Marcus Adams (footballer)

Marcus Adams
Adams training with the Western Bulldogs in August 2018
Personal information
Full name Marcus Adams
Nickname(s) The Specimen[1]
Date of birth (1993-06-30) 30 June 1993 (age 31)
Original team(s) West Perth
Draft No. 35, 2015 national draft
Height 192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 98 kg (216 lb)
Position(s) Key defender
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2016–2018 Western Bulldogs 27 (4)
2019–2023 Brisbane Lions 46 (1)
Total 73 (5)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Marcus Adams (born 30 June 1993) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Western Bulldogs and the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL).[2]

He was drafted as a mature-aged selection with pick 35 in the 2015 national draft by the Bulldogs, where he played 27 games over three seasons.[3] Ahead of the 2019 season, he was traded to the Lions, for whom he played 46 games before retiring due to concussion issues in 2023.

  1. ^ Whiting, Michael (23 June 2021). "'I looked the end of my career in its eye': How 'The Specimen' turned it all around". Australian Football League. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Marcus Adams". westernbulldogs.com.au. Archived from the original on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Pick 35 - Marcus Adams". westernbulldogs.com.au. Retrieved 15 April 2016.