# Martin Gavigan > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Martin_Gavigan > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Martin_Gavigan.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Gavigan > Source revision: 1326251416 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Donegal Gaelic footballer **Martin Gavigan** is an old [Gaelic footballer](/source/Gaelic_football) who played as a defender for [Ard an Rátha](/source/CLG_Ard_an_R%C3%A1tha), the [Donegal county team](/source/Donegal_county_football_team) and the [Ireland international rules football team](/source/Ireland_international_rules_football_team). He was a member of Donegal's [1992](/source/1992_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship_Final) All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning team. He played for the county from 1988 until 1995.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] He played against [Armagh](/source/Armagh_county_football_team) in the 1990 Ulster final, won by Donegal.[1] He started at centre-back in the 1992 All-Ireland Final as Donegal defeated [Dublin](/source/Dublin_county_football_team) by a scoreline of 0–18 to 0–14. He would win an [All Star](/source/List_of_All_Stars_Awards_winners_(football)) in 1992 too.[2] Known as "Rambo", he was a schoolteacher.[3] In 1992, *[Hogan Stand](/source/Hogan_Stand)* was able to indicate that: "Even objective observers of the game in Donegal recognised that the [Shovlin](/source/Martin_Shovlin), Gavigan and [Reid](/source/Donal_Reid) combination probably represented the best line of defence in the country. The Dublin trio of [Curran](/source/Paul_Curran_(Gaelic_footballer)), [Carr](/source/Tommy_Carr_(Gaelic_footballer)) and [Heery](/source/Eamon_Heery) were the only other combination which vied for that tag, it was suggested".[4] He vice-captained [Ireland](/source/Ireland_international_rules_football_team) for the [1990 Tour of Australia](/source/1990_International_Rules_Series).[5] In May 2012, the *[Irish Independent](/source/Irish_Independent)* named him in its selection of Donegal's "greatest team" spanning the previous 50 years.[6] He got married the Saturday after the 1992 All-Ireland final.[7] His brother [Luke](/source/Luke_Gavigan) also featured for Donegal.[5] Luke's son (and Martin's nephew), Luke Jnr, based with the [Seán Mac Cumhaills](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CLG_Se%C3%A1n_Mac_Cumhaills&action=edit&redlink=1) club, captained the Donegal under-20 team that reached the 2020 Ulster final.[5][8] ## See also - [List of All Stars Awards winners (football)](/source/List_of_All_Stars_Awards_winners_(football)) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1990_winners_1-0)** McNulty, Chris (18 July 2015). ["Donegal's 1990 Ulster winners will be honoured tomorrow — here is their story"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200720010408/http://www.donegalsporthub.com/donegals-1990-ulster-winners-will-be-honoured-tomorrow-heres-their-story/). Archived from [the original](http://www.donegalsporthub.com/donegals-1990-ulster-winners-will-be-honoured-tomorrow-heres-their-story/) on 20 July 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-heroes_of_92_2-0)** Foley, Alan (8 January 2009). ["The heroes of '92 — Where are they now?"](https://web.archive.org/web/20151218180946/http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/sport/the-heroes-of-92-where-are-they-now-1-1989654). *[Donegal Democrat](/source/Donegal_Democrat)*. Archived from [the original](http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/donegalsport/The-heroes-of--3992.4856965.jp) on 18 December 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2009. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Ardara's Martin Gavigan: The man the Donegal fans call 'Rambo'"](http://www.hoganstand.com/donegal/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=80294). *[Hogan Stand](/source/Hogan_Stand)*. 30 April 1993. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Reid, Donal"](http://www.hoganstand.com/county/donegal/article/index/63005). *[Hogan Stand](/source/Hogan_Stand)*. 31 July 1992. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-dn_05032020_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-dn_05032020_5-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-dn_05032020_5-2) Craig, Frank (5 March 2020). "[Luke] Gavigan wary of Tyrone threat". *[Donegal News](/source/Donegal_News)*. p. 77. Luke Gavigan… the Tir Chonaill skipper… comes from formidable footballing stock. His dad Luke was a member of the Donegal senior football squad that won the 1992 All-Ireland title. His uncle Martin… also vice-captained the victorious 1990 Ireland Compromise Rules side that toured Australia. The MacCumhaills clubman says… 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["GAA: Donegal's greatest team of the past 50 years named"](https://www.donegaldaily.com/2012/05/14/gaa-donegals-greatest-team-of-the-last-50-years-named/). 14 May 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2012. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Final: Dublin v Donegal"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM9YcGR6wYI&t=1h00m29s). *[YouTube](/source/YouTube)*. 21 March 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Loughran, Neil (9 March 2020). ["Second half scoring spree sees Tyrone land Ulster title as Donegal rue black card"](https://www.irishnews.com/sport/gaafootball/2020/03/09/news/second-half-scoring-spree-sees-tyrone-land-ulster-title-as-donegal-are-left-to-rue-black-card-1861780/). *[The Irish News](/source/The_Irish_News)*. Retrieved 9 March 2020. ## External links - [Martin Gavigan](https://archive.today/20130123195637/http://www.gaainfo.com/players/football/donegal/M%20Gavigan.php) at GAAinfo.com v t e Donegal – 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (1st title) 1 G. Walsh 2 B. McGowan 3 M. Gallagher 4 N. Hegarty 5 D. Reid 6 M. Gavigan 24 J. J. Doherty 8 A. Molloy (c) 9 B. Murray 10 J. McHugh 11 M. McHugh 12 J. McMullin 13 D. Bonner 14 T. Boyle 15 M. Boyle Substitutes used 20 B. Cunningham for B. Murray Substitutes not used 7 M. Shovlin 16 P. Callaghan 17 T. Ryan 18 P. Carr 19 C. Mulgrew 21 J. Cunningham 22 S. Maguire 23 M. Gallagher 25 J. McGuinness 26 M. Crossan Manager B. McEniff Selectors M. Lafferty S. Bonner A. Harkin N. McCole Other backroom personnel The Man in Dublin: S. Ferriter The Man in the Stand: P. McShea Team doctor: A. O'Kennedy v t e 1992 All Star Gaelic Football Team 1 G. Walsh 2 S. Clancy 3 M. Gallagher 4 T. Scullion 5 P. Curran 6 M. Gavigan 7 E. Heery 8 A. Molloy 9 T. J. Kilgallon 10 A. Tohill 11 M. McHugh 12 J. McHugh 13 T. Boyle 14 V. Murphy 15 E. Gormley --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Martin Gavigan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Gavigan) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Gavigan?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.