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Australian rules footballer
Mark Mickan
Personal information
Nickname(s)
Rubbers
Date of birth
(1961-01-30) 30 January 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth
Renmark, South Australia
Original team(s)
Renmark Rovers (RFL)
Draft
1986 pre-draft selection
Height
196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight
102 kg (16 st 1 lb; 225 lb)
Playing career1
Years
Club
Games (Goals)
1981–1986; 1991–1994
West Adelaide (SANFL)
139 (38)
1987–1990
Brisbane Bears
048 (26)
1991–1993
Adelaide
037 (12)
Coaching career3
Years
Club
Games (W–L–D)
1998–1999
Woodville-West Torrens (SANFL)
43 (24–19–0)
2006–2011
Glenelg (SANFL)
120 (74–43–3)
2014–2017
West Adelaide (SANFL)
40 (20–20–0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1994.
3 Coaching statistics correct as of 2015.
Career highlights
West Adelaide best and fairest 1983, 1985, 1986, 1993
West Adelaide club captain 1986
West Adelaide premiership coach 2015
Brisbane Bears captain 1987–1989
Malcolm Blight Medal 1991
5 state games for South Australia
Fos Williams Medallist 1988
All-Australian team 1988
Adelaide Team of the Decade – Interchange
South Australian Football Hall of Fame inaugural inductee 2002
West Adelaide Hall of Fame inaugural inductee 2005
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com
Mark James Mickan (born 30 January 1961) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Bears and Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Mickan began his senior career with South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club West Adelaide in 1981 and finished back at West Adelaide in 1994. All-Australian team selection in 1988 marked the pinnacle of his playing career. He has a sister, Patricia Mickan, who was a basketballer.
He coached SANFL club Woodville-West Torrens in 1998 and 1999, Glenelg for 5+1⁄2 years from 2006 to June 2011, and West Adelaide from 2014 to 2017. In 2015, Mickan led West Adelaide to the club's first premiership since 1983 when they defeated Woodville-West Torrens by 30 points in the 2015 SANFL Grand Final. It was also Mickan's first premiership as a senior coach.
Mickan was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in late 2016.
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Australian National Football League and West Australian Football League. MarkMickan, a 6'5" (196 cm) ruckman recruited from West Adelaide, was appointed...
him, West Adelaide appointed club Hall of Famer MarkMickan as its head coach for the 2014 season. Mickan has appointed co-club Best & Fairest winner from...
Retrieved 3 September 2017. Capel, Andrew (23 June 2011). "'Blindsided' Mickan to stay in footy". The Advertiser. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 8 October...
inspirational captain of the Bears, at first alternating in the ruck with MarkMickan. After John Hutton's inconsistent form at full-forward reached an end...
The Crows won narrowly in a controversial match, where a clear forward 50 mark to Geelong's Leigh Colbert during a critical stage of the third quarter was...
2003 Season Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 9 September 2019. Robinson, Mark (14 April 2009). "Former Richmond coach Danny Frawley feels Terry Wallace's...
Craig Williams, Mike Smith, Mark Dreher and Bernie Conlen, as well as young stars Roger Luders, Bruce Lindner, MarkMickan and Grantley Fielke mixing with...
helped the Bloods into the 2015 SANFL Grand Final and was named by coach MarkMickan (himself a former West Adelaide and Crows club champion) to play on the...
Patricia "Pat" Mickan (born 12 March 1957) is an Australian former basketball player. Mickan played 150 games for the national team between 1979 and 1989...
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the AFL ladder, with 10 wins and 12 losses and a percentage of 89.44. MarkMickan won the club's first Club Champion award (later named the Malcolm Blight...
trailblazer for footballers from the Northern Territory in making their mark in the VFL and the AFL and he continued to serve his community long after...
only needed a behind or better to win the game. After taking a strong pack mark, Kernahan heard the siren go, steadied himself, and took two steps inside...
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