Colin Doyle (lacrosse)

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Colin Doyle, nicknamed Popeye, is a Canadian former lacrosse star who captained the Toronto Rock in the National Lacrosse League and played for the Six Nations Chiefs in Major Series Lacrosse. He was born on September 8, 1977, in Kitchener, Ontario.

Doyle started his pro career in 1998 with the Ontario Raiders, who became the Toronto Rock in 1999. He won NLL Rookie of the Year and soon led the Rock in scoring for several years. He was the league MVP in 2005 and earned playoff MVPs in 1999, 2002, and 2005. In December 2006, he was traded to the San Jose Stealth, and the Rock re-acquired him in 2009. Doyle retired in 2016.

Outside the NLL, he won an MLL championship with the Rochester Rattlers in 2008 and with the Toronto Nationals in 2009. In Canadian lacrosse, he won the Mann Cup with the Coquitlam Adanacs (2001), the Brampton Excelsiors (2008, 2009), and the Six Nations Chiefs (2013, 2014).

Doyle also played for Team Canada, winning the World Indoor Lacrosse Championship in 2003 and the World Lacrosse Championship in 2006, among other honors. He was inducted into the NLL Hall of Fame in 2021.