Marcus Ashcroft | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Marcus Ashcroft | ||
Date of birth | 25 September 1971 | ||
Place of birth | Melbourne, Australia [1] | ||
Original team(s) | Southport Sharks/Surfers Paradise Demons | ||
Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Defender/Midfielder | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1989–1996 | Brisbane Bears | 152 (84) | |
1997–2003 | Brisbane Lions | 166 (61) | |
Total | 318 (145) | ||
Representative team honours | |||
Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
1991–1993 | Queensland | 2 (4) | |
1995–1998 | Allies | 4 (1) | |
International team honours | |||
1999 | Australia | 2 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2003. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Marcus Ashcroft (born 25 September 1971) is a former professional Australian rules footballer. He played 318 games for the Brisbane Bears/Lions and is currently on the coaching panel of the Gold Coast Football Club. The Marcus Ashcroft Medal, awarded to the player judged best on ground in the QClash football match played between the Brisbane Lions and Gold Coast Football Club, is named after him.
Ashcroft was born in Melbourne and raised on the Gold Coast. [2] As a child he lived in Victoria until the age of 3 when he moved to the Gold Coast with his family. He attended Merrimac State High School throughout his teenage years.
Ashcroft began playing junior football on the Gold Coast for the Surfers Paradise Demons and later moved to the Southport Sharks to complete his junior football. In 1988 he made his senior QAFL debut for Southport as a 16-year-old. [3] Later that year, Ashcroft would become the only Queenslander to be drafted in 1988 as the Brisbane Bears recruited the 17-year-old through their zone access.
Marcus Ashcroft’s mother’s name is Ann Ashcroft. She is John Townsend’s (Melbourne AFL Player) sister. Ann Ashcroft was a cousin of Betty Marlow the wife of Mitiamo Football club legend Allen Marlow.
Ashcroft was recruited to join the Brisbane Bears in 1988 when the club was in just its second season in the VFL and made his debut in Round 9 of that year against North Melbourne at the MCG.
Ashcroft played over 150 consecutive games amongst his 318 career appearances (including 145 goals). He was at various points a key part of the leadership group although he never captained the club.
Ashcroft became the first Queenslander to play 300 AFL games in 2003, but his milestone match would not be remembered for the right reasons, as they suffered their first defeat of that season against the Sydney Swans at the Sydney Cricket Ground. [4] He retired at the end of that season, winning his third straight AFL premiership medallion in the process.
Following the formation of the Gold Coast Football Club in 2008, Ashcroft was appointed an assistant coaching role and then promoted to football manager the following year. Ashcroft resigned from his position as football manager in October 2017 following the club's third coaching appointment in Stuart Dew and the recent sacking of former coach Rodney Eade [5]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
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G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
1989 | Brisbane Bears | 43 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 67 | 34 | 101 | 22 | 10 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 6.7 | 3.4 | 10.1 | 2.2 | 1.0 |
1990 | Brisbane Bears | 10 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 116 | 103 | 219 | 38 | 23 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 8.9 | 7.9 | 16.8 | 2.9 | 1.8 |
1991 | Brisbane Bears | 10 | 22 | 2 | 11 | 291 | 173 | 464 | 94 | 42 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 13.2 | 7.9 | 21.1 | 4.3 | 1.9 |
1992 | Brisbane Bears | 10 | 17 | 22 | 19 | 203 | 108 | 311 | 67 | 36 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 11.9 | 6.4 | 18.3 | 3.9 | 2.1 |
1993 | Brisbane Bears | 10 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 260 | 169 | 429 | 79 | 40 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 13.0 | 8.5 | 21.5 | 4.0 | 2.0 |
1994 | Brisbane Bears | 10 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 270 | 174 | 444 | 58 | 50 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 12.3 | 7.9 | 20.2 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
1995 | Brisbane Bears | 10 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 234 | 169 | 403 | 78 | 43 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 10.2 | 7.3 | 17.5 | 3.4 | 1.9 |
1996 | Brisbane Bears | 10 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 305 | 170 | 475 | 78 | 43 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 12.2 | 6.8 | 19.0 | 3.1 | 1.7 |
1997 | Brisbane Lions | 10 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 293 | 185 | 478 | 92 | 53 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 12.7 | 8.0 | 20.8 | 4.0 | 2.3 |
1998 | Brisbane Lions | 10 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 300 | 201 | 501 | 84 | 41 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 13.6 | 9.1 | 22.8 | 3.8 | 1.9 |
1999 | Brisbane Lions | 10 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 357 | 218 | 575 | 92 | 61 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 14.3 | 8.7 | 23.0 | 3.7 | 2.4 |
2000 | Brisbane Lions | 10 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 227 | 146 | 373 | 81 | 40 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 10.8 | 7.0 | 17.8 | 3.9 | 1.9 |
2001 | Brisbane Lions | 10 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 222 | 203 | 425 | 103 | 45 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 8.9 | 8.1 | 17.0 | 4.1 | 1.8 |
2002 | Brisbane Lions | 10 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 232 | 148 | 380 | 120 | 34 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 9.3 | 5.9 | 15.2 | 4.8 | 1.4 |
2003 | Brisbane Lions | 10 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 155 | 115 | 270 | 68 | 33 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 4.6 | 10.8 | 2.7 | 1.3 |
Career | 318 | 145 | 138 | 3532 | 2316 | 5848 | 1154 | 594 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 11.1 | 7.3 | 18.4 | 3.6 | 1.9 |
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