Mark Blicavs

Mark Blicavs (born 28 March 1991) is a professional Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He made his debut for the club in round one of the 2013 AFL season.

Mark Blicavs
Blicavs playing for Geelong in April 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-03-28) 28 March 1991
Original team(s) Taylors Lakes (EDFL)
Draft No. 54, 2012 rookie draft
Height 198 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight 100 kg (220 lb)
Position(s) Defence/Wing
Club information
Current club Geelong
Number 46
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2013– Geelong 179 (39)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2020.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Early life

Blicavs' parents were both born overseas – his father was born in New Zealand to Latvian parents, and his mother was born on the isle of Jersey.[1] Both of his parents represented Australia at basketball. His father Andris Blicavs played at the 1976 Montreal Olympics and his mother Karen Ogden was a member of the team that competed at the 1983 World Championships. His brother Kris has played basketball in the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL) and his sister Sara Blicavs played in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).[2]

Prior to being recruited by Geelong, Blicavs was a middle-distance runner and steeplechaser, who attempted to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Football career

Blicavs was recruited by Geelong with draft pick #54 in the 2012 Rookie Draft. He made his debut in Round 1, 2013, against Hawthorn at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.[3] In 2015, Blicavs won the Carji Greeves Medal as Geelong's best and fairest player.,[4] Blicavs was also the first AFL player to receive a fine for Staging in 2019, Round 19 against the Sydney Swans.

Statistics
Statistics are correct to the end of 2020 season [5]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles  H/O  Hit-outs
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T H/O G B K H D M T H/O
2013 Geelong 4622789614323963692380.30.44.46.510.92.93.110.8
2014 Geelong 46235414213527792761970.20.26.25.912.04.03.38.6
2015 Geelong 462146156226382961263430.20.37.410.818.14.66.016.3
2016 Geelong 4624771702574271001391950.30.37.110.717.84.25.88.1
2017 Geelong 4620125148176324821021210.60.37.48.816.24.15.16.1
2018 Geelong 4623131531823359176790.00.16.77.914.64.03.33.4
2019 Geelong 46250318215433612490910.00.17.36.213.45.03.63.6
2020[lower-alpha 1] Geelong 46213113213126370591810.10.06.36.212.53.32.88.6
Career 179 39 37 1179 1404 2583 718 737 1445 0.2 0.2 6.6 7.8 14.4 4.0 4.1 8.1

Notes

  1. The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

See also

References
  1. Geelong Cats community camp sees players go to Diversitat
  2. Anderson, Jon (31 March 2013). "Footy a jump up for tyro Blicavs as the Cats look for great leap forward". Herald Sun.
  3. "Cats find a way in another classic". AFL.com.au. 1 April 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  4. Ryan, Peter (8 October 2015). "Blicavs' meteoric rise rewarded with maiden best and fairest award". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  5. "Mark Blicavs". AFL Tables.
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