Leslie Toal
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
;ClubCardinal O'Donnell Cup : 1982ACC Cup : 1979, 1982Louth Senior Hurling Championship : 1967, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976;CountyAll-Ireland Junior Football Championship : 1961All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship : 1976, 1977Leinster Junior Hurling Championship : 1973O'Byrne Cup : 1963
;As manager/coachLouth Senior Football Championship : 1985, 1987Cardinal O'Donnell Cup : 1987Drogheda and Dundalk Dairies Shield : 1981 Louth Junior Football Championship : 1973 Louth Junior 2 Football Championship : 1981 Leinster Colleges Senior Football Championship : 1985, 2002, 2011