Mark Crossan
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
199?–200? | St Eunan's | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Donegal titles | 2 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
199?–200? | Donegal | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Ulster titles | 1 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
Mark Crossan is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for St Eunan's and the Donegal county team.[1] He also captained his county.[2]
Biography
[edit]Crossan is from Letterkenny. He attended St Eunan's College, where he played for the school team.[3]
Crossan is an All-Ireland winner with Donegal, one of three representatives from his club on the county panel that won the 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. He also won a Railway Cup with Ulster in 2000.[4] He was also in the Ireland international rules football team in 2000.[5]
He made his championship debut for Donegal against Armagh in 1993. With Donegal he also reached the All-Ireland semi-final in 2003. With his club, he has won the Donegal Senior Football Championship twice.[6]
He started Mickey Moran's first game in charge of Donegal, a league win at home to Offaly in October 2000.[7]
Since retiring from the game, he has been coaching.[6]
Honours
[edit]- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: 1992
- Ulster Senior Football Championship: 1992
- Railway Cup: 2000[4]
- Donegal Senior Football Championship: 1999, 2001
References
[edit]- ^ "Crossan and Toye back in for Donegal". BreakingNews.ie. 25 July 2003. Retrieved 25 July 2003.
- ^ Crowe, Dermot (25 February 2007). "Former wild child wants football's natural high". Sunday Independent. Retrieved 25 February 2007.
- ^ "Gaelic Football". Archived from the original on 24 October 2006.
- ^ a b "All-Ireland Final Players". Archived from the original on 12 April 2015.
- ^ "Australia v Ireland 2000". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ a b Foley, Alan (8 January 2009). "The heroes of '92 — Where are they now?". Donegal Democrat. Archived from the original on 18 December 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
- ^ "Donegal make light of conditions to give Moran the ideal start". The Irish Times. 30 October 2000.
External links
[edit]- Mark Crossan at gaainfo.com