Paul Clarke (Irish footballer)

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Paul Clarke
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Midfield
Born 1966 (age 5758)
County Dublin
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Nickname Clarkie
Occupation Firefighter Dublin Airport
Club(s)
YearsClub
26 years
Whitehall Colmcille
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
1985 - 1997
Dublin
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 6
All-Irelands 1
NFL 3
All Stars 1

Paul Clarke (born 1966 in County Dublin, Ireland) is a former Gaelic footballer who played for the Whitehall Colmcille club and was a senior member of the Dublin county team for a number of years, starting in 1985. [1] He won his only All-Ireland medal in 1995, the same year in which he won his only All Star award. Married in 2015 to Emer Mullaney and first child born Ben Stephen Clarke in June 2016.

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Biography

Having played soccer as a child up to Under-14 level, Clarke began playing Gaelic football while at school at St. Aidan's CBS, in Dublin. He went on to join Whitehall Colmcille's, his local club, and was quickly noticed and selected for the inter-county Under 14 side, with whom he went on to win an under-14 leinster title. [1] Clarke joined the Dublin minor football team in 1983, and in 1984, led them to an All-Ireland Minor Football Championship as captain. In 1983, he went on a tour of Australia with a colleges team, where try-outs for Australian Rules Football were held, but he was not selected. [1]

In September 1994 Clarke signed for Shelbourne F.C. [2]

Senior inter-county

Clarke joined the Dublin senior panel in October 1985 and had his debut in a win against Donegal in a National League fixture. [1] Over the course of the next decade, he would play in many positions in the backs, midfield and forwards. In 1995, playing in his fourth All-Ireland final, Clarke finally won an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medal, and also won an All Star award the same year.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Clarke, Paul". Hoganstand.com. 15 September 1995. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  2. "Clarke's shoes to fit the bill for Sherbourne". archive.irishnewsarchive.com. Retrieved 18 June 2024.