Mark Mickan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mark Mickan
Occupation	Australian Rules Footballer
Date Of Birth	Jan 30, 1961(1961-01-30)
Age	63
Birthplace	Renmark
Country	Australia
Birth City	South Australia
Horoscope	Capricorn

Mark Mickan Biography

Mark Mickan is one of the most popular and richest Australian Rules Footballer who was born on January 30, 1961 in Renmark, South Australia, Australia. Mark James Mickan (born 30 January 1961) is an ex-professional Australian rules soccer player who was a part of the Brisbane Bears and Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Mickan started his professional career playing for South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club West Adelaide in 1981 and ended his career at West Adelaide in 1994. The All-Australian team selection of 1988 was the apex of his professional career. He has an older twin sister named Patricia Mickan, who played basketball.

Mickan was back in South Australia to play for the newly-formed Australian Football League (AFL) team known as the Adelaide Crows in 1991, winning Adelaide’s first Club Champion award despite missing the initial three rounds in the league as a result of Crows coach Graham Cornes ‘ early choice of 6-foot-8″ (204 centimeters) Romano Negri, a ruckman. While he wasn’t selected for the Crows beginning 3 games Mickan took part in the mandatory three SANFL games for West Adelaide to qualify for SANFL finals football. Mickan became West Adelaide’s top ruckman, and played an important role in guiding players from the Kevin Morris coached Bloods to the SANFL Grand Final where they were defeated by North Adelaide in a spiteful game that saw a number of all-in fights.

Following the 1994 SANFL season Mark Mickan retired from league football having played 139 SANFL games with West Adelaide, 48 VFL/AFL games with Brisbane and 37 AFL games with Adelaide between 1981 and 1994. Mickan also represented South Australia on five occasions through his career

After retiring as a player Mickan continued to pursue his football interests as a coach. In 1998–99 seasons he coached Woodville-West Torrens in the SANFL, achieving 6th and 3rd-place finishes. Assistant coaching roles at AFL the Crows and Port Adelaide in the 2000s followed.

Although the team that was formed was plagued by numerous crises in its first year, Mickan’s abilities were recognized and he was selected as a member of the All-Australian Team following the 1988 Bicentennial Carnival played in Adelaide.

Mark Mickan Net Worth

Mark Mickan is one of the richest Australian Rules Footballer from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mark Mickan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The team was recruited by the Renmark Rovers in West Adelaide’s country zone (Riverland Football League), the gifted 6-foot-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 centimeters) large Dirk de Jong, who had retired from league football earlier in the season, but was convinced to play again following Mickan’s injury by the coach Neil Kerley.

A string of strong seasons in 1983 1985, 1983 and 1986 resulted in his winning the club’s Best & Fairest awards, and in 1986, West manager John Cahill named him the captain of the team for the season. After his 1986 SANFL season, in the which West Adelaide finished in seventh position, Mickan left to join the newly formed Brisbane Bears playing in the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1987. Mickan’s leadership skills as a and player were immediately recognized at his new club and he was appointed the first captain under Coach Peter Knights. This is particularly noteworthy considering that the team also included 1986 Collingwood captain Mark “Chocco” Williams, who was named Mickan’s vice captain, along with 1986 Brownlow medallist Brad Hardie.

With younger ruckmen such as Shaun Rehn (West Adelaide) and David Pittman (Norwood) quickly hitting their straps for the Crows and his form dropping, Mickan gradually fell out of favour with The Crows and coach Cornes to the point that he only played two games for the club in 1993, and played the majority of the year with West Adelaide. His form for The Bloods saw Mickan win his fourth club Best & Fairest award under the coaching of his original coach from back in 1981, Neil Kerley.

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In late 2011 it was announced by West Adelaide that the four time Best & Fairest winner had been appointed the Football Manager at the club from 2012. He left the position before the start of 2013, but was appointed Bloods head coach for the 2014 SANFL season, replacing Andrew Collins who had chosen to return home to Melbourne after 6 years and one Grand Final appearance (2012) with the club.

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Although West Adelaide slumped to a 6–12 record in 2014 to finish in 9th place (2nd last) after finishing 2nd in 2012 and 3rd in 2013, they bounced back in 2015 to finish the minor round with an 11–7 record and 3rd place on the SANFL ladder. Mickan then led The Bloods to their second Grand Final appearance in four years and their first premiership since 1983 when Westies defeated Woodville-West Torrens in the 2015 SANFL Grand Final at the Adelaide Oval on 27 September. His contract with West Adelaide was not renewed at the end of the 2017 SANFL season.