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2013 AFL Mark of the Year | |
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Date | 29 June |
Location | AAMI Stadium |
Winner | Jamie Elliott (Collingwood) |
The Australian Football League celebrates the best mark of the season through the annual Mark of the Year competition. In 2013, this is officially known as the Lifebroker AFL Mark of the Year. Each round three marks are nominated and fans are able to vote online for their favourite here .
The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional competition of Australian rules football in Australia. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body, and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game. The league was founded as the Victorian Football League (VFL) as a breakaway from the previous Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season commencing in 1897. Originally comprising only teams based in the Australian state of Victoria, the competition's name was changed to the Australian Football League for the 1990 season, after expanding to other states throughout the 1980s.
The annual Australian Football League Mark of the Year competition is a sporting award that celebrates each season's best mark. A mark is the action of a player cleanly catching a kicked ball that has travelled more than 15 metres (49 ft) without the ball hitting the ground.
The 2013 Australian Football League season was the 117th season of the elite Australian rules football competition and the 24th under the name 'Australian Football League', having switched from 'Victorian Football League' after 1989.
= Round's Winning Mark |
Round | Nominees | Team | Opposition | Ground | Description |
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1 | Jay Schulz | Port Adelaide | Melbourne | MCG | Jay Schulz flies high to take a hanger |
8 | Nic Naitanui | West Coast | North Melbourne | Paterson's Stadium | Naitanui speccy at the death |
14 | Jamie Elliott | Collingwood | Port Adelaide | AAMI Stadium | Elliott's poetry in motion |
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