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Leslie Toal is a retired Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a defender for the Louth senior football team and at club level with Clan na Gael. He also represented his county in hurling for several years.

Playing career

Toal's inter-county football career began with the Louth junior side while still a teenager. He was a member of the panel that progressed to the final of the 1961 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship. He appeared as a substitute as Louth overcame Yorkshire by 3 points. Promoted to the county senior squad in 1962, he went on to have a lengthy career with Louth. In 1968, he was selected by Leinster and lined out for his province at centre-half back in that year's Railway Cup final. After his football career ended, he served as a selector for the Louth football team.

His hurling career brought him five Louth County Championship medals. At inter-county level, he won two All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship medals and one Leinster Junior Hurling Championship medal.

Coaching career

As a manager with his local club Clan na Gael, he won the Louth Senior Football Championship twice, and a League and Championship Double in 1987. He also coached Dundalk secondary schools' teams to three Leinster senior football titles.

Honours

Club

• Cardinal O'Donnell Cup (1): 1982
• ACC Cup (2): 1979, 1982
• Louth Senior Hurling Championship (5): 1967, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976

County

• All-Ireland Junior Football Championship (1): 1961
• All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship (2): 1976, 1977
• Leinster Junior Hurling Championship (1): 1973
• O'Byrne Cup (1): 1963

As manager/coach

• Louth Senior Football Championship (2): 1985, 1987
• Cardinal O'Donnell Cup (1): 1987
• Drogheda and Dundalk Dairies Shield (1): 1981 (with Lann Léire)
• Louth Junior Football Championship (1): 1973 (with Seán O'Mahony's)
• Louth Junior 2 Football Championship (1): 1981 (with Seán O'Mahony's)
• Leinster Colleges Senior Football Championship (3): 1985, 2002, 2011

References

1. ^ "Leslie has the Midas touch". Hogan Stand. 27 November 2011.
2. "The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games - Full GAA records From 1887 To 2021 Inclusive, p.244" (PDF). GAA. 2021.
3. ^ "Leslie Toal's dual All-Ireland win unlikely to be repeated". Dundalk Democrat. 9 November 2023.
4. "Louth legend Leslie gets All-Ireland medal 40-years later". Dundalk Democrat. 2 January 2018.
5. "Players of the year". Hogan Stand. 27 November 2011.
6. "Straight A's for Dundalk schools". Hogan Stand. 20 November 2002.
7. "CBS 1985 champs recall glory day". The Argus. 11 May 2011.
8. "The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games - Full GAA records From 1887 To 2021 Inclusive, p.77" (PDF). GAA. 2021.

• Living people
• 1943 births
• Louth inter-county Gaelic footballers
• Clan na Gael (Louth) Gaelic footballers
• Leinster inter-provincial Gaelic footballers
• Dual players
• Sportspeople from Dundalk