Post-playing Career
In retirement from playing Doyle remained close to the game. In the 1980s he took charge of the Laois senior hurling team, however, he enjoyed little success as a coach.
After his playing days had ended Doyle also came to be regarded as one of the greatest players of all-time. His huge scoring records, coupled with his deadly accuracy meant that he was an automatic choice for a special Hurling Team of the Century, picked in 1984 to mark the centenary year of the Gaelic Athletic Association. In 1999 he was picked on the GAA Hurling Team of the Millennium, thus cementing his reputation as one of the greatest players of all-time.
On March 13, 2008 Doyle was profiled on the TG4 television programme Laochra Gael.
Read more about this topic: Jimmy Doyle
Famous quotes containing the word career:
“A black boxer’s career is the perfect metaphor for the career of a black male. Every day is like being in the gym, sparring with impersonal opponents as one faces the rudeness and hostility that a black male must confront in the United States, where he is the object of both fear and fascination.”
—Ishmael Reed (b. 1938)