Mark Summers | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Mark Summers | ||
Date of birth | 4 August 1966 | ||
Original team(s) | Old Xaverians | ||
Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Ruckman | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1988–89 | Richmond | 15 (4) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1989. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
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Mark Summers (born 4 August 1966) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the late 1980s.
Summers played his early football at Old Xaverians with a strong presence before joining Richmond. He was used mostly as a ruckman and centre half forward in the VFL and after just three appearances in 1988 was a regular for the second half of the 1989 season. He only twice played in a winning team at Richmond after being struck down with a knee injury in game, forcing Summers to retire.
He competed in the 1988 Adelaide Bicentennial Carnival with the Australian Amateurs side.
Summers is now a musculoskeletal physiotherapist and has three children, Madeleine, Claudia and Harrison.
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