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Joshua Michael Mail (18 December 1974 – 3 February 2025) was an
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er who played with the
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in the
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(AFL).


Biography

Mail was born in
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,
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, and attended Northfield Primary and Northfield High schools. He spent his junior football days playing for his local footy club,
South Australian Amateur Football League The Adelaide Footy League (AdFL), formerly known as the South Australian Amateur Football League (SAAFL), is a semi-professional Australian rules football competition based in Adelaide, South Australia. Comprising sixty-seven member clubs play ...
(SAAFL) club Gepps Cross before his recruitment by
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(SANFL) club
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. Mail was graded by the Roosters at the age of just 15, playing him in the reserves. He would go on to make his senior SANFL debut in 1991 aged 16 years and 95 days, becoming the seventh youngest footballer in SANFL history. A South Australian
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representative under the coaching of four-time Magarey Medallist and SANFL legend
Russell Ebert Russell Frank Ebert (22 June 1949 – 5 November 2021) was an Australian rules footballer and coach. He is considered one of the greatest players in the history of Australian rules football. Ebert is the only player to have won four Magarey M ...
, Mail played as a rover, forward and defender and was selected by Adelaide at #27 in the 1993 pre-season draft. Mail made his AFL debut against at
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in round 10 of the
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and marked an impressive debut with 11 kicks, 5 marks and 4 handballs. He went on to play in the next three games for the Crows during the season but couldn't cement his place in the side, instead playing most of the season with North Adelaide.AFL Tables: Joshua Mail
/ref> Mail died from cancer on 3 February 2025 in Moonta Bay, at the age of 50.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mail, Josh 1974 births 2025 deaths Australian rules footballers from Adelaide Adelaide Football Club players North Adelaide Football Club players Devonport Football Club players Deaths from cancer in South Australia