Marcus Picken is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er who played with the Brisbane Lions

Brisbane Lions

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 in the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (AFL).

Recruited from the North Ballarat Rebels

North Ballarat Rebels

The North Ballarat Rebels are an Australian rules football club which play in the TAC Cup, an under-18 competition in Victoria, Australia.North Ballarat is one of four regional clubs set up as part of a plan by the AFL to have clubs set in all regions of the state.This was to help aid in player...

, Picken is the son of former player Billy

Billy Picken

Billy Picken is a former Australian Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club and the Sydney Swans. Picken arrived at Collingwood in 1974 from Macarthur as a forward but developed into one of the games finest centre-half backs...

. He made his debut in 1998 after being selected by Brisbane in the 1997 AFL Draft

1997 AFL Draft

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 but was unable to make an impact in his limited opportunities. Picken played in eight of the first nine rounds of the 2001 AFL season

2001 AFL season

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 before suffering a stress fracture in his foot which cost him a chance at a premiership.

Picken was traded in the 2001 Draft

2001 AFL Draft

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, together with Shannon Rusca

Shannon Rusca

-Early life:Rusca began playing senior Australian Football with Southern Districts in the Northern Territory Football League.-AFL career:He was listed on the rookie list by the Brisbane Lions in 2000 before being elevated during the season. During the 2000 AFL season he played two matches.Rusca was...

, to the Western Bulldogs

Western Bulldogs

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 in return for draft pick 49. He played some Wizard Cup

Australian Football League pre-season competition

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 games but despite being an emergency on one occasion was never able to make it into the seniors during the AFL season. However his brother Liam

Liam Picken

Liam Picken is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League . Picken previously completed a pre-season with Collingwood and two with the Bulldogs, before becoming the Williamstown Seagulls best and fairest player of 2008 in the VFL and earning...

would later play for the club.