Marcus Ashcroft

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Marcus Ashcroft
Personal information
Full name	Marcus Ashcroft
Date of Birth	September 25, 1971 (1971-09-25) (age 36)
Place of Birth	Melbourne, Victoria
Recruited from
Draft	TBC Brisbane Bears
Playing Career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1989-1996 1997-2003	Brisbane Bears Brisbane Lions Totals	152 (84) 166 (61) 318 (145)
¹ Club statistics to end of 2003 season
² Representative statistics to end of {{{repstatsend}}} Career highlights Brisbane Lions premiership side 2001, 2002, 2003

Marcus Ashcroft (born September 25, 1971 in Melbourne) is a former Australian rules footballer, who holds the records for the most games for the Brisbane Bears/Brisbane Lions.

Ashcroft was born in Melbourne and moved to the Gold Coast with his family at age 3 spent his junior career at Southport Australian Rules Football Club, and joined the Brisbane Bears in 1989 when the club was in its darkest period.

He made his debut in Round 9 of that year against North Melbourne at the MCG.

Ashcroft played over 150 consecutive games amongst his 318 career appearances (including 145 goals).

A three time premiership player with the Brisbane Lions, Ashcroft retired at the end of 2003, fittingly, in a winning Grand Final.

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