980. He made his senior debut for Meath in the 1981–82 National League. He played inter-county football in the 1980s and 1990s on the Meath teams managed by Seán Boylan.
He was part of the Meath team which won the Leinster SFC title in 1986, Meath's first since 1970. Coyle then emigrated to America, thus being unavailable for Meath's successful Leinster SFC defense in 1987. He returned to Ireland prior the All-Ireland SFC semi-final and was a substitute as Meath won their first All-Ireland SFC title for 20 years in 1987. In 1988, when Meath retained the All-Ireland SFC, Coyle played as a half-back in the All-Ireland SFC final replay.
In 1996, he won his third All-Ireland SFC medal. In the final that year his late effort at a point fell short of the goals, but after bouncing went over the bar for a point to earn Meath a replay. Early in that replay Coyle was sent off for his involvement in a melee in which almost all players from both teams were involved.[1] Meath went on to win.
For Meath he played at various times in the full-back line, half-back line, half-forward line and full-forward line. He played club football for Seneschalstown. During his playing career he won three All-Ireland SFC medals (1987, 1988 and 1996), as well as five Leinster SFC medals.