Mark Buckley

Mark Buckley
Personal information
Full name	Mark Buckley
Date of birth	25 August 1962
Original team	St Mark's
Height/Weight	179 cm / 90 kg
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1982–1985 1985 1987 Total -	Carlton St Kilda Brisbane Bears	27 (35) 7 (4) 4 (2) 38 (41)
1 Playing statistics to end of 1987 season .

Mark Buckley (born 25 August 1962) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton, St Kilda and the Brisbane Bears in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1980s.

Recruited from St Mark's, Buckley participated in a Carlton Under-19s premiership in 1979, not playing seniors until 1982. His four games in 1982 all came in the home and away season wins, with Carlton going on to win a second successive premiership.^[1]

He had become the third member of his family to play at Carlton, with his elder brother Stephen making six appearances in the 1980 season and their father Brian playing over 100 games.^[2]

In the opening round of the 1983 VFL season, against Richmond, Buckley replaced an injured Ross Ditchburn at full-forward during the match and kicked six goals.^[1] He was a regular fixture in the team for the rest of the season and kicked 29 goals from 20 games.^[1] The following season he played just twice, with WAFL star Warren Ralph taking his spot as a key forward.

After playing only one game in the first half of the 1985 season, he finished the year at St Kilda.^[1]

Buckley didn't play a senior VFL game in 1986 and the following year moved to a third club, Brisbane, who were making their league debut. He had 17 disposals and two goals in his first game for the Bears, against Fitzroy, but made just three further appearances.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} AFL Tables: Mark Buckley
2. ^ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785. 

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Name	Buckley, Mark
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Date of birth	25 August 1962
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