- Name
- Pat Doyle
- Position
- Forward-Guard
- Class
- SR
- Hometown (Last School)
- Calvert City, KY (North Marshall)
- Ht
- 6'2"
- Wt
- 175
- Seasons
- 1960-61, 1961-62, 1962-63
- Birthday
- April 1, 1941
Pat Doyle was born Patrick LaMarr Doyle on April 1, 1941, in Marshall County, Kentucky, to Jesse Doyle and Nola Orlean Peck Doyle.
Doyle helped North Marshall High School claim the state championship in 1959 and was later named Mr. Kentucky basketball. Known for his intensity and competitive spirit, Doyle – a 6-2 forward – was a driving force for the Jets in the magical season of ’59, where they lost just once in 35 games. NMHS chopped down Gallatin County, Maysville, Olive Hill, and, finally, Louisville Manual en route to the title at Memorial Coliseum on the campus of the University of Kentucky. Doyle was named to the all-tournament team, along with teammate Jimmy Lampley, a guard. He was named All-American by Scholastic magazine in 1959.
Doyle went on to play four years at UK under Adolph Rupp but only lettered one year, his senior year in 1962-63. He was a freshman on the 1959-60 Kittens squad. Due to academic issues that began in his second semester as a freshman, Doyle was forced to redshirt his sophomore season at UK. He still practiced with the team and was saddled with the job of guarding Cotton Nash every day.
In the spring of 1962, after seeing action in only six Kentucky basketball games, Doyle went out for the Kentucky baseball team as a utility man and lettered in the sport in his first season. He played baseball his final two seasons at Kentucky.
Despite playing in only 12 varsity basketball games in his career at Kentucky, Doyle went out with a flourish. In his final game in front of the UK homefolk, he hit two of three field goals and dished one assist in the final 1:24 of the game as the crowd of 10,000 roared its approval.
Immediately after graduating, he began a job with the State Social Security Office in Frankfort. It wound up the only job he would have or need the next 30-or-so years; he was the director of the Division of Social Security for the Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet at his death.
Doyle died in a Lexington hospital on July 8, 2002, at the age of 61. It is believed he succumbed to cancer of the esophagus.
