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Key Facts

Full name
Mark Athorn

Known as
Mark Athorn

Born
7 November 1967 (age 56)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 19y 190d
Last game: 25y 322d

Height and weight
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 76 kg

Senior clubs
Footscray; Fitzroy; Sydney; Carlton

Jumper numbers
Footscray: 52, 20
Fitzroy: 35
Sydney: 54
Carlton: 25

Recruited from
Footscray (1990); Fitzroy (1991); Sydney (1992)

Mark Athorn

Advanced stats
ClubLeagueCareer spanGamesGoalsAvgWin %AKIAHBAMKBV
FootscrayV/AFL1987-19891740.2441%8.471.762.060
FitzroyAFL19902100.0033%11.144.862.382
SydneyAFL19911570.4733%10.136.332.601
CarltonAFL1992-19933060.2067%8.405.002.030
V/AFL1987-199383170.2047%9.424.542.233
Total1987-199383170.2047%9.424.542.233

AFL: 9,841st player to appear, 2,931st most games played, 4,060th most goals kickedFootscray: 784th player to appear, 537th most games played, 560th most goals kickedFitzroy: 1,077th player to appear, 451st most games played, 1,147th most goals kickedSydney: 1,202nd player to appear, 699th most games played, 557th most goals kickedCarlton: 975th player to appear, 464th most games played, 540th most goals kicked

Mark Athorn was a genuine football journeyman in that he played for no fewer than four different V/AFL clubs, without fully settling at any of them. His seven season career comprised stints at Footscray (17 games, four goals, 1987-89), Fitzroy (21 games, no goals, 1990), Sydney (15 games, seven goals, 1991) and Carlton (30 games, six goals, 1992-93). Often deployed as a tagger, that was the commission handed to him whilst playing for Carlton in the 1993 AFL Grand Final, with the focus of his attentions being explosive Essendon wingman Michael Long, who ended up winning the Norm Smith Medal for best afield. It may merely have been coincidental, but it is much more likely to be significant, that this proved to be Mark Athorn’s last AFL appearance.

Author - John Devaney

Sources

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Footnotes

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