Complex sentence: Pike was a member of the North Melbourne Grand Final team that lost to Adelaide Football Club in 1998 after winning the minor premiership that year before becoming a member of the Kangaroos' premiership winning team in 1999, fulfilling a lifelong ambition.
Split into simpler sentences: Pike was a member of the North Melbourne Grand Final team that lost to the Adelaide Football Club in 1998 after winning the minor premiership for that year. Martin Pike was a member of the Kangaroos' premiership winning team in 1999, fulfilling a lifelong ambition.