{{Short description|Irish Gaelic footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Use Irish English|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox GAA player | code = Football | sport = Gaelic football | image = | name = Mark Crossan | irish = | fullname = | feet = | inches = | occupation = | county = Donegal | province = Ulster | club = [[St Eunan's GAA|St Eunan's]] | position = | clubs = | clyears = 199?–200? | clapps(points) = | clcounty = 2 | clprovince = | clallireland = | counties = [[Donegal county football team|Donegal]] | icposition = | icyears = 199?–200? | icapps(points) = | icprovince = 1 | icallireland = 1 | nfl = | allstars = | clupdate = | icupdate = | birth_date = | birth_place = }} '''Mark Crossan''' is an Irish former [[Gaelic football]]er who played for [[St Eunan's GAA|St Eunan's]] and the [[Donegal county football team|Donegal county team]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/crossan-and-toye-back-in-for-donegal-107392.html|title=Crossan and Toye back in for Donegal|publisher=BreakingNews.ie|date=25 July 2003|accessdate=25 July 2003}}</ref> He also [[Captain (Gaelic games)|captain]]ed his county.<ref>{{cite news|first=Dermot|last=Crowe|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/former-wild-child-wants-footballs-natural-high-26285227.html|title=Former wild child wants football's natural high|work=[[Sunday Independent (Ireland)|Sunday Independent]]|date=25 February 2007|accessdate=25 February 2007}}</ref>
==Biography== Crossan is from [[Letterkenny]]. He attended [[St Eunan's College]], where he played for the school team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sainteunans.com/gaa.htm|title=Gaelic Football|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061024212755/http://www.sainteunans.com/gaa.htm|archivedate=24 October 2006}}</ref>
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 GAA|Ulster]] in 2000.<ref name=2000_railway_cup>{{cite web|url=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|title=All-Ireland Final Players|url-status=dead |archiveurl=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|archivedate=2015-04-12}}</ref> He was also in the [[Ireland international rules football team]] in 2000.<ref name=footystats_aust-irl_2000>{{cite web|url=http://footystats.freeservers.com/Footystats/Aust-Ireland.html|title=Australia v Ireland 2000|accessdate=6 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006072553/http://footystats.freeservers.com/Footystats/Aust-Ireland.html#2000|archivedate=6 October 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
He made his championship debut for Donegal against [[Armagh county football team|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.<ref name=heroes_of_92>{{cite news|first=Alan|last=Foley|url=http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/donegalsport/The-heroes-of--3992.4856965.jp|title=The heroes of '92 — Where are they now?|work=[[Donegal Democrat]]|date=8 January 2009|accessdate=8 January 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151218180946/http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/sport/the-heroes-of-92-where-are-they-now-1-1989654|archivedate=18 December 2015}}</ref>
He started [[Mickey Moran]]'s first game in charge of Donegal, a league win at home to [[Offaly county football team|Offaly]] in October 2000.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/donegal-make-light-of-conditions-to-give-moran-the-ideal-start-1.1112948|title=Donegal make light of conditions to give Moran the ideal start|work=[[The Irish Times]]|date=30 October 2000}}</ref>
Since retiring from the game, he has been coaching.<ref name=heroes_of_92/>
==Honours== * [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]]: [[1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship|1992]] * [[Ulster Senior Football Championship]]: 1992 * [[Railway Cup]]: 2000<ref name=2000_railway_cup/> * [[Donegal Senior Football Championship]]: 1999, 2001
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20121013061528/http://www.gaainfo.com/players/football/donegal/Mark%20Crossan.php Mark Crossan] at gaainfo.com
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