- Mark West (footballer)
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Mark West Personal information Full name Mark West Date of birth 3 April 1973 Original team South Adelaide Draft 43rd, 1995 AFL Draft Height/Weight 180 cm / 92 kg Playing career1 Years Club Games (Goals) 1996–1998 Footscray/W.B. 16 (3) 1 Playing statistics to end of 1998 season .Mark West (born 3 April 1973) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the 1990s.
An Indigenous Australian, West was from the Northern Territory and played with Darwin before embarking on a football journey which would see him play in three states. He joined the Brisbane Bears in 1991 and played reserves football at the club for two seasons before continuing his career in South Australia with South Adelaide.[1]
It was from South Adelaide that he was recruited to the AFL, with Footscray using the 43rd selection in the 1995 Draft to secure his services. The dreadlocked West was already 23 when he made his senior AFL debut in 1996 and made only four appearances in his debut season.[2]
He struggled to make much of an impact in 1997 until the finals series, with a career high 24 disposals and two goals coming in the preliminary final loss to Adelaide. With just under three minutes remaining, West received a handball inside the forward 50 and had a running shot at goal which missed to the left. Had he kicked the goal, the Bulldogs would have gone eight points up.
West missed most of the 1998 AFL season with a shoulder injury but recovered in time to play in another preliminary final, where his club was again defeated by Adelaide.
References
- ^ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
- ^ "Mark West". AFL Tables. http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/M/Mark_West.html.
1995 AFL Draft 1. Clive Waterhouse • 2. Matthew Primus • 3. Brendon Fewster • 4. Scott Bamford • 5. Brendan Krummel • 6. Daniel Healy • 7. Ben Edwards • 8. Jared Crouch • 9. Allen Jakovich • 10. Simon Prestigiacomo • 11. Donald Cockatoo-Collins • 12. Andrew Gowling • 13. Brad Rowe • 14. Luke Trew • 15. Darren Wheildon • 16. Shane Clayton • 17. Scott Welsh • 18. Brent Williams • 19. Barry Hall • 20. Nick Carter • 21. Clinton King • 22. Joe McLaren • 23. Jay Burton • 24. Paul Licuria • 25. Daniel Chick • 26. Chris Groom • 27. Kane Johnson • 28. Nick Trask • 29. Todd Curley • 30. Craig Smoker • 31. Andrew Ukovic • 32. Nigel Credlin • 33. Sam McFarlane • 34. Jason Snell • 35. Brad Smith • 36. Andrew Lamb • 37. Scott Grainger • 38. Jason Cripps • 39. Glenn Kilpatrick • 40. Luke Godden • 41. Ryan Grinter • 42. Troy Johnson • 43. Mark West • 44. Jonson Clifton • 45. Scott Hodges • 46. Ben Moore • 47. Brent Harvey • 48. Darren Milburn • 49. Ronnie Burns • 50. Brad Cassidy • 51. Kane Fraser • 52. Tony Campbell • 53. Adam Ugrinic • 54. Adam Ansell • 55. Mark Bradly • 56. Daniel Bradshaw • 57. Paul Whitelaw • 58. Peter Berbakov • 59. Ewan Thompson • 60. Darren O'Brien • 61. Daniel Lowther • 62. Adrian Burdon • 63. Jacob Anstey • 64. Matthew Carr • 65. Eric Lissenden • 66. Neil Marshall • 67. Michael Raidis • 68. Brady Anderson • 69. Daniel Marshall • 70. Ashley Fernee • 71. Jason Bevan • 72. Ashley Gehling • 73. Stuart Lamond • 74. Mark Bradley • 75. Clint Bizzell • 76. Ben Kemp • 77. Steven PittCategories:- 1973 births
- Western Bulldogs players
- South Adelaide Football Club players
- Darwin Football Club players
- Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football
- Living people
- Australian rules footballers from the Northern Territory
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