Seán Doherty, who captained Dublin to All-Ireland SFC glory in 1974, has died at age 78.
Born in Wicklow in 1946, Doherty played his club football with Ballyboden Wanderers, Ballyboden St Enda's, and St Anne's, and led Wanderers to a Dublin Junior Football Championship in 1968.
However, the classy full-back will be best remembered in football circles for ending an 11-year drought in the capital when hoisting Sam Maguire aloft after the Metropolitans defeated Galway on a 0-14 to 1-06 scoreline at Croke Park in 1974.
An All-Star that same year, Doherty won five Leinster titles and two National Football Leagues as a player and went on to land further All-Ireland SFC titles with Dublin in 1976 and 1977.
Dublin's loss to Kerry in the 1978 final was one of his final appearances in sky blue, although he remained inextricably linked to football in the county and served as a joint-manager of the senior team in 1989 alongside Gerry McCaul and Tony Hempenstall. Doherty retired from the inter-county game in 1979.
