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Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer
Mark Bairstow
Personal information
Full name Mark William Bairstow
Nickname(s) Toby
Date of birth (1963-07-24) 24 July 1963 (age 61)
Original team(s) Lake Grace
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 87 kg (192 lb)
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
1985–1986 South Fremantle 040 0(32)
1987–1994 Geelong 146 (172)
Total 186 (204)
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1994.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Mark William Bairstow (born 24 July 1963) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and for the South Fremantle Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).

WAFL career

Bairstow came to South Fremantle Football Club from Lake Grace in 1985 and had an immediate impact, winning the WA Media Guild's Footballer of the Future award, representing Western Australia in a state match against South Australia, coming second to Wally Matera in South Fremantle's best and fairest award and equal third in the Sandover Medal. He was then named as captain in 1986 and represented WA twice more, won the Sandover Medal and South Fremantle's best and fairest award.

VFL/AFL career

Coach John Devine's recruitment drive in 1986 and 1987, saw players such as Dwayne Russell, Billy Brownless, Barry Stoneham, Robert Scott, Garry Hocking and Bairstow recruited by the Geelong Football Club. Bairstow signed with Geelong on 26 September 1986, five days before the 12 VFL clubs voted to allow a West Australian club (the West Coast Eagles) to join the competition.

Bairstow debuted for Geelong in 1987 and soon became Geelong's main ruck-rover. Geelong had one of the better midfields in the then Victorian Football League(VFL) in the late 1980s with Paul Couch, Andrew Bews and Bairstow. Bairstow was recognised as a prolific kick-getter. In 1989, he had 404 kicks during the 22-round home and away season to finish third on the disposals list with 591, behind Paul Couch on 615 and Terry Wallace on 614.

After Geelong's loss in the 1989 grand final, Bairstow retired from VFL football and returned home to Lake Grace, Western Australia to work on his family's farm. While there, Bairstow played football for Lake Grace, including another losing grand final.

Bairstow returned to Geelong in 1991 and helped them to the grand final in both 1992 and 1994.

After the 1994 grand final defeat and Malcolm Blight's resignation as coach of Geelong, Bairstow was delisted by Blight's former assistant, new coach Gary Ayres. Due to the nature of Bairstow's dismissal, he has seldom been back to the club.

Bairstow was selected in the All-Australian teams in 1987, 1991 and 1992.

References

  1. Poat, Peter; East, Alan. 1986 West Australian Football Register (24th ed.). Westralian Publishers. p. 10.
  2. Poat, Peter; East, Alan. 1987 West Australian Football Register (25th ed.). Westralian Publishers. p. 84.
  3. Hobbs, Greg (17 September 1989). A Dynamic Trio, Football Record (Vol.78. No.24 ed.). p. 17.
  4. Poat, Peter; East, Alan. 1990 West Australian Football Register (28th ed.). Westralian Publishers. p. 68.
  5. Niall, Jake; Geelong and the stray Cats; The Age; 2003-08-16
  6. 2010 Hall of Fame inductees Archived 24 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine; West Australian Football Commission Inc.; 2010-03-11

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Captains of the Geelong Football Club
Pre-VFA
  • 1859: Mason/Fraser/Rennie
  • 1860: Mason/Wills
  • 1861: Rennie/Tait
  • 1862: Greenfield/Harrison/Nicholls
  • 1863–1865: Nichols
  • 1866: Groom
  • 1867: Robertson/Wills/Bowden
  • 1868: Wills/Harrison/Bowden
  • 1869–1870: Arthur
  • 1871: Dickenson/Bowden
  • 1872: Wills/Arthur
  • 1873: Wills
  • 1874: Down
  • 1875: Day
  • 1876: Thomas
VFA
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1987 All-Australian team · Australian Football Championships
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Western Australian team – 1985 Interstate Championships
South Australia 30.18 (198) defeated Western Australia 16.15 (111), at Subiaco Oval, 15 June 1985
Victoria 19.16 (130) defeated Western Australia 9.11 (65), at Subiaco Oval, 16 July 1985
Both games
State Game vs. South Australia
State of Origin vs. Victoria
Coach: Todd
Western Australian team – 1986 Interstate Championships
Western Australia 18.19 (127) defeated South Australia 12.16 (88), at Football Park, 27 May 1986
Western Australia 21.11 (137) defeated Victoria 20.14 (134), at Subiaco Oval, 8 July 1986
Both games
State game vs. South Australia
State of Origin vs. Victoria
Coach: Alexander
Western Australian team – 1987 Interstate Championships
South Australia 18.16 (124) defeated Western Australia 9.9 (63), at WACA, 16 June 1987
Victoria 16.20 (116) defeated Western Australia 13.14 (92), at Subiaco Oval, 22 July 1987
Both games
State game vs. South Australia
State of Origin vs. Victoria
Coach: Todd
Western Australian team – 1991 State of Origin
Western Australia 19.13 (127) defeated Victoria 7.9 (41), at the WACA, 16 July 1991
Coach: Malthouse
Western Australian team – 1993 State of Origin
South Australia 19.13 (127) defeated Western Australia 14.17 (91), at Football Park, 2 June 1993, crowd: 21,487
Semi-Final vs. South Australia
Coach: Malthouse
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