Mark Mickan
| Mark Mickan | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Nickname(s) | Rubbers | ||
| Date of birth | 30 January 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Renmark, South Australia | ||
| Original team(s) | Renmark Rovers (RFL) | ||
| Draft | 1986 pre-draft selection | ||
| Height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Weight | 102 kg (16 st 1 lb; 225 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1981–86, 1991–94 | West Adelaide (SANFL) | 139 (38) | |
| 1987–90 | Brisbane Bears (VFL/AFL) | 48 (26) | |
| 1991–93 | Adelaide (AFL) | 37 (12) | |
| Coaching career3 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 1998–99 | Woodville-West Torrens (SANFL) | 43 (24–19–0) | |
| 2006–11 | Glenelg (SANFL) | 120 (74–43–3) | |
| 2014– | West Adelaide (SANFL) | 40 (20–20–0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1994.
3 Coaching statistics correct as of 2015.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Mark James Mickan (born 30 January 1961) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Bears and Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Mickan began his senior career with South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club, West Adelaide in 1981 and finished back at West in 1994. All-Australian team selection in 1988 marked the pinnacle of his playing career.
He coached SANFL club Woodville-West Torrens in 1998 and 1999, and Glenelg for five and half years from 2006 to June 2011. He is currently head coach of West Adelaide, starting his appointment for the 2014 SANFL season. In 2015, Mickan led West Adelaide to the clubs first premiership since 1983 when they defeated Woodville-West Torrens by 30 points in the 2015 SANFL Grand Final. It was also Mickan's first premiership as a senior coach.
Recruited from the Renmark Rovers in West Adelaide's country zone (Riverland Football League), the talented 6'5" (196 cm) tall ruckman started his SANFL league career in 1981 and quickly established himself alongside Dexter Kennedy as the club's leading ruckman until Kennedy left to join Port Adelaide at the end of 1982. After a stellar 1983 season as The Bloods number one ruckman, Mickan was cruelly robbed of the chance to play in West Adelaide's Grand Final win (the club's first in 22 years) over Sturt due to a torn posterior ligament suffered in Round 20 of the 22 round regular season against Woodville at Football Park in the early game of a double header. His place in the side was taken by 6'7" (200 cm) tall Dirk de Jong, who had actually retired from league football earlier in the year but was persuaded to come back after Mickan's injury by coach Neil Kerley.
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