Turlough O'Connor (born 22 July 1946 in Athlone) was an
Irish
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association football
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er during the 1960s and 1970s. He is a member of the
Bohemians
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Hall of Fame.
His two brothers
Padraig O'Connor
Padraig O'Connor was an Irish soccer player in the League of Ireland during the 1970s and 1980s.
He played for Bohemians from 1973 to 1978 winning 2 league titles and making 147 league appearances (8 as sub), scoring 11 goals. He also made 14 ...
and
Michael O'Connor Michael O'Connor may refer to:
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also played for Athlone Town.
Playing career
He has spells as player at
Limerick F.C.
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, where he made a scoring debut in a
League of Ireland Shield
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game at Sligo on 25 August 1963,
Bohemians
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,
Fulham, Bohemians again,
Dundalk
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and
Athlone Town
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. He made 191 league appearances (scoring 120 times) and 15 appearances in European competition for Bohs (scoring 1 goal) against
Rangers in the
European Cupbr>
He was top scorer in the
League of Ireland
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in 1973/74 and 1977/78. O'Connor scored 24 times in 29 league appearances in the latter season. He was Bohemian's top scorer in 7 different seasons, his first being in 1964/65 when he scored 8 goals in just 7 games.
[Bohemian FC match programme, Vol. 52, no. 19]
As of the end of the 2012 season, O'Connor is fourth in the all time
League of Ireland
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goalscoring chart with 178 league goal
- 120 with Bohemians, 54 with Dundalk, 4 with Athlone. He also netted 15 goals in the
FAI Cup (14 with Bohs, 1 with Dundalk) and 2 goals for the Irish full international team. O'Connor was capped twice at youth level.
Managerial career
He was also a very successful manager and has managed
Athlone Town
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,
Dundalk
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and
Bohemians
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*Anything of or relating to Bohemia
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. His best period as manager came during his 5-year tenure at
Athlone Town
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where the League Championship was won twice and the League Cup was won three times, with the Tyler All-Ireland Cup also making its way to St. Mels Park. O'Connor then took over
Dundalk
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in time for the 1985/86 season. He picked up more silverware during his time at Dundalk winning 2 League Championships, an FAI Cup and 2 League Cups until he left
Oriel Park
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in October 1993. He was not out of football long as he returned to Bohemians on 14 December 1993 where he stayed until the summer of 1998. During this time he also managed the
Republic of Ireland under-17 team in the
1994 European Under-16 Championship held in Ireland in May 1994.
Career statistics
International goals
Honours as player
*
League of Ireland
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** Bohemians - 1974/75, 1977/78
*
FAI Cup
** Bohemians - 1976
*
League of Ireland Shield
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**
Dundalk
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- 1971/72
*
League of Ireland Cup
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** Bohemians - 1975
*
Dublin City Cup
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**
Dundalk
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- 1968/69
*
Leinster Senior Cup
**
Dundalk
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- 1970/71
Honours as manager
*
League of Ireland
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Premier Division: 4
** Athlone Town -
1980–81,
1982–83
** Dundalk -
1987–88,
1990–91
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*
FAI Cup: 1
** Dundalk -
1987–88
*
League of Ireland Cup
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: 5
** Athlone Town - 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83
** Dundalk -
1986–87,
1989–90
*SWAI Personality of the Year
** Athlone Town - 1980–81
References
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1946 births
Living people
Association footballers from Athlone
Men's association football forwards
Athlone Town A.F.C. managers
Athlone Town A.F.C. players
Bohemian F.C. managers
Bohemian F.C. players
Dundalk F.C. managers
Dundalk F.C. players
League of Ireland managers
League of Ireland players
League of Ireland XI players
Fulham F.C. players
English Football League players
Limerick F.C. players
Republic of Ireland men's association footballers
Republic of Ireland men's international footballers
Republic of Ireland expatriate men's association footballers
Republic of Ireland men's youth international footballers
Republic of Ireland association football managers