Marlon Motlop 
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| Personal information |
| Birth | 17 April 1990 (1990-04-17) (age 19) |
| Recruited from | Wanderers - NT |
| Height and weight | 179cm / 80kg |
| Playing career¹ |
| Debut | Round 21, 2008, Port Adelaide vs. Melbourne, at AAMI Stadium |
| Team(s) | Port Adelaide (2008 -) 5 games, 2 goals |
| ¹ Statistics to end of Round 19, 2009 season |
| Career highlights |
- Allan McLean Medal - Division 2 NAB AFL U16 Championships
- AIS/AFL U18 tour to South Africa 2007
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Marlon Motlop is an Australian Rules Footballer currently listed with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the AFL. He also plays for North Adelaide in the SANFL.
Motlop was selected by the Power in the 2007 AFL Draft using their second pick, being the 28th pick overall.
Motlop is the youngest player to arrive at the club from the 2007 NAB AFL Draft. The cousin of Daniel Motlop, he has been through the AIS program and won the Allan McLean best-and-fairest medal for the 2006 Division Two NAB AFL Under 16 Championships. He has already impressed his Power teammates with his pace. Being selected with the pick traded to the Adelaide Crows for Brad Symes will add extra interest for fans.
Marlon has Indigenous Australian heritage and his ancestry can be traced to the Larrakia.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ AFL Record. Round 9, 2009. Slattery Publishing. pg 74.
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