Mark Vaughan
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Right Corner Forward | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
?- Present | Kilmacud Crokes | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Dublin titles | 2 | ||
| Leinster titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
2005 -Present | Dublin | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 3 | ||
Mark Vaughan is an Irish Gaelic Footballer from Dublin. Mark plays his club football with Kilmacud Crokes. He made his break into the senior Dublin squad in 2005 making his first senior championship start on June 19th against Wexford [1] . He scored two late frees in the Leinster Quarter-Final against Meath to ensure Dublin's win. Mark is currently attending Griffith College Dublindue to a learning disability.
He attended Blackrock College where he excelled in sports including soccer and rugby. He played u-17 soccer for Ireland and had a trial for the U19 Rugby team and he also played rugby for Blackrock but he eventually decided to concentrate solely on Gaelic football. When at Blackrock College he guided them to an All-Ireland Schools soccer title in 2003. It was a game at Croke Park in 2003 that ignited his passion for Gaelic football.[2] He was a star player for Crokes as they won the 2004 and 2005 Dublin Championships, 2005 Leinster Club Football Championships and reached the All-Ireland club semi-final against Salthill-Knocknacara of Galway, which they lost.
2006
Vaughan received a place on Dublin's starting panel for the first time this season in their 2006 league encounter with Mayo. He lined out at left corner forward.
Mark began Dublin's leinster championship defence on the starting 15 and scored 1-0 in the process against Longford. He was dropped for Dublins next match against Laois. He came on as a sub against Laois playing quite well and setting up a goal although he failed to make an appearance in the Leinster senior football championship final which Dublin won. Vaughan made a second half substitute appearance against Westmeath in the All Ireland Quarter Final in Croke Park. Vaughan again made a second half substitutes appearance against Mayo where he twice hit the upright while also missing a 45 metre kick which would have tied the game up for Dublin.
While attending a nightclub after the Mayo game Vaughan was in an argument and had his cheekbone broken. [3] Despite this incident, Vaughan had publicly stated that he would be cheering on Mayo to collect the All-Ireland title.[4]
2007
Vaughan was out for the early months of 2007 after a shoulder injury requiring surgery which he picked up in 2006.
Vaughan made his long-awaited comeback from injury for Kilmacud Crokes in a victory of 3-10 to 0-13 over St Brigid's. Vaughan finished with a tally of 0-5 including three frees.
Vaughan made his first appearance for Dublin on March 24th in the Allianz National League game between Dublin and Fermanagh. Vaughan finished the game with 0-1 to his credit with a free kick.
Vaughan failed to make an appearance for Dublin in their opening match against neighbours Meath which finished as a draw. Vaughan was not announced on the original starting panel for the replay against Meath. Due to an injury to Darren Magee, Shane Ryan was moved from the half forward line to midfield and Vaughan was selected as the replacement. A decision was made by the Dublin management to select Vaughan as the freetaker in place of Tomás Quinn. Vaughan played outstandingly for Dublin in the game scoring eight points (five free kicks) to lead Dublin to a four point victory over their old rivals, a performance which would lead to a man of the match award.[1] Vaughan was selected in the centre forward position for the semi-final against Offaly to continue his role as freetaker.[2] He finished the game on (0-1f, 0-1 `45') in a forgettable game against 'The Biffos' which sent his team to the Leinster final.[3] Mark increased his scoring tally by 1-06 when Dublin defeated Laois to win the 2007 Leinster championship.[4]
References
- ^ "Dublin call on Vaughan". Irish Examiner. 2005-06-15. Retrieved 2006-09-14.
- ^ "Vaughan Fighter". 2006-09-06. Retrieved 2006-0-14.
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Trivia
- His missed free against Mayo made him the second Kilmacud Crokes forward in a row to miss a free, against an upright, late on in an All-Ireland semi-final to draw up the game(the other being Ray Cosgrove -v- Armagh, 2002).