Mark of the Year (SANFL)
The annual South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Mark of the Year competition (currently also known as the IGA Mark of the Year) is a sporting award that celebrates each season's best mark. A mark is the action of a player cleanly catching a kicked ball that has travelled more than 15 metres (49 ft) without the ball hitting the ground.
Ian McKay's mark during the 1952 SANFL Grand Final.
Winners
Designated Mark of the Year for the SANFL by the Adelaide Advertiser.
| Year | Winner | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | Harold Oliver | Port Adelaide | |
| 1952 | Ian McKay | North Adelaide | [1] |
| 1960 | Brian Luke | Port Adelaide | |
| 1974 | Ken Whelan | Sturt | [2] |
| 1980 | Michael Farquhar | Glenelg | [3] |
| 1989 | Rudi Mandemaker | Central Districts | |
| 2013 | Taite Silverlock | West Adelaide | [4] |
| 2015 | Taite Silverlock | West Adelaide | [5] |
See also
References
- "The Ian McKay mark: Sixty years on". The Footy Almanac. 4 October 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- "1970's Video Scrapbook". SA Football Video Archive and Trading Post. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- Michael Farquhar SANFL Mark of the Year 1980, retrieved 12 April 2023
- "SILVERLOCK WINS MARK OF YEAR | SANFL". SANFL. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- "2015 SANFL MARKS OF THE YEAR | SANFL". SANFL. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
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