Donald Lawler

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameDonald Joseph Henry•Lawler
Used nameDonald•Lawler
Born18 April 1922 in Dublin, Dublin (IRL)
Died20 March 1988 in Dallas, Texas (USA)
AffiliationsBohemians, Dublin (IRL)
NOC Ireland

Biography

Goalkeeper Donald Lawler first played for Bohemians FC in the League of Ireland in the 1947–48 season, making 16 appearances with the team that season, and 20 in 1948–49 season. In 1948, he was selected for the Irish football team that competed in the men’s tournament and lost 3–1 in its only match to the Netherlands. He retired from football after his Olympic appearance. Lawler was the brother of two noted football players: Robin Lawler, who played for Belfast Celtic, and Jimmy Lawler, who played for Drumcondra, Southend and Portsmouth. Taking after his father, he worked as butcher (victualler) in Ireland throughout the 1940s. He immigrated to Canada the early 1950s along with his wife and 4 children, and later had one more daughter in Canada. By the early 1960s the family settled in Edmonton, Alberta and he found work as a butcher and later as a salesman.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1948 Summer Olympics Football (Football) IRL Donald Lawler
Football, Men (Olympic) Ireland =17

Errata

Previously misidentified as "Denis Lawler".