 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Right Half Forward | ||
| Born |
10 August 1975 Tyrone, Northern Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Occupation | Veterinarian | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Clann na nGael | |||
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
1993–1996 | UCD | ||
| College titles | |||
| Sigerson titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1995–2011 2020– |
Tyrone (player) Tyrone (manager) | 48[1] | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Ulster titles | 6 | ||
| All-Irelands | 3 | ||
| NFL | 2 | ||
| All Stars | 3 | ||
Brian Dooher is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who was a member the senior Tyrone county team between 1995 and 2011.[2] He co-managed the Tyrone senior football team alongside Feargal Logan, succeeding Mickey Harte [3] from 2020 until he stepped down from the role in August 2024,[4] following a run of poor results.
He won three All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals, five Ulster Senior Football Championship and two National League titles with the county. He has also won three All Star Awards, and six Ulster All-Stars - the joint leader with Kieran McGeeney and Steven McDonnell.
Dooher played his club football for Clann na nGael.
Dooher was renowned for his hardworking playing style,[5] often doing the gritty, unfashionable work, like picking up the ball in defence,[5] to feed the forward players. He was also an accurate point scorer.[5] Although he usually started in the half-forward line, his roaming nature meant he was rarely ever stationed there for very long. His contributions to the game did not go unnoticed by his teammates, as Seán Cavanagh remarked in 2003 how "I wouldn't be able to [play to my strengths] without Brian's workrate." In the same article, the Irish Examiner said, "it would be no exaggeration to call him the hardest working footballer in Ireland."[6] He is a father to Shea Dooher & Jack Dooher.
- ^ Bogue, Declan (16 May 2008). "McGrane set for '60'". Gaelic Life.
- ^ "Dooher to stay as Tyrone captain". BBC Sport. 8 January 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ "Tyrone Appoint Feargal Logan & Brian Dooher as the New Tyrone Senior Football Managers". Tyrone GAA. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "Tyrone seeking new manager as Dooher and Logan depart Red Hands". BBC Sport. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ a b c "cul4kidz profile on Dooher". Cul4kidz website. 2006. Archived from the original on 7 May 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2009.
- ^ "Tyrone's trojan is not a talker, he's a Dooher". Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 6 March 2007.