| Mark Bickley | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Mark Alan Bickley | ||
| Born | (1969-08-04)4 August 1969 (age 56) Port Pirie,South Australia | ||
| Original team | Solomontown Football Club | ||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1989–1991 | South Adelaide (SANFL) | 53 (43) | |
| 1991–2003 | Adelaide | 272 (77) | |
| Total | 325 (120) | ||
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| South Australia | 7 (?) | ||
| International team honours | |||
| 2002–03 | Australia | 3 (?) | |
| Coaching career3 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 2011 | Adelaide | 6 (3–3–0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2003. 3 Coaching statistics correct as of 2011. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Mark Alan Bickley (born 4 August 1969) is a formerAustralian rules footballer who played for theAdelaide Football Club in theAustralian Football League (AFL). Bickley was a player for the Crows from 1991 until 2003, captaining the team to both the1997 and1998 AFL premierships. He was a media commentator, most notably withChannel 9 inAdelaide as their sports presenter. In 2011 he had a brief coaching career as caretaker coach of the Crows after the retirement ofNeil Craig.
Recruited fromSouth Australian National Football League (SANFL) clubSouth Adelaide, Bickley made his AFL debut in 1991 againstEssendon atWindy Hill, as an inaugural member of the Adelaide Crows squad. In 1997 he was appointed captain of theAdelaide Football Club, and captained the 1997 and 1998 premiership sides.[1]
After retiring from the AFL in 2003, he began presenting the weekend sports report onNine News Adelaide alongsideGeorgina McGuinness, and in 2004 he became a panellist on theNine Network'sSunday Footy Show.
In 2009, Bickley became an assistant coach at the Crows, thus ending his career on theSunday Footy Show and Nine News.
In the2011 season, Bickley took over as caretaker senior coach atAdelaide afterNeil Craig stepped down at the end of Round 18.[2][3][4] His reign as Adelaide coach began with a convincing win over Port Adelaide inShowdown XXXI.[5][6] It was just their fifth win of the season, and their second since the end of April. This was followed up with a narrow 5-point victory over theBrisbane Lions atthe Gabba in Round 20, for the Crows' first win outside of Adelaide this season. Overall, Bickley coached Adelaide to three wins and three losses, the last of those a 96-point loss toWest Coast. At the end of the 2011 season, Bickley was not retained as Adelaide Football Club senior coach with the appointment ofBrenton Sanderson as the senior coach.[7]
In November 2014, Mark Bickley joined the 5AA talk radio station as a co-host of the top rating weeknight sports show.
Bickley stepped away from full-time radio in 2021, and currently coaches theImmanuel College, Adelaide First XVIII football side.[citation needed]
In December 2022, Bickley joined radio station SEN SA as co-host of the breakfast show.
In February 2024, Bickley was appointed “Club Engagement Officer” at Adelaide Football Club.
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
| 1991 | Adelaide | 26 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 168 | 142 | 310 | 47 | 19 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 9.3 | 7.9 | 17.2 | 2.6 | 1.1 |
| 1992 | Adelaide | 26 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 265 | 247 | 512 | 73 | 37 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.0 | 11.2 | 23.3 | 3.3 | 1.7 |
| 1993 | Adelaide | 26 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 297 | 266 | 563 | 93 | 63 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 12.9 | 11.6 | 24.5 | 4.0 | 2.7 |
| 1994 | Adelaide | 26 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 150 | 100 | 250 | 34 | 28 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 13.6 | 9.1 | 22.7 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
| 1995 | Adelaide | 26 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 217 | 178 | 395 | 52 | 42 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 9.9 | 8.1 | 18.0 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| 1996 | Adelaide | 26 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 263 | 208 | 471 | 76 | 61 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 12.0 | 9.5 | 21.4 | 3.5 | 2.8 |
| 1997 | Adelaide | 26 | 26 | 12 | 21 | 351 | 197 | 548 | 84 | 80 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 13.5 | 7.6 | 21.1 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| 1998 | Adelaide | 26 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 270 | 160 | 430 | 74 | 64 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 11.7 | 7.0 | 18.7 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| 1999 | Adelaide | 26 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 174 | 152 | 326 | 54 | 25 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 9.7 | 8.4 | 18.1 | 3.0 | 1.4 |
| 2000 | Adelaide | 26 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 240 | 139 | 379 | 61 | 50 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 12.0 | 7.0 | 19.0 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
| 2001 | Adelaide | 26 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 285 | 149 | 434 | 74 | 62 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 12.4 | 6.5 | 18.9 | 3.2 | 2.7 |
| 2002 | Adelaide | 26 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 242 | 185 | 427 | 85 | 54 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 12.1 | 9.3 | 21.4 | 4.3 | 2.7 |
| 2003 | Adelaide | 26 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 241 | 191 | 432 | 79 | 73 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 10.0 | 8.0 | 18.0 | 3.3 | 3.0 |
| Career | 272 | 77 | 90 | 3163 | 2314 | 5477 | 886 | 658 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 11.6 | 8.5 | 20.1 | 3.3 | 2.4 | ||
| Team | Year | Home and Away Season | Finals | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won | Lost | Drew | % | Position | Won | Lost | Win % | Result | ||
| ADE | 2011 | 3[n 1] | 3 | 0 | .500 | 14th out of 17 | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 3 | 3 | 0 | .500 | - | - | - | |||
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