Mark Maclure (born 14 July 1955) is a former

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er in the

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(VFL). Originally from

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club East Sydney, Maclure was recruited by Carlton and made his senior VFL debut in Round 13,

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. He retired from the game in 1986 after playing 243 games for the club. Maclure was captain of Carlton for the 1986 season. He currently works as a football commentator for ABC Radio and appears once a week on AFL 360,

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's Monday to Thursday television program.

Early life

Maclure was born in

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, Western Australia where he began playing football in the under 10s for Manning Park. His family was to move to

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, Queensland where he played junior football with the Coorparoo Football Club.Mark Maclure – From East Sydney to Carlton Captain
13 November 2020 In 1967 the family moved to Paddington in Sydney. Trumper Park was nearby and he began playing senior football with East Sydney. In 1973 he was recruited by Victorian Football League club Carlton.

References

External links

Maclure at Blueseum

Carlton Live
{{DEFAULTSORT:Maclure, Mark Carlton Football Club players Carlton Football Club premiership players East Sydney Australian Football Club players 1955 births Living people VFL/AFL premiership players Australian rules footballers from Sydney 20th-century Australian sportsmen