Marlon Motlop
Marlon Motlop is a Larrakia Australian rules footballer who played with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the AFL. He currently plays with Glenelg Football Club in the South Australian National Football League.
Originally from Wanderers Football Club in the, Motlop is the cousin of Daniel, Shannon and Steven Motlop, and first gained the attention of AFL talent scouts when he won the Allan McLean best-and-fairest medal for the 2006 Division Two NAB AFL Under 16 Championships. Motlop was selected by Port Adelaide in the 2007 AFL Draft using their second pick, the 28th overall.
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. The following week Motlop kicked his first AFL goal and collected 16 disposals in a 76-point victory over North Melbourne Football Club. He 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. Round 11 saw Motlop kick 1 goal and collect 12 kicks and three handballs in a 24-point win over the Fremantle Dockers. In what turned out to be his final AFL match, Motlop did not score in his match against the Western Bulldogs, but did get 16 disposals. While not playing in the AFL, Motlop played with West Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League.
He was delisted by Port Adelaide at the end of the 2011 AFL season and moved to WAFL club Swan Districts and the year after played for Peel Thunder to continue his career.
After a 2 year stint in the WAFL, where Motlop played state representative football in 2013 against Victoria and registered 28 disposals, he went back to the SANFL where he continued his career at the North Adelaide Football Club and went on to play 79 league games including representing South Australia in 2015 registering 24 disposals.
During Motlop’s time at NAFC, he came 4th in 2014 in the clubs best and fairest and went on to win the Club Champion in 2015. In 2018 Motlop signed with the Glenelg Football Club where he currently plays.Background
Marlon has Indigenous Australian heritage and his ancestry can be traced to the Larrakia.
