Michael O'Dwyer, born in Waterville, County Kerry, on 9 June 1936 and died on 3 April 2025, was an Irish Gaelic football manager and player. As manager of the senior Kerry county team from 1974 to 1989 he became the county's longest-serving and most successful manager, winning eight All-Ireland SFC titles, eleven Munster titles and three National League titles. As a player he made his minor debut for Kerry at seventeen, played a key role in attack for Kerry and won four All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals, eleven Munster medals and seven National Football League medals. He is one of only three men to manage five different counties, and Martin Breheny described him as the ultimate symbol of the outside manager.
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won four All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) medals, eleven Munster SFC medals and seven National Football League medals
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was an Irish Gaelic football manager and player
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was an Irish Gaelic football manager and player
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He went on to play a key role for Kerry in attack
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won four All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) medals, eleven Munster SFC medals and seven National Football League medals
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