Alan Brogan (born 11 January 1982) is a Gaelic footballer from the
St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh club who played for the
Dublin county team from 2002 until his retirement in 2015. He can play in the full forward line but usually played centre half forward for Dublin.
From a famous family, Brogan, is the son of former all-Ireland winning and All Star player
Bernard Snr and is the brother of Dublin players
Bernard Jnr and
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was also an inter-county footballer for Dublin. In September 2004, Brogan was appointed as St Oliver Plunkett Eoghan Ruadh's Games Promotion Officer. In 2008, he captained Dublin in the Championship, replacing Colin Moran.
Having represented county, province and country, Brogan won his first
Leinster Senior Football Championship
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medal in 2002, won an All-Ireland under-21 medal with Dublin in 2003 and scored 9 points for
Ireland
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in their
2004 International Rules Series victory over
Australia
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.
Playing career
Early years: 2002 – 2005
Brogan made his debut for Dublin in 2002 against
Wexford
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.
Brogan finished the 2005
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
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with 2–20 compared to his league total of 0–03. He was on the Dublin team that won the 2005
Leinster Senior Football Championship
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against
Laois
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at
Croke Park
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, finishing the game with just 0-01.
He was named on Ireland's preliminary international rules squad but opted out due to injury.
1st and 2nd All Star years: 2006 – 2007
In
a controversial 2006 NFL game against
Tyrone, Brogan was sent off for two yellow card offences and suspended for eight weeks in accordance with Rule 140. Brogan,
Ciarán Whelan
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,
Bryan Cullen
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and
Kevin Bonner
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Career Early years: 2006 - 2008
Bonner made his championship debut ...
, along with Tyrone's
Kevin Hughes,
Michael McGee and
Owen Mulligan
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His talent on the pitch marked him ...
were exonerated of all charges, the official reason given being 'a technicality'.
Brogan finished the 2006 season with only 0-06 in the
O'Byrne Cup
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The competition is named after Matt Byrne, a former Wicklow GAA club and county officer. By virtue of a quirk in translation, ...
. His 2006 NFL tally was 1–08, well behind his Dublin counterparts
Tomás Quinn
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Biography
Sometimes known as Mossy Quinn, he attended Ardscoil Rís in Marino ...
3–22 (2–0 pens, 0-13f, 0–4 '45') and
Conal Keaney
Conal Keaney (born 24 September 1982) is an Irish footballer and hurler who played for Dublin and Ballyboden St Enda's. He was educated in Terenure College.
Football career
He was part of the Dublin side that won the All-Ireland Under-21 Fo ...
2–12 (0-6f). He was part of the Dublin team that beat
Offaly
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to win a Leinster senior title that year. He was tipped, by some (including those at th
''hoganstand.com'' to win an All Star. Ahead of the Dublin Senior Club Football Championship quarter-final with his club St Oliver plunketts, Brogan was a doubt for the game after being taken off in the match with a suspected broken wris
The injury proved minor and he went on to take Plunketts as far as a controversial loss against
Na Fianna GAA, Na Fianna in the quarter-final of the
2006 Dublin championship. The club success continued with a Dublin league division two title which gives Brogans team automatic promotion to the top division in Dublin football which is Division one.
In 2006, he won his first All Star in the half forward line for his performances with Dublin.
Seán Boylan
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named him in his compromise rules squad to play Australia in the first test at
Pearse Stadium
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on 29 October 2006. Brogan was named on the inaugural
GPA Gaelic Team of the Year
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Gaelic Athletic Association players. The awards were judged and awarded by the Gaelic Pla ...
which began in 2006. He was named at centre half-forward on the 2006
Dublin Bus/''Evening Herald'' Blue Star football XV.
Brogan had a disappointing league campaign as Dublin were relegated from NFL division one in 2007. Yet he won the 2007
Leinster Senior Football Championship
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but Dublin were knocked out of the All-Ireland by
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in the semi-final. He was awarded an All Star at left half forward.
Dublin captaincy: 2008
Brogan captained the 2008 Dublin senior team. He made his debut as captain against
Carlow
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The River Barrow flows through the town and forms the historic bounda ...
in the
O'Byrne Cup
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The competition is named after Matt Byrne, a former Wicklow GAA club and county officer. By virtue of a quirk in translation, ...
. He won the
Dublin AFL Division 1
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title with his club St Oliver Plunketts Eoghan Ruadh. It was the first league title in the club's history. With Dublin he won the
2008 O'Byrne Cup by beating
Longford
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in the final.
He won his fifth Leinster title in 2008, with Dublin beating
Wexford
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by 3–23 to 0–9 and setting a new record biggest Leinster final win. Brogan scored 1–03.
Later years: 2009 –
In 2009, Brogan won another Leinster title with Dublin, but his season ended with defeat to
Kerry
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in the All-Ireland quarter-final.
Brogan scored 0–03 points for Dublin against Wexford in the 2011
Leinster Senior Football Championship
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at
Croke Park
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. Dublin finished the game as Leinster champions with a 2–12 to 1–12 win. In a repeat of the previous years All-Ireland quarter-final, Dublin were drawn against Tyrone. Brogan produced another solid performance for Dublin, scoring 0–03 in a game that forward Connolly dominated play. Dublin ended the game with a comfortable win at a packed Croke Park. The game ended 0–22 to 0–15 and Dublin went on to meet Ulster Champions
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the All-Ireland semi-final. Brogan failed to score a goal in a game that finished on a low scoreline of 0–08 to 0–06. Dublin were in an All-Ireland final for the first time since 1995 – their opponents, historical rivals Kerry. Brogan only scored 0–02. Dublin won 1–12 to 1–11, coming from behind in the last four minutes. On 21 October 2011, Brogan won his third All Star and succeeded brother Bernard as
All Stars Footballer of the Year
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.
On 20 September 2015, Brogan won his third All-Ireland title when Dublin defeated
Kerry
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by 0–12 to 0–9 in the
final
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. Brogan came on for the last four minutes of the game and got Dublin's last point of the game.
On 15 December 2015, Brogan announced his retirement from inter-county football.
In a statement he said "Today I would like to announce my retirement from inter-county football. I leave behind a wonderfully gifted football team but take with me many great memories, friendships and bonds. I would like to thank all the players that I soldiered with and against, and the managers and mentors who have guided me from an early age when I began the pursuit of my sporting dreams."
Career statistics
Honours
;County
*
Leinster Senior Football Championship
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(11): 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
*
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
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(3): 2011, 2013, 2015
*
National Football League
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(3): 2013, 2014, 2015
References
External links
St. Oliver Plunkett's G.A.A Club WebsiteKevin Hughes Article On Suspension of Dublin and Tyrone Players (2006)
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1982 births
Living people
Alan
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Dublin inter-county Gaelic footballers
Gaelic football forwards
Irish international rules football players
St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh Gaelic footballers
Sportspeople from Dublin (city)
Winners of three All-Ireland medals (Gaelic football)
People educated at St. Declan's College, Dublin