Dan Gordon (Gaelic footballer)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Position | Midfield | ||
Born | County Down, Northern Ireland | ||
Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
Nickname | Big Dan | ||
Occupation | P.E Teacher | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Loughinisland | |||
Club titles | |||
Down titles | 2 | ||
Ulster titles | 0 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2002-Present | Down | 41 (2-20) | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Ulster titles | 0 | ||
All Stars | 0 |
Dan Gordon is a Gaelic footballer from County Down. He plays for the Down senior inter-county football team and with his local club Loughinisland GAA. He briefly retired from the Down team in 2010 but returned at the start of the 2010 season.[1] Dan made his first championship start in 2002 where Down player Donegal.
He started at full back in the 2010 All-Ireland Football Final where Down were defeated 0-15 to 0-16 by Cork.[2]
Honours
Winner
- Railway Cup (4) 2004 2007 2009 2012
- Dr. McKenna Cup (1) 2008 (c)
- Irish News All Star (1) 2012
Runner Up
- Down Senior Football Championship (2) 2008 2009
- National Football League Division 2 (2) 2004 2010
- Ulster Senior Football Championship (2) 2003 2012
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (1) 2010
- National Football League Division 3 (1) 2009 (c)
- Railway Cup (1) 2005
References
- ^ "Mourne star Dan Gordon enjoying second coming". Belfast Telegraph. 2010-07-30. Retrieved 2011-05-04.
- ^ "All-Ireland SFC Final: Cork 0-16 0-15 Down". BBC Sport. 2010-09-19. Retrieved 2010-10-27.