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| Teddy Holland (born 1948) is a retired Irish Gaelic football manager and former player.. He played football with his local clubs Ballinascarthy and St. Finbarr's and with the Cork senior inter-county team in the 1960s and 1970s. | Teddy Holland (born 1948) is a retired Irish Gaelic football manager and former player.. He played football with his local clubs Ballinascarthy and St. Finbarr's and with the Cork senior inter-county team in the 1960s and 1970s. | ||
| ==Playing career== | ==Playing career== | ||
| == '''Soccer Career''' == | |||
| Holland was a highly regarded young soccer player. He played locally in Clonakilty and in 1966 spent time at Glasgow Celtic as an apprentice. His stay at the Scottish club lasted little more than two months partly due to his homesickness, although it is widely rumoured that he was released by the then Celtic manager Jock Stein following a training ground fight with a senior Celtic player. Although his career was shortlived Holland, in a recent interview with Cork's 103FM pondered what might have been, saying "no doubt about it, soccer was my first love and it will always have a special place in my heart. But I have no regrets about how things turned out". When asked about the possibilty of a career in soccer management Holland was typically confident "sure it could happen, I'm positive my success as a GAA coach has given me the grounding for a career in any type of management. If the right offer was to arise, be it from a cross-channel side or somewhere closer to home, it is definitely something I would consider. Given my determined nature, I'm sure I could take to it like water to a duck". | |||
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Tadgh Ó hOlláin | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| St. Finbarr's | |||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 1960s-1970s | Cork | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 0 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
Teddy Holland (born 1948) is a retired Irish Gaelic football manager and former player.. He played football with his local clubs Ballinascarthy and St. Finbarr's and with the Cork senior inter-county team in the 1960s and 1970s.
Playing career
Club
Holland played his early club football with his local Ballinascarthy side. He also lined out with the Carbery division in the county enior championship before moving to the famous St. Finbarr's club in the early 1970s. It was with 'the Barr's' that Holland enjoyed much success. It was here that he won his first senior county title in 1976. He won two further county medals in 1979 and 1980. The latter victory was converted into a Munster club title as well as an All-Ireland club title. Holland won a fourth county medal in 1982.
Inter-county
Holland also enjoyed a short spell on the inter-county scene with Cork. He won a Munster title at minor level with his native-county in 1966. Holland also lined out with the Cork senior football team, however, he had little success at this grade.
Managerial career
Early experience
Holland's time off the field with Cork began as a selector with the county senior football team in 1993. It was a great era for Cork as the team captured three successive Munster titles, however, the team failed to capture an All-Ireland crown. Holland later moved onto the Cork under-21 team where he worked as a selector again. These years were not successful as Cork came up against a very strong Kerry side in Munster. In 1998 Holland took over as manager of the Cork minor football team. His first season in charge brought a surprise loss to Limerick. The following year saw Cork win the Munster title before going on to be defeated by Mayo in the All-Ireland semi-final. Holland's team retained their provincial title in 2000 before going on to win the All-Ireland title as well. In 2007 Holland was in charge of the Clonakilty senior football team, although he achieved very little success with the West Cork club.
| Preceded byBilly Morgan | Cork Senior Football Manager 2007-2008 |
Succeeded byConor Counihan |