16 Facts About Mark Bradly

Mark Bradly was born on 24 January 1977 and is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League and for North Ballarat in the Victorian Football League.

Mark Bradly was drafted with the 55th selection in the 1995 AFL draft by Melbourne as a long-term ruck prospect.

Mark Bradly spent his first two seasons as an AFL-listed player, 1996 and 1997, playing for Melbourne's reserves.

Mark Bradly was named in Melbourne's team for a match against North Melbourne in 1997, but he failed to actually make his debut.

Mark Bradly finally made his debut in round 10 of the 1998 season, against the Adelaide Crows.

Mark Bradly had only four disposals in his first game and he was dropped back to the reserves for the next week.

Mark Bradly was called back up to the seniors for round 13 and, although he had a poor game playing on St Kilda veteran Stewart Loewe, he managed to string three senior games together before again being dropped, even though he kicked two goals in his final match.

Mark Bradly finished the season sixth in Melbourne's reserves best and fairest.

Melbourne's premier ruckman for over a decade, Jim Stynes, retired at the end of 1998 and it was expected that Mark Bradly would have more opportunities in 1999.

However, Mark Bradly failed to play a senior match for the Demons in 1999 after injuring his knee, which sidelined him for the season.

Mark Bradly was delisted at the end of the 1999 season, but Melbourne redrafted him shortly after as a rookie list player in the 2000 Rookie draft.

Mark Bradly suffered a second consecutive season-ending knee injury and he was unable to play a game for Melbourne in 2000.

Mark Bradly played as a ruckman and as a forward for the Rosters and he was North Ballarat's leading goalkicker in 2002.

Mark Bradly kicked 28 goals for the season, including a haul of six against Werribee.

Mark Bradly continued playing for the Roosters in 2003 and, in a game against Frankston, he kicked three goals.

Mark Bradly was a groomsman at Melbourne team-mate, Russell Robertson's wedding.