Adam Marcon (born 28 July 1992) is a semi-professional

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er who plays for the Aberfeldie Football Club in the EDFL.

Junior and state-league football

A midfielder, Marcon played under-18s football

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football for the

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. Once at senior age, Marcon joined the

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in the

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, the club where his father Adrian had been a popular dual-premiership player in the 1980s. Marcon played three seasons for the Northern Bullants (or

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, as they became known from 2012) from 2011 until 2013, and won the Laurie Hill Trophy as club best-and-fairest in 2012. He then transferred to Williamstown where he played the next two seasons. In 2015, he won the Fothergill-Round Medal as the best young player in the VFL, and was part of Williamstown's premiership team.

AFL career

After his success in the VFL, Marcon was drafted to the

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by the Richmond Football Club with its third selection in the 2016 rookie draft (No. 47 overall). He made his AFL debut in Round 19, 2016 against at

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, and played one further game for the club before the end of the 2016. He won the Guinane Medal as the club's VFL best and fairest, but was de-listed at the end of the season.

Return to state-league football

Following his AFL de-listing from Richmond Marcon returned to play VFL football at Williamstown. He became the club's captain in 2018. Adam played his 100th game for Williamstown in their first home game of the 2021 season on the redeveloped surface defeating Port Melbourne and becoming a Life Member of the Williamstown Football Club. After his retirement from the Williamstown Football Club in 2021, he then signed with the Aberfeldie Football Club in the EDFL on a "Player-Coach" term for the upcoming 2022 Premier Season (A-Grade). In his first EDFL game Marcon kicked 2 goals in a 80-66 Win against Maribyrnong Park.

Other work

Outside of football, Marcon works as a school PE teacher at Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School, where he is a school coordinator.

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* * 1992 births Living people Preston Football Club (VFA) players Richmond Football Club players Williamstown Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) {{AFL-bio-1990s-stub