Mark Vaughan

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**Mark Vaughan**
Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Club information
Club	Kilmacud Crokes
Position	Right Corner Forward
Club(s)*
Club	Years	Apps (scores)
Kilmacud Crokes	?- Present
Club Titles
Dublin Titles	2
Leinster Titles	1
Inter County
County	Dublin
Position	Right Corner Forward
Inter County(ies)**
County	Years	Apps (scores)
Dublin	2005 -Present
Inter County Titles
Leinster Titles	2
* club appearances and scores correct as of (22:31, 18 August 2006 (UTC)). **Inter County team apps and scores correct as of (22:31, 18 August 2006 (UTC)).

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 Dublin.

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 Black rock to an All-Ireland Schools soccer title in 2003. It was a an 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.

1 2006
2 2007
3 References
4 Trivia

[edit] 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 substitue 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 attacked by a Mayo fan who broke his cheekbone. ^[3] Despite this incident, Vaughan had publicly stated that he would be cheering on Mayo to collect the All-Ireland title.^[4]

[edit] 2007

Vaughan has been out for 2007 so far after a shoulder injury which required surgery which he picked up in 2006.

Mark 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.

[edit] References

^ Dublin call on Vaughan (English). Irish Examiner (2005-06-15). Retrieved on September 14, 2006.
^ Vaughan Fighter (2006-09-06). Retrieved on December 14, 2005.
^ Dubs substitute suffers broken cheekbone in nightclub assault. Retrieved on September 14, 2006.
^ Vaughan cheering for Mayo (2006-09-06). Retrieved on September 14, 2006.

[edit] 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).

	Dublin Senior Football Team
1 S. Cluxton \| 2 D. Henry \| 3 R. McConnell \| 4 P. Griffin \| 5 B. Cahill \| 6 B. Cullen \| 7 G. Brennan \| 8 D. Magee \| 9 S. Ryan \| 10 C. Moran \| 11 J. Sherlock \| 12 C. Keaney \| 13 B. Brogan \| 14 K. Bonner \| 15 T. Quinn \| Subs: P. Casey for Brennan (45 mins), D. Connolly for Quinn (50), M. Vaughan for Brogan (55), D. O'Callaghan for Sherlock (60), J. Magee for D Magee (63). Manager: P. Caffrey (Team as of March 24, 2007 versus Fermanagh)