Mike Doyle (surfer)

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{{short description|American surfer}}

{{Infobox surfer
|name = Mike Doyle
|image = Mike Doyle and Corky Carroll.jpg
|caption = Doyle (left) with [[Corky Carroll]], 1964
|birth_date = {{birth date|1941|03|07}}
|birth_place = [[Lawndale, California]], U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|2019|04|30|1941|03|07}}
|death_place = [[San José del Cabo]], Mexico

}}

'''Mike Doyle'''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sydney-morning-herald-what-the-top-r/146600931/|title=What the top riders think: Doyle|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|location=[[Sydney, New South Wales]], [[Australia]]|date=May 17, 1964|access-date=May 4, 2024|page=73|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref> (March 7,<ref name="a" /> 1941<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Skateboard/psfBKfSJJcoC?hl=en|title=The Skateboard: The Good, the Rad, and the Gnarly: An Illustrated History|page=31|first=Ben|last=Marcus|publisher=MVP Books|date=June 7, 2011|ISBN=9781610602099|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> – April 30, 2019), also known as '''Michael Doyle''' and '''Malibu Mike''', was an American [[Surfing|surfer]].

== Life and career ==
Doyle was born in [[Lawndale, California]].<ref name="a">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/01/obituaries/mike-doyle-surfer-death.html|title=Michael Doyle, 78, Surfing Champion of the 1960s, Dies|work=[[The New York Times]]|first1=Niraj|last1=Chokshi|first2=Sandra E.|last2=Garcia|date=May 1, 2019|access-date=May 4, 2024}}</ref> At the age of thirteen, he began [[surfing]].<ref name="b">{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obitu...rf-legend-dead-20190502-story.html|title=Mike Doyle, surfing legend from the wrong side of Interstate 5, dies at 78 in Mexico|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|first=Steve|last=Marble|date=May 2, 2019|access-date=May 4, 2024}}</ref>

Doyle was a runner-up at the 1964 [[World Surfing Games|World Surfing Championships]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-...ge&q=mike doyle.1966 surfer&f=false|title=The Encyclopedia of Surfing|page=164|first=Matt|last=Warshaw|publisher=Harcourt|date=2005|ISBN=9780156032513|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>

In 1966, Doyle was named as Number One Surfer in the World by the [[Surfer (magazine)|Surfer Magazine]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-mike-no-1-sur/146602599/|title=Mike, No. 1 Surfer, Wants Pretty Girls|work=[[The Atlanta Constitution]]|location=[[Atlanta, Georgia]]|date=May 12, 1966|access-date=May 4, 2024|page=31|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/104333549/|title=Meet Mike Doyle|work=[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]]|location=[[Cincinnati, Ohio]]|date=May 26, 1966|access-date=May 4, 2024|page=22|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Closed access}}</ref>

Doyle died on April 30,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ocregister.com/2019/04/...-surfer-and-boardmaker-dies-at-78/|title=Mike Doyle — Hall of Fame surfer and boardmaker — dies at 78|work=[[The Orange County Register]]|first=Laylan|last=Connelly|date=April 30, 2019|access-date=May 4, 2024}}</ref> 2019 at his home in [[San José del Cabo]], Mexico, at the age of 78.<ref name="a" /><ref name="b" />

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[[Category:1941 births]]
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[[Category:Sportspeople from Lawndale, California]]
[[Category:American surfers]]
[[Category:American emigrants to Mexico]]

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