Where are they now? Mark Komp
Kevin Hillier
westernbulldogs.com.au
10:13:27 AM Tue 25 February, 2003
Name: Mark Komp
Age: 44
Nickname: Klippity (something to do with my kicking style!)
Football details : Parkside in WRFL, Footscray in the VFL.
Now: Footscray Superules
Games & Years at club: 23 Senior games from 1981-83
Goals: 9
Playing weight: 90 kg Weight now: around 100 kg
Married: Terri -Lyn
Children: Madeleine 10, Alexandra 8, Zoe 6.
Occupation: Secondary Teacher at Footscray City College
Most memorable game : 1st AFL game v Collingwood at Victoria Park in front of about 30,000 of the black and white army and about 200 diehard red, white and blue supporters.
Three best players you played with: Doug Hawkins, Kelvin Templeton and Michael McLean
Three best players you played against : Malcolm Blight, Ross Glendinning and Leigh Matthews
Best Footy Mates: Ian “Chops” Rickman, Steven “Pretty Boy” Knight, Arthur McAllester & Peter “Fozzie” Foster.
Favourite Commentator and why: The Hawk, he is always entertaining!
Players you like to watch today: Chris Grant, Brad Johnson and Wayne Carey
Do you like today’s footy: Absolutely !
Would you get a game in todays footy: No way . I struggled enough 20 years ago, but at 44 I’d have no chance.
Any regrets on your footy career: None at all, happy to still be playing.
Anything you would like to see changed in footy today: A little more physicality
Any footy involvement today: Watching Bulldogs and Parkside and playing Superules
Funniest memory of being at the Club: Footy trips to Manila, Bangkok & Noumea and Sunday sips
What if anything do you miss about footy: Standing on the Barkly St hill at the Western oval.