Mark Crossan Explained
Code: | Football |
Sport: | Gaelic football |
Mark Crossan |
County: | Donegal |
Province: | Ulster |
Club: | St Eunan's |
Clyears: | 199?–200? |
Clcounty: | 2 |
Counties: | Donegal |
Icyears: | 199?–200? |
Icprovince: | 1 |
Icallireland: | 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
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
External links
Notes and References
- News: Crossan and Toye back in for Donegal. BreakingNews.ie. 25 July 2003. 25 July 2003.
- News: Dermot. Crowe. Former wild child wants football's natural high. Sunday Independent. 25 February 2007. 25 February 2007.
- Web site: Gaelic Football. https://web.archive.org/web/20061024212755/http://www.sainteunans.com/gaa.htm. 24 October 2006.
- Web site: All-Ireland Final Players. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150412222131/http://www.steunansgaa.com/contentPage/78477/a_l_l_i_r_e_l_a_n_d_f_i_n_a_l_p_l_a_y_e_r_s. 2015-04-12.
- Web site: Australia v Ireland 2000. 6 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006072553/http://footystats.freeservers.com/Footystats/Aust-Ireland.html#2000. 6 October 2014. dead. dmy-all.
- News: Alan. Foley. The heroes of '92 — Where are they now?. Donegal Democrat. 8 January 2009. 8 January 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151218180946/http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/sport/the-heroes-of-92-where-are-they-now-1-1989654. 18 December 2015.
- News: Donegal make light of conditions to give Moran the ideal start. The Irish Times. 30 October 2000.