Mark Cross (footballer)
| Mark Cross | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Mark Henry Cross | ||
| Date of birth | 23 July 1956 | ||
| Date of death | 1 May 2018 (aged 61) | ||
| Original team(s) | West Footscray | ||
| Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1974 | Footscray | 4 (1) | |
| 1975–1979 | Williamstown | 74 (125) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1979. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Mark Cross (23 July 1956 – 1 May 2018[1]) was an 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.[2][3] A rover, he made four appearances for Footscray, from rounds 15 to 18 in the 1974 VFL season.[3][4] He was cut from Footscray's list at the end of the year.[4]
From 1975 to 1979, Cross played for Williamstown in the Victorian Football Association.[5][6] He was a member of Williamstown's 1976 premiership team.[7]
In 1980 he joined Red Cliffs, a club in the Sunraysia Football League, which he coached until 1984.[8] He was senior coach of Imperials from 1986 to 1989 and steered them to three successive premierships (1986, 1987, 1988).[8] They were undefeated in the 1987 season.[8]
He then coached Melbourne's Under-19s and reserves teams.[9][10] With Cross as coach, the Melbourne reserves were losing grand finalists in 1990 and 1991.[10][11]
His son, Joel, plays for South Adelaide and tied for the Magarey Medal in 2012.[8]
References
- ^ Murphy, Allan (4 May 2018). "Sunraysia mourns the man who changed our football". Sunraysia Daily. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
- ^ a b "Mark Cross". AFL Tables.
- ^ a b The Age, "Footscray prunes with heavy shears", 29 October 1974, p. 15
- ^ "The 100 Nominated Players". Fox Sports Pulse.
- ^ The Age, "Another Harper", 14 April 1978, p. 25
- ^ "Premiership Teams and Photos". Williamstown Football Club. Archived from the original on 8 March 2014.
- ^ a b c d Sunraysia Daily, "Cross as SANFL’s best", 21 September 2012, Toby Prime
- ^ "A young man's destination takes an unusual route". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library. 15 June 1990. p. 18. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
- ^ a b "Mark Cross". DemonWiki.
- ^ "AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library. 7 October 1990. p. 11. Retrieved 20 February 2014.