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Denis Dwyer is a footballer from Waterville in South Co Kerry. He played Wing Forward on the Kerry team that won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1997 & was a sub on the 2000 team. He has also won All Irelands at Minor in 1994 U21 in 1995 as Captain & 1996 and Vocational Schools in 1993. He also won a Munster Junior Championship in 1995. In 2004 he was a member of the South Kerry side that won the Kerry Senior Football Championship.〔(Fitzgerald finally wins Kerry title )〕 ==Schools, Underage and Junior== 〔()〕 〔()〕 Dwyer first tasted All Ireland success as a member of the Kerry Vocational Schools team with whom he won an All Ireland with in 1993. Following on from his Vocational Schools success he was a member of the Kerry minor team in 1993 but had little success as Kerry lost out to Cork in the Munster semi final on a 2-07 to 1-09 scoreline, with Dwyer scoring a point. He was still underage in 1994 and played a key roll as Kerry win a first Munster title since 1990, when they overcame Clare in the final. This set up an All Ireland semi final clash with Ulster champs Armagh in Croke Park and game that Kerry won to qualify for the All Ireland final for, once more, the first time since 1990. In the final they faced off with Galway, at the full-time whistle, after a playing a key role at midfield, Dwyer and Kerry found themselves on the rightside of a 0-16 to 1-07 scoreline and a first title for Kerry since 1988. 1995 seen Dwyer move straight into the Kerry Under 21 side as captain. He played his first game at the grade in the Munster first round game with Clare at Left Half Forward, where he would play for the reat of the season. Kerry won the game with plenty to spare on a 1-13 to 0-07 scoreline. In the semi final Kerry had a big win over Limerick, a game where Dwyer would score 3 points, on a 4-17 to 2-05 scoreline. This set up a quite novel pairing in the Munster final as Kerry faced Waterford. Another big win was the result, with Dwyer chipping in with 2 points this time, on a 1-21 to 2-05 scoreline. Picking up the trophy as the teams captain. He would miss out on the All Ireland semi final win over Donegal but was back at Left Half Forward for the final. In the final Kerry would face Mayo. In the final 1-02 from Dwyer helped Kerry to a 2-12 to 3-09 draw. In the replay Kerry made no mistake, and with 2 points from Dwyer, they ran out winners on a 3-10 to 1-12 scoreline and win a first title at the grade since 1990. Dwyer played in 5 of Kerrys 6 games and scored 1-09 in total. 1995 also seen Dwyer play with the county junior team. He picked up a Munster championship medal afte an extra time win over Cork in the final. Kerry went on to lose the All Ireland semi final. Kerry stated the defense of their Munster title with a repeat of the 95 final where they overcame Waterford on a 2-16 to 1-05 scoreline, with Dwyer at midfield. That result set up a Munster semi final with Cork. A point from Dwyer helped his side to a comfortable 2-14 to 0-08 win and another Munster final for Dwyer. It was another novel pairing as Kerry faced off with Clare in the final. Dwyer was back at Left Half Forward for the game as Kerry once more ran out comfortable winners on a 3-14 to 0-06 scoreline, giving Dwyer a second Munster title at Under 21 level. The semi final was a repeat of the 1994 All Ireland minor final, a game Dwyer had played a key role in Kerry winning. A point from Dwyer meant Kerry won with 7 points to spare on a 3-09 to 0-12 scoreline. This set up Kerry for their 5 All Ireland final 7 years. They would face Ulster champions Cavan this time around. In what was to be the closest game of the season for Kerry, a point from Dwyer went a long way in helping his side to a 1-17 to 2-10 win, giving Dwyer and Kerry a second title in a row. In his second year of playing Under 21 Dwyer played in all 5 of Kerrys games and scored 3 ponts. In 1997 Dwyer was still underage for the under 21 grade. By how is was one of the senior members of the side. Kerry started off their Munster campaign with a big win over Limerickk on a 4-16 to 0-05 scoreline, with 1-01 from midfield from Dwyer. The semi final was another comfortable win with Clare accounted for on a 1-17 to 0-07 scoreline. This set up a Munster final with Cork. Despite playing for 3 years at Under 21 this was Dwyers first time to play Cork in a Munster final. In an exciting game the teo sides finished level on a 22-11 to 3-08 scoreline. The replay was to be another close game with Kerry just shading it on a 0-12 to 1-07 scoreline, giving Dwyer this third Munster championship medal. In the All Ireland semi final with Meath Kerry and Dwyers dream of 3 All Irelands in a row came to an end when they lost out on a 0-14 to 0-13 scoreline, with Dwyer scoring a point from midfield. Dwyer had a very successful Under 21 career with Kerry. He played in 15 games and scored 2-14, Winning 3 Munster titles and 2 All Irelands 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Denis O'Dwyer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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