Marc Lock (born 21 June 1991) is an
Australian rules footballer who played for the
Gold Coast Football Club
The Gold Coast Suns is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club is based on Queensland's Gold Coast in the suburb of Carrara.
The club has been playing in the AFL since t ...
in the
Australian Football League (AFL) and for
Box Hill in the
Victorian Football League
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(VFL).
Originally from
Adelaide
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, Lock moved to
Queensland
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and played for
Southport
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Southport lies on the Iris ...
as a junior. He was recruited to the newly established Gold Coast Football Club as a zone selection at the end of 2008. Lock was made the inaugural captain of the club, and served as captain for the club's two formative seasons: 2009, when the club competed in the
TAC Cup
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under-18s competition, and
2010
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, when the club competed in the VFL senior competition. He won the club
best and fairest
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in its TAC Cup season.
When Gold Coast joined the AFL for the
2011 season,
Gary Ablett, Jr.
Gary Ablett Jr. (born 14 May 1984) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League (AFL). The eldest son of Australian Football Hall of Fame m ...
took over the captaincy from Lock. Lock played in Gold Coast's first AFL game, playing against
Carlton
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in
round 2, 2011, but did not play another senior game for the Suns and was delisted at the end of the season.
Lock moved to Melbourne in 2012. He played with the VFL's
Box Hill from 2012 until 2016, the
VAFA
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In addition the ...
's Old Carey from 2017 until 2019, the
EDFL's East Keilor from the abandoned 2020 season until 2022, and Old Carey again from 2023.
Statistics
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2011
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References
External links
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1991 births
Living people
Gold Coast Football Club players
Box Hill Football Club players
Australian rules footballers from South Australia