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 Club Cardinal O'Donnell Cup (1): 1982 ACC Cup (2): 1979, 1982 Louth Senior Hurling Championship (5): 1967, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976
County All-Ireland Junior Football Championship (1): 1961 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship (2): 1976, 1977 Leinster Junior Hurling Championship (1): 1973 O'Byrne Cup (1): 1963
As manager/coach Louth Senior Football Championship (2): 1985, 1987 Cardinal O'Donnell Cup (1): 1987 Drogheda and Dundalk Dairies Shield (1): 1981 (with Lann Léire) Louth Junior Football Championship (1): 1973 (with Seán O'Mahony's) Louth Junior 2 Football Championship (1): 1981 (with Seán O'Mahony's) Leinster Colleges Senior Football Championship (3): 1985, 2002, 2011
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