Marlon Motlop is involved with his cousin Daniel Motlop's native food business.
14 Facts About Marlon Motlop
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Marlon Motlop has Aboriginal Australian heritage, with his father a Larrakia man and his mother Kungarakany, as well as Torres Strait Islander heritage.
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Marlon Motlop's father insisted that he learn to play the guitar around the same time as developing his footballing career as a junior, and he would write songs with his cousins Daniel, Shannon and Steven, who would go on to be AFL footballers.
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Originally from Wanderers Football Club in the Northern Territory Football League, Marlon Motlop first gained the attention of AFL talent scouts when he won the Allan McLean best-and-fairest medal in the 2006 AFL Under-16 Division Two Championships.
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Marlon Motlop was selected by Port Adelaide in the 2007 AFL Draft using their second pick, the 28th overall.
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Marlon Motlop debuted against Melbourne Football Club in round 21 of the 2008 AFL season, contributing six kicks and eight handballs to his team's 78-point win.
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Marlon Motlop did not play another game in 2008, but returned in round 9 of the 2009 AFL season where he had a quiet game, registering four kicks and two handballs in a 55-point loss to the Sydney Swans.
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In what turned out to be his final AFL match, Marlon Motlop did not score in his match against the Western Bulldogs, but did get 16 disposals.
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Marlon Motlop was delisted by Port Adelaide at the end of the 2011 AFL season and moved to West Australian Football League club Swan Districts to continue his career in 2012, where he won the club's best and fairest award.
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Marlon Motlop moved to Peel Thunder for the 2013 season, winning their club's best and fairest.
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In 2018, Marlon Motlop signed with Glenelg, where has played until the end of the 2021 season.
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Marlon Motlop has performed at the Bass In the Grass Festival and the AFL's Sir Doug Nicholls Round in front of over 30,000 fans.
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Marlon Motlop released three tracks in 2021, and featured on Urthboy's Jangle Bells, with their collaboration track "Balmy Christmas Eve" releasing on 15 December 2021.
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Marlon Motlop is involved with his cousin Daniel Marlon Motlop's native foods business, Something Wild, located in the Barossa Valley.