Stephen Cluxton

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Stephen Cluxton
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Irish Name Stiofán Cluxton
Place of birth Dublin , Ireland
Nickname(s) Cluxo, Clucko
Occupation Teacher, part-time Student
Club information
Club Parnells
Position Goalkeeper
Club(s)*
Club Years Apps (scores)
Parnells ?- Present
Inter-County
County Dublin
Position Goalkeeper
Inter-County(ies)**
County Years Apps (scores)
Dublin
Senior Inter-County Titles
Leinster Titles 4
All Stars 3

* club appearances and scores
correct as of {{{clupdate}}}.
**Inter County team apps and scores correct
as of {{{icupdate}}}.

Stephen "Clucko" Cluxton is a Gaelic football goalkeeper with Dublin. He plays his club football for Parnells. Cluxton was part of the Dublin side that won the Leinster Title in 2002, 2005, 2006 and 2007. In 2002, 2006 and 2007 he received an All Star.

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[edit] Early life

Cluxton was born into a soccer background. His father Pat Cluxton won a lot of medals with Postal Celtic. Stephen played soccer at St David's primary school in Artane, Co. Dublin, and played at left back or on the left wing with Tolka Rovers. It wasn't until he went to St David's secondary school that he began to play football. He played at corner forward for St Davids until the school goalkeeper Robert O'Connor was suspended. Cluxton was asked to stand in for him in that position and he has remained in that position ever since.[1]

[edit] Inter-county football

Cluxton was an All-Star winner in 2002, and he received the Young Personality of the Year Award at the 2002 RTÉ/Hibernian Sports Ceremony held in the Burlington Hotel, on Saturday 4 January 2003. Following Cluxton's sending off in the third round of the All-Ireland qualifiers in 2003 against Armagh, then manager Tommy Lyons blamed him for Dublin's defeat.[2] After this incident, Cluxton seriously considered quitting the Dublin panel to play professional soccer with Eircom League side St. Patrick's Athletic.

Stephen was part of the Dublin City University team which won the 2006 Sigerson Cup, winning a place on the Third Level Hotshots Team. He was an Alll-Star winnner that year.

Cluxton won the 2007 O'Byrne Cup with Dublin against Laois at O'Connor Park in Offaly. The game finished on a scoreline of 1-18 to 2-13. However, many football supporters blamed him for Dublin's loss to Kerry in the 2007 All Ireland semi-final. Dublin had mounted a comeback to get within 1 point of Kerry late in the game when Cluxton got possession of the ball. He proceeded to slowly run out about twenty yards away from his goal line and kick the ball straight to a Kerry player. This resulted in an important Kerry score. Despite the criticism of him, Cluxton was awarded a second consecutive All-Star. [3]

Overall, he has been described as "arguably...the best shot-stopper at inter-county level". [4] On the other hand, he has also been described as an overrated player who would not have received his three All Stars if he did not play for the much-hyped Dublin team.[5]

[edit] International Rules

Cluxton has a fear of flying and therefore, if he was selected, he could not play International Rules for Ireland in Australia. [6] However, he has appeared for Ireland against Australia in Ireland, winning the Irish player of the tournament award in 2004.[7] Cluxton has not been a member of the compromise rules panel since.[8]


[edit] Outside football

Cluxton is currently studying for a BSc in Science Education part time, and is also a secondary school teacher at St Vincents CBS in Glasnevin. He became a member of the faculty at the beginning of the September 2006 term. He is usually viewed as the school celebrity and is held in high regard by many students. Stephen has also served as a member of the school football team coaching staff.

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Dublin GAA Senior Football Team

1 S. Cluxton | 2 D. Henry | 3 R. McConnell | 4 P. Griffin | 5 P. Casey | 6 B. Cullen | 7 B. Cahill | 8 C. Whelan | 9 S. Ryan | 10 C. Moran | 11 A. Brogan | 12 B. Brogan | 13 J. Sherlock | 14 C. Keaney | 15 M. Vaughan |
Subs:R. Cosgrove, T. Quinn, C. Goggins, D. Magee, D. Lally, J. Leonard, S. O'Shaughnessy, G. Brennan, J. Magee, D. Murray, P. Burke, D. O'Mahony, P. Flynn, D. Reilly, G. Norton, K. Bonner.
Manager: P. Caffrey
Selectors: D. Billings, P. Clarke, B. Talty
(Team as of August 26, 2007 versus Kerry)
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2006 Gaelic Football All Stars Team
1 S. Cluxton • 2 M. Ó Sé • 3 B. Owens • 4 K. Lacey • 5 S. Moynihan • 6 G. Spillane • 7 A. O'Mahony • 8 D. Ó Sé • 9 N. Murphy • 10 P. Galvin • 11 A. Brogan • 12 A. Dillon  • 13 C. Mortimer • 14 K. Donaghy • 15 R. Clarke
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2007 Gaelic Football All Stars Team
1 S. Cluxton • 2 M. Ó SéFOTY • 3 K. McCloy • 4 G. Canty • 5 T. Ó Sé • 6 A. O'Mahony • 7 B. Cahill • 8 C. Whelan • 9 D. Ó Sé •
10 S. Bray • 11 D. O'Sullivan • 12 A. Brogan • 13 C. Cooper • 14 P. Bradley • 15 T. Freeman

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=95&si=&issue_id=13092 Irish Independent story
  2. ^ http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=95&si=&issue_id=9492 Irish Independent story
  3. ^ RTÉ Sport GAA Championship: Football All Stars 2007
  4. ^ RTÉ Sport GAA Championship: Football All Stars 2007
  5. ^ http://www.roscommonherald.com/news/story/?trs=gbqlqlmh Roscommon Herald story
  6. ^ http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=95&si=&issue_id=13092 Irish Independent story
  7. ^ HILL 16
  8. ^ Hoganstand.com - GAA Football & Hurling

[edit] External links

For more details of the GAA in Dublin, see Dublin GAA, Dublin GAA Honours and Dublin Senior Football Championship.

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