Marc Dragicevic

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Marc Dragicevic
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-03-30) 30 March 1981 (age 37)
Original team(s) Geelong Falcons
Debut Richmond
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1999–2004 Richmond 48 (24)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2004.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Marc Dragicevic (born 30 March 1981) is an Australian rules footballer who played for Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Australian rules football Contact sport invented in Melbourne

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, or simply called Aussie rules, football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the oval-shaped ball between goal posts or between behind posts.

Richmond Football Club Australian rules football club

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Originally from North Geelong, Dragicevic played for Geelong Falcons before being drafted by Richmond.

Geelong Falcons

The Geelong Falcons is a youth Australian rules football representative club in the NAB League, the Victorian statewide under-18s competition, Victoria, Australia.

A small midfielder, Dragicevic underwent a knee reconstruction in early 2001 which put him out of Richmond's advance to the finals, followed by a second reconstruction. He played five more games before being delisted at the end of the 2004 season.

Following his delisting, Dragicevic signed for St Albans Football Club in the Geelong Football League. [1]

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References

  1. Geelong Advertiser, "GFL: New reason for hope at St Albans", 30 March 2010, p. 23.