Mark Conway (Australian Footballer)
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Mark Conway (born 20 May 1973) is a former
Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...
er who played with
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in the
Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional sports, professional competition of Australian rules football. It was originally named the Victorian Football League (VFL) and was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition ...
(AFL). Conway, a tall forward, topped Central District's goal-kicking in 1996, with 57 goals. When Port Adelaide formed a squad for their inaugural AFL season, Conway was picked up from Central District as a zone selection, along with teammates Jarrod Cotton, Stuart Dew and Nathan Steinberner. He played just one senior AFL game for Port Adelaide, which was in round 14 of the 1997 season, against Hawthorn at
Waverley Park Waverley Park (also and originally called VFL Park) is an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. The first venue to be designed and built specifically for Australian Rules football, for most of its history, its pu ...
. The 24-year-old had five disposals. He was a member of the Sturt team which won the 2002
SANFL The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL ( or ''S-A-N-F-L''), is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the state's sports governing body, governing body for the sport. ...
premiership, over his former club Central District.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Conway, Mark 1973 births Australian rules footballers from South Australia Port Adelaide Football Club players Port Adelaide Football Club players (all competitions) Central District Football Club players Sturt Football Club players Living people