Martin McHugh
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Máirtín Mac Aodh | ||
| Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
| Position | Centre Forward | ||
| Born | 1961 Letterkenny, Ireland |
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| Height | 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Chíll Chartha | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Donegal titles | 4 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| Donegal | |||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Ulster titles | 3 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| NFL | 0 | ||
| All Stars | 2 | ||
Martin McHugh (born 1961) is a former Gaelic footballer, manager and media personality. A two-time All Star winner, Texaco Footballer of the Year in 1992 and a member of Donegal's 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning side, he can now be seen on the BBC expressing his views on the game. He is current manager of northwestern outfit IT Sligo.
Voted Donegal's best ever footballer in the 125-year history of the Gaelic Athletic Association in a poll carried out by the Donegal Democrat in 2009, his son Mark is also an All-Ireland winner with Donegal. He owns Spirits and Liquor Limited.
Born in Kilcar, County Donegal, McHugh played Gaelic football with his local club Chíll Chartha and was a member of the Donegal senior inter-county team from the 1980s until the 1990s. He won his first All Star Award in 1983.
In 1990, he played in Donegal's All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Meath. He was so poor he was substituted. He later said himself: "That was a bad day. [...] It was one of them games. [...] It was one of them games where the game just bypassed me. I never got into the game, I don't exactly know what happened." In a wee restaurant in Cavan on the way back some fella came over and rubbed salt into his wounds by saying: "Where was your famous Martin McHugh today?", seemingly oblivious to McHugh's presence.
McHugh returned the stronger and became an All-Ireland winner with Donegal in 1992. He also won his second All Star Award that year and was voted 1992 Player of the Year.
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