Facts: - clubs: '' ' total '' ' - sooyears: 1953 -- 61 - position: centre - years: 1952 -- 60 1961 -- 62 - statsend: 1939 - originalteam: mount hawthorn - coachyears: 1959 - birth date: 01 february 1933 - fullname: donald anthony marinko - name: don marinko - birth place: perth , western australia - careerhighlights: * captain 1959 - sooteams: western australia Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of don marinko , jr. . .
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donald anthony '' don '' marinko -lrb- born 2 january 1933 -rrb- is a former australian rules footballer who played for the and east perth football clubs in the western australian national football league -lrb- wanfl -rrb- .the son of former west perth and player don marinko , sr. , marinko began his career at west perth in 1952 , playing a total of 164 games for the club mainly as a centreman , including as captain-coach of the side in 1959 .he transferred to east perth for the 1961 season , but his career was ended by a knee injury prior to the start of the 1963 season .marinko also played 13 interstate matches for western australia , including the 1953 australian national football carnival .