years clubs article_title debutstadium statsend name debutdate birth_date originalteam debutopponent debutteam heightweight
1979 '' ' -- 1986 1987 -- 1988 '' ` total carlton st kilda alex marcou
 waverley park 1988 alex marcou round 3 , 1979 6 july 1958 thomastown essendon carlton 178cm / 76 kg
alex marcou

alex marcou -lrb- born 6 july 1958 -rrb- is a former australian rules footballer .
he played with carlton and st kilda in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- during the 1980s .
marcou is a member of the carlton hall of fame and represented victoria at interstate football on three occasions .
marcou made his vfl debut for carlton at the age of 19 in 1979 , kicking 34 goals and finishing the year a premiership player .
he was a rover and played in premiership winning sides again in 1981 and 1982 .
in 1987 , his first season at st kilda was a good one for marcou and he was a fine contributor in a young team .
frustration returned in 1988 however , as more serious hamstring and calf injuries reappeared .
reluctantly , he realised it was time to call it a day after adding another 24 games and 17 goals to his tally in two seasons at moorabbin .
in 1989 after retiring from league football , marcou played at victorian football association club springvale , the club was being coached by premiership teammate phil maylin .
he later returned to carlton as an energetic and active member of the past players .
in 2006 he was a popular choice for induction into the carlton hall of fame .
marcou 's parents are immigrants of aegean macedonian origin , from the village polypotamo -lrb- neret -rrb- in the lerin florina regional unit , greece .
