John Joe Doyle
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| Native name | Seán Seosamh Ó Dúil (Irish) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Goggles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 June 1906 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 August 2000 (aged 94) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Social welfare worker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Left corner-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Joe "Goggles" Doyle (14 June 1906 – 11 August 2000) was an Irish hurler who played as for the Clare senior team from 1926 to 1938. He was a left corner-back.
Doyle made his first appearance for the team during the 1926 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1938 championship. During that time he won one Munster medal. Doyle was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.
At club level Doyle was a six-time county club championship medalist with Newmarket-on-Fergus.
He was known as "Goggles" because of the goggles he designed and made to protect his glasses while hurling. They were made of bicycle spokes, medical bandages, and elastic.
In retirement from playing Doyle was recognised as one of a number of the "greatest players never to have won an All-Ireland medal". In 1990 Doyle was presented with the GAA All-Time All-Star Award.