Eddie Boyle (Gaelic footballer)

Eddie Boyle, born in Greenore, County Louth, in 1915 and died in December 2000, was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a full-back for the Louth senior team. He arrived on the inter-county scene at seventeen with the Louth minor team before joining the junior side, later made his senior championship debut and enjoyed a lengthy career in which he won two Leinster medals. As a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions he won five Railway Cup medals, and at club level he was a two-time championship medallist with Cooley Kickhams. In retirement he was chosen at full-back on a special Team of the Century made up of players who never won an All-Ireland medal.