Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Colm Mac Duibhir | ||
Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Position | Centre half-forward | ||
Born | Kilraine, County Donegal, Ireland | ||
Occupation | Teacher of Construction Studies | ||
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 (13 January 1921 – 18 September 2001)[1] was a Gaelic footballer who played for Cavan and Donegal.
McDyer was from Glenties, and played as a centre half-forward. He played with the Cavan team that won the 1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final at the Polo Grounds in New York City. This resulted in him becoming the first Donegal man to win an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medal.[citation needed]
Following his success with Cavan, McDyer 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]
McDyer managed Donegal. He was also an early influence on Jim McGuinness, Donegal's future All-Ireland winning manager. McGuinness described him as "an absolute gentleman to the fingertips, very well-educated… a very gentle, bubbly person".[4]
McDyer was inducted into the Donegal Sports Star Awards' Hall of Fame in 1987.[5]