Personal information | |||
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Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Position | Full Forward/Half Back | ||
Born | County Down, Northern Ireland | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
1999-Present | An Riocht | ||
Club titles | |||
Down titles | 2 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
2001-2011 | Down | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Ulster titles | 1 | ||
All-Irelands | 1 | ||
NFL | 0 |
John Clarke is a Gaelic footballer from County Down, Northern Ireland. He plays for the Down senior inter-county football team and with his local club An Riocht,Kilkeel GAA.
He started at full forward and scored a point in the 2010 All-Ireland Football Final where Down were defeated 0-15 to 0-16 by Cork. He is the older brother of Martin Clarke .
Clarke back to back Down Minor Football Championships 2000 2001. In 2006 he helped An Riocht to a Division 2 title in the 2007 he helped them to the club's first ever Division 1 title beating Kilcoo. However in 2008 the club lost there title and went back to Division 2. 2009 he collected his second Division 2 title beating Ballyholland Harps 1-14 to 2-08.