Mark Crossan

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

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

References

  1. ^ "Crossan and Toye back in for Donegal". BreakingNews.ie. 25 July 2003. Retrieved 25 July 2003.
  2. ^ Crowe, Dermot (25 February 2007). "Former wild child wants football's natural high". Sunday Independent. Retrieved 25 February 2007.
  3. ^ "Gaelic Football". Archived from the original on 24 October 2006.
  4. ^ a b "All-Ireland Final Players". Archived from the original on 12 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Australia v Ireland 2000". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "Donegal make light of conditions to give Moran the ideal start". The Irish Times. 30 October 2000.