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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