Mark Gale (born 7 May 1976) is a former

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er who played in the

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(AFL). He played for both the

Fremantle Football Club The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Dockers, is a professional Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The team was founded in 1994 to represent the port city of ...

and the

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, mainly as a wingman. He was first drafted from Claremont in the

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as a foundation selection in the 1994 AFL Draft, before being delisted at the end of the 2000 season. St Kilda then selected him with the 64th selection of the

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. Gale struggled to break into the Fremantle side, playing only five games in the club's first two seasons, before establishing himself in the team during the 1997 season. He would play all 22 games in the 1998 season, before injuries and poor form saw him delisted at the end of the 2000 season. He played just the single season at the Saints before retiring from football at the end of 2001. He is the son of professional

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Terry Gale Terry R. Gale (born 7 June 1946) is an Australian professional golfer. Professional career Gale had a successful amateur career before turning professional at a relatively advanced age in 1976. From the mid-1970s to the early 1990s he won reg ...

and married to former Channel 9 Perth reporter and current Real Estate agent Kate Gale in 2001. He is currently employed at Scotch College in Perth.

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* 1976 births Fremantle Football Club players St Kilda Football Club players Claremont Football Club players Living people People educated at Scotch College, Perth Australian rules footballers from Western Australia Western Australian State of Origin players {{AFL-bio-1970s-stub