About Des Newton
Des Newton was a gaelic football player.
Des Newton is an Irish former Gaelic footballer and manager who played for the Roscommon and Donegal county teams from the 1970s until the 1990s.
Career Newton won three Connacht Senior Football Championship titles and an All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship in 1978 with Roscommon.
Newton also played for the Donegal County team. He won an Ulster Senior Football Championship in 1983, with manager Brian McEniff turning to Newton (then living in Inishowen) as a replacement for Matt Gallagher, who sustained a hand injury before the semi-final and missed the Ulster SFC final and All-Ireland SFC semi-final with appendicitis.
As a manager, Newton has been involved with Dublin GAA clubs Kilmacud Crokes and St Jude's for several years, and served as a selector. In 2011, he was appointed manager of the Roscommon senior team but stood down after the 2012 season.
Honours All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship: 1978 Connacht Senior Football Championship: 1980, 1990&1991 Ulster Senior Football Championship: 1983
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Gaelic football player and manager
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· DBpedia: Des Newton (Gaelic footballer)
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