| Mark Kinnear | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Mark Kinnear | ||
| Date of birth | 21 August 1979 | ||
| Original team(s) | Calder Cannons | ||
| Draft | 4th, 1996 National Draft | ||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1997–1998 | Sydney Swans | 6 (1) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1998. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Mark Kinnear (born 21 August 1979) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). [1]
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.
The Sydney Swans are a professional Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League (AFL). Established in Melbourne as the South Melbourne Football Club in 1874, the Swans relocated to Sydney in 1982, thus making it the first club in the competition to be based outside Victoria.
The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional competition of Australian rules football. 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.
Kinnear was selected by Sydney with the fourth pick of the 1996 National Draft, from the Calder Cannons. He played his junior football at Kilmore.
The Calder Cannons is an Australian rules football club from Melbourne, Australia. The club competes in the NAB League, the Victorian Statewide Under-18s competition, and fields squads in the Under-15s, Under-16s and Under-18s. The club was formed in 1995 after the need for two more metropolitan clubs. The geographic catchment area for the club is the north western suburbs of Melbourne extending to cover the Macedon Ranges area.
A centre half back, Kinnear was just 17 when he made his league debut. He made three appearances for the Swans in the 1997 AFL season and another three in 1998. [2]
The 1997 Australian Football League season was the 101st season of the elite Australian rules football competition and the 8th under the name 'Australian Football League', having switched from 'Victorian Football League' after 1989.
After the 1999 season, he was traded to Collingwood, along with a draft pick, in return for Andrew Schauble. He retired before the beginning of the 2000 AFL season. [3]
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Formed in 1892 in the then-working class Melbourne suburb of Collingwood, the club played in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) before joining seven other teams in 1896 to found the breakaway Victorian Football League. Originally based at Victoria Park, Collingwood now plays its home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground with its training and administrative headquarters located at Olympic Park Oval and the Holden Centre.
Andrew Schauble is a former Australian rules football player.
The 2000 Australian Football League season was the 104th season of the elite Australian rules football competition and the 11th under the name 'Australian Football League', having switched from 'Victorian Football League' after 1989.
