Joe Winston
Joe 'Dodo' Winston[1] is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for Naomh Adhamhnáin and the Donegal county team. A feature on many 1970s Donegal teams,[2] he played in 1972 and 1974 when Donegal won the Ulster Senior Football Championship for the first times.[3][4] He was also assistant manager when Donegal won the 1987 All-Ireland Under 21 Football Championship.[5]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Nickname | Dodo[1] | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
?–? | Naomh Adhamhnáin | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1970s | Donegal | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Ulster titles | 2 | ||
Married to Mary, they have sons Kevin and Darren and a daughter Elaine (died 2012).[1]
References
- "Outstanding Long Serving County Stars". Archived from the original on 2015-04-12.
- Keys, Colm (5 November 2012). "Eunan's survive storm". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Archived from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
...Joe played for Donegal in the 1970s.
- Foley, Alan (6 November 2012). "Champions St Eunan's pay respects to Elaine". Irish Examiner. Thomas Crosbie Holdings. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
- "St Eunan's captain pays tribute to Elaine". Hogan Stand. 6 November 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
- "Donegal downed the Kingdom back in 1987 too". Donegal Democrat. Johnston Press. 2 November 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
Under the management of current county chairman, PJ McGowan, assisted by Jimmy White and Joe Winston, they needed a replay to finally close out the final against a Kerry side that included Mick Galwey, who was to later to represent Munster and Ireland at rugby with distinction.
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