Marlion Pickett

Quick Facts

Full Name	Marlion Pickett
Occupation	Australian Rules Footballer
Date Of Birth	Jan 6, 1992(1992-01-06)
Age	32
Birthplace	Manjimup
Country	Australia
Birth City	Western Australia
Horoscope	Capricorn

Marlion Pickett Biography

Marlion Pickett is one of the most popular and richest Australian Rules Footballer who was born on January 6, 1992 in Manjimup, Western Australia, Australia. Marlion Pickett (born 6 January 1992) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for Richmond Football Club. Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). After turning 27 and having an eight and a half year career in South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League which also included an honourable club highest and fairest prize, Pickett was drafted by Richmond as the 13th pick in the mid- season 2019 rookie draft. He was awarded the Norm Goss Memorial Medal as the best player on the field in Richmond’s reserve team’s first season in the premiership of 2019 before taking his place in a triumphant AFL grand final later that week. Pickett is the only player in history to play in a grand final VFL/AFL in over 67 years and was the first to be awarded the premiership in his first game since 1926.

When he was imprisoned in 2012 Pickett played football for the amateurs on Wooroloo Prison Farm. Wooroloo Prison Farm as part of a series that was covered by ABC’s documentary TV series, Outside Chance.

In 2015 he was moved to the half back line and was rewarded with state team selection in the Western Australia representative team and also finished third in South Fremantle’s best and fairest award.

Pickett faced further criminal charges off field in 2016, after he was alleged to have caused grievous bodily harm in March 2015. He was never taken to trial however, after prosecutors dropped the charge in November 2016. On-field, he was again selected in the state team and finished second in South Fremantle’s best and fairest count.

Pickett was imprisoned from 2010 and 2012 due to a variety of crimes committed in his teens, including burglary. He has four kids.

Marlion Pickett Net Worth

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

He was also unable to get AFL selection for the top league preliminary final against Geelong the following week however, he did take part at the VFL grand final the following week against Williamstown. In the match that earned the club its first reserve title since the year 1997 Pickett had 19 disposals with nine tackles as well as an assist in a top-of-the-line performance, which earned him an award known as the Norm Goss Memorial Medal. In the following week, Pickett burst into AFL evaluation as a possible substitute for midfielder Jack Graham. In the event that Graham was declared out, Pickett was called up to play his first game during the 2019, AFL Grand Final against Greater Western Sydney and became one of the very first players to be able to make their first team debut in the grand final in the past since Keith Batchelor for Collingwood in 1952. In helping his team win an winning score of 89 points in that grand final Pickett was also the only player in history to earn an AFL premiership in the first game in 1926. He was one of the top players on the field during the victory, placing second at the Norm Smith Medal with four votes following an impressive performance that included 22 disposals as well as an assist. Pickett’s campaign at Richmond ended after just one AFL game and six in the VFL and he won the premiership at the highest-grade and reserve-grade levels.

Pickett lived his childhood living in Balga, a Perth neighborhood of Balga in which he began to played football at the age of six, before moving with his family into Manjimup within Manjimup in the South West region of Western Australia. He played in junior football in Manjimup until his teens, and was sentenced to six months of juvenile detention after committing grievous bodily injury at the age of 15 old in 2007. Following his release, he began playing youth football for York and was awarded the opportunity to participate in at the colts level representative football for South Fremantle in 2010. Pickett could not accept the invitation however, after being found guilty and sentenced to 18 months for various crimes that were not violent, including burglary.

In 2013 following his release from prison, Pickett made his debut for South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), kicking three goals along with 26 disposals and nine marks on debut. He spent the remainder of the season playing on the wing and at half-forward and was a member of the club’s reserves-grade premiership victory that season.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Pickett was selected by Richmond with the 13th selection in the 2019 mid- season rookie draft in late-May 2019.

Facts & Trivia

Marlion Ranked on the list of most popular Australian Rules Footballer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Marlion Pickett celebrates birthday on January 6 of every year.