Mark Cross (footballer)

Mark Cross
Personal information
Date of birth (1956-07-23) 23 July 1956
Original team(s) West Footscray
Height/Weight 171 cm / 73 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1974
1975-1979
Footscray
Williamstown
4 (1)
74 (125)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1979 season.
Career highlights

Mark Cross (born 23 July 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Cross, who was aged just 17 on his league debut, came from West Footscray.[1][2] A rover, he made four appearances for Footscray, from rounds 15 to 18 in the 1974 VFL season.[2][3] He was cut from Footscray's list at the end of the year.[3]

From 1975 to 1979, Cross played for Williamstown in the Victorian Football Association.[4][5] He was a member of Williamstown's 1976 premiership team.[6]

In 1980 he joined Red Cliffs, a club in the Sunraysia Football League, which he coached until 1984.[7] He was senior coach of Imperials from 1986 to 1989 and steered them to three successive premierships (1986, 1987, 1988).[7] They were undefeated in the 1987 season.[7]

He then coached Melbourne's Under-19s and reserves teams.[8][9] With Cross as coach, the Melbourne reserves were losing grand finalists in 1990 and 1991.[9][10]

His son, Joel, plays for South Adelaide and tied for the Magarey Medal in 2012.[7]

References

  1. Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  2. 1 2 "Mark Cross". AFL Tables.
  3. 1 2 The Age, "Footscray prunes with heavy shears", 29 October 1974, p. 15
  4. "The 100 Nominated Players". Fox Sports Pulse.
  5. The Age, "Another Harper", 14 April 1978, p. 25
  6. "Premiership Teams and Photos". Williamstown Football Club.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Sunraysia Daily, "Cross as SANFL’s best", 21 September 2012, Toby Prime
  8. "A young man's destination takes an unusual route". The Canberra Times (ACT: National Library). 15 June 1990. p. 18. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  9. 1 2 "Mark Cross". DemonWiki.
  10. "AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL.". The Canberra Times (ACT: National Library). 7 October 1990. p. 11. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
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