[1] He played with the Kerry team that were shocked by Clare in the final of the 1992 Munster Senior Football Championship.
O'Dwyer retired from inter-county in 2002 following Kildare's defeat to Kerry in the All-Ireland Qualifiers.
Before moving to Kildare he played with his local club Watervile and with the South Kerry team.
[2] He won a Kildare Senior Football Championship medal with Round Towers in 2003.
He managed St Mary's in Wicklow to a senior championship title in 2011 and took Old Leighlin to 3 consecutive county finals in Carlow (2013-2015), winning in 2013.