Paul Clarke (born in County Dublin, Ireland) is an All Star winning former Gaelic footballer for Dublin. He played football with his local club Whitehall Colmcille in Dublin and was a member of the Dublin senior football team for a number of years, starting in 1985.[1] He earned his first and only All-Ireland medal in 1995, the same year in which he won his only All Star award.
[edit] Playing career
Having played soccer as a child up to Under-14 level, Clarke began playing Gaelic football while at school at St Aiden's CBS, in Dublin. He went on to join Whitehall Colmcille's, his local club, and was quickly noticed and selected for the inter-county Under 14 side, with whom he went on to win an under-14 leinster title.[1] Clarke joined the Dublin minor football team in 1983, and in 1984, led them to an All-Ireland Minor Football Championship as captain. In 1983, he went on a tour of Australia with a colleges team, where try-outs for Australian Rules Football were held, but he was not selected.[1]
[edit] Inter-county career
Clarke joined the Dublin senior panel in October 1985 and had his debut in a win against Donegal in a National League fixture.[1] Over the course of the next decade, he would play in many positions in the backs, midfield and forwards. In 1995, playing in his fourth All-Ireland final, Clarke finally won an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medal, and also won an All Star award the same year.
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Dublin - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1995 (22nd title)
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1995 All Star Gaelic Football Team
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Clarke, Paul |
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Gaelic footballer |
| Date of birth |
1966 |
| Place of birth |
Dublin |
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