Marcus Ashcroft

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Marcus Ashcroft
Personal information
Full name	Marcus Ashcroft
Date of birth	(1971-09-25) 25 September 1971
Place of birth	Gold Coast, Queensland^[1]
Original team	Southport Sharks
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1989 – 1996 1997 – 2003 Totals	Brisbane Bears Brisbane Lions	152 0(84) 166 0(61) 318 (145)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2003 season.
Career highlights
Brisbane Lions premiership side 2001, 2002, 2003

Marcus Ashcroft (born 25 September 1971 Gold Coast, Queensland)^[1] is a former professional Australian rules footballer, who holds the records for the most games for the Brisbane Bears/Brisbane Lions. He is currently on the coaching panel of the Gold Coast Football Club.

Early life

Ashcroft was born on the Gold Coast to a family from Melbourne. As a child he lived in Victoria until the age of 3 when he moved permanently to the Gold Coast with his family.

His junior football career began at the Surfers Paradise Australian Football Club.

AFL career

Ashcroft was recruited to join 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). He was at various points a key part of the leadership group although he never captained the club.

A three time premiership player with the Brisbane Lions, Ashcroft retired at the end of 2003, fittingly with an AFL premiership medallion.

Coaching career

Following the formation of the Gold Coast Football Club, Ashcroft was appointed an assistant coaching role.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Gold Coast". Retrieved 9 June 2011.

v t e Brisbane Lions 2001/2002/2003 AFL Premiers

2001: Brisbane Lions 15.18 (108) defeated Essendon 12.10 (82), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 2002: Brisbane Lions 10.15 (75) defeated Collingwood 9.12 (66), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 2003: Brisbane Lions 20.14 (134) defeated Collingwood 12.12 (84), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Captain: 3. Voss 2. Johnson 4. McRae 6. Power 10. Ashcroft 11. Lynch 12. Akermanis 13. Pike 15. Michael 16. Brown 20. Black 23. Leppitsch 27. Keating 32. Hart 33. White 44. Lappin

Coach: Matthews

v t e Australian squad – 1999 International Rules Series

Captain: Buckley Akermanis Allan Ashcroft Bell Burgoyne Burke Campbell Camporeale Cousins Crawford Croad Graham Hart Leppitsch McKay McRae Molloy O'Loughlin Richardson Silvagni Smith Waterhouse West Coach: Brereton

Persondata
Name	Ashcroft, Marcus
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	25 September 1971
Place of birth	Gold Coast, Queensland
Date of death
Place of death

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