Mark Bradley Geyer was born on 7 December 1967 and is an Australian radio host and former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000.
21 Facts About Mark Geyer
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Mark Geyer is the brother of fellow former professional rugby league footballer Matt Geyer and the father of current Penrith Panthers player Mavrik Geyer.
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In 1987, Mark Geyer established a regular first-grade place with the Penrith Panthers and was selected for the City Seconds team after only a handful of top-grade appearances.
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Mark Geyer was first selected in the second row for New South Wales in game 3 of the 1989 State of Origin series, at Lang Park in Brisbane.
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Mark Geyer played in 11 games on the Kangaroo Tour, scoring four tries and earning his first Australian test jumper when he was selected on the bench for the first test against France at the Parc de Sports in Avignon.
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Mark Geyer received a five-match suspension for an incident in the second game at a wet Sydney Football Stadium, which was preceded by a half-time confrontation with Queensland captain Wally Lewis in which referee David Manson and NSW captain Ben Elias had to stand between the two, who twice almost came to blows.
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Mark Geyer was cited for an elbow to the head of Queensland fullback Paul Hauff, which sparked an all-in brawl.
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Mark Geyer had a hand in all three of the Panthers tries on the day and was judged to be their best player, though his sin-binning for dissent by referee Bill Harrigan during the second half was thought to have cost him the Clive Churchill Medal as man of the match.
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Mark Geyer spent the 1993 season with the Balmain Tigers.
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In 1994, Mark Geyer spent a season playing with the Umina Beach Bunnies who play in the Central Coast Division Rugby League competition after leaving Balmain.
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Mark Geyer played for the Western Reds from 1995 until 1997, before returning to the Panthers in 1998.
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In 2000, Mark Geyer was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for his contribution to Australia's international standing in rugby league.
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Mark Geyer said a large part of the drug usage was to simply trying to numb the pain of losing his best mate, former Penrith player Ben Alexander, who was killed in a car accident in 1992.
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Mark Geyer was a regular panellist on rugby league talk show The Sunday Roast where he referred himself as 'the man of the people'.
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Mark Geyer appears on Triple M on Saturday mornings, presenting the 'Dead Set Legends' segment alongside Ray Warren.
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In 2012, it was announced that Mark Geyer joined Fox Sports Australia as part of their Rugby League coverage.
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Mark Geyer is actively involved in a number of charities, such as the Fight For Life charity boxing event, he is the ambassador for the Save Our Sons charity.
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In November 2017, Mark Geyer announced that he would be leaving The Grill Team.
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Mark Geyer then suggested that the NRL introduce a controversial KPI target system where Sydney clubs were measured on sponsorship dollars, average crowd figures, on-field success and their dedication to junior and grassroots rugby league.
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Mark Geyer went on to explain about the KPI system saying "I don't know how they would do it, there's brainier guys than me at the moment, people who get paid to do this, but after five years, the club with the lowest points, guess what, they move to the Central Coast".
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Mark Geyer is married to Meagan the sister of former fellow Penrith players Greg Alexander and the late Ben Alexander.