Mark Moran is a co-creator of the Weird N.J. magazine and website. Moran, along with co-creator Mark Sceurman, started Weird N.J. as a homemade newsletter, passed out to family and friends. It was produced as an annual issue. The "zine" as they called it, contains articles, facts, and legends about weird places to visit in New Jersey.
He is a lifetime New Jersey resident, who grew up in Livingston, New Jersey and graduated from Parsons School of Design.
His Internet success led him to co-create and co-star in the History Channel show Weird U.S.. In 2003, Moran and Sceurman published their first book, Weird N.J.: Your Travel Guide to New Jersey's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets. The book was well-received, and soon the travel writers began to receive submissions from other states. Weird U.S.: Your Travel Guide to America's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets was the result of such fandom. It was published in 2004 by Barnes & Noble Press. In 2005-2006, the writers of Weird U.S. released a calendar based on the book.
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Mark Moran is a retired American soccer midfielder who played in the North American Soccer League.
In 1973, Moran graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas-Mercy High School in St. Louis, Missouri. He then attended Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, playing on the men's soccer team from 1973 to 1976. In 1977, he turned professional with the Minnesota Kicks of the North American Soccer League. He played five outdoor and two indoor seasons in Minnesota.
Mark Moran is a professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s, '90s and 2000s, playing at representative level for Wales, and at club level for Salford, Leigh, and Woolston Rovers (in Warrington), as a wing, or hooker.
Mark Moran won caps for Wales while at Leigh 1992 2-caps (sub).
Mark Moran played hooker in Salford's 17-22 defeat by Wigan in the 1988 Lancashire Cup final during the 1988–89 season at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on Sunday 23 October 1988.