Tags: Australian Rules Football Player.
Mark Mercuri (born 21 February 1974) was a professional Australian rules football player for Essendon. He played in the 1993 Grand final winning team which defeated Carlton. In the 1999 AFL season Mercuri was one of the premier players of the competition finishing runner-up in the Brownlow Medal and earning a lucrative and rarely-heard of 5-year contract. Mercuri lost form late in his career which was put down to his brother’s suicide.