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The annual Australian Football League Mark of the Year competition (currently also known as the Weet Bix AFL Mark of the Year) is a sporting award that celebrates each season's best mark. A mark is the action of a player cleanly catching a kicked ball that has travelled more than without the ball hitting the ground. Originally known as the "VFL Mark of the Year" and selected by a panel of football experts on Network Seven's ''World of Sport'' program, the contest was renamed the "AFL Mark of the Year" following the competition's renaming in 1990. Since 2001 it has been run by the AFL and the winner has been selected by public vote. It is open only to players within the AFL and applies to marks taken during official AFL season matches. Several other Australian rules football leagues followed with their own "Mark of the Year" competitions. A famous VFL footballer, Alex Jesaulenko, unofficially won the first award for a "spectacular mark" during the 1970 VFL Grand Final, a mark that has been frequently called "The Mark of the Century". Thirty-two players have won the competition; of those, five have won multiple times and six are still active in the AFL. Peter Knights (Hawthorn) and Tony Modra (Adelaide/Fremantle) have won the most Mark of the Year awards, with three each. The competition is run in conjunction with the Goal of the Year contest, which recognizes the best particular goal kicked during an AFL season. Two players have managed to win both the "Mark of the Year" and "Goal of the Year" awardss in the same season: Michael Mitchell and Peter Bosustow. ==Background== Currently also known by its sponsorship name as the "Weet Bix AFL Mark of the Year",〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AFL Mark of the year )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hungry Jack's Mark of the year )〕 the competition is open to players in the AFL (Australian rules football's highest league).〔 Winners receive an assortment of prizes, including $5,000 for their grassroots (junior) club, the use of a Toyota Kluger for 12 months and the Alex Jesaulenko Medal.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AFL Mark of the year )〕〔 The current Victorian Football League (formerly known as the Victorian Football Association) runs a similar competition; however, the winners are selected only from the few games that are televised each year on ABC2. Many other amateur Australian rules football leagues also run an equivalent competition, but they often rely on less comprehensive television footage; some amateur leagues rely on spectators who submit photos and amateur video recordings to the league〔 or to television shows such as the AFL Footy Show.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=WWOS - Footy Show Section, Almost Football Legends )〕 Chris Tarrant's mark in Round 11, 2001 has been used as the basis of the silhouette for the Mark of the Year logo, despite its losing the Mark of the Year to Gary Moorcroft's round 14 mark.〔 Many of the best marks in the VFL/AFL were featured in a VHS/DVD named ''Miracle Marks''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AFL-Miracle Marks (2000) )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mark of the Year」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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