Mark Tylor

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=October 2015}}

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| fullname = Mark Tylor

| nickname = Tyles

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| position = Forward

| years1 = 1985–1995

| club1 = Port Adelaide

| games_goals1 = 167 (380)

| years2 = 1996

| club2 = Glenelg

| games_goals2 = {{0}}15 {{0}}(30)

| years3 = 1997

| club3 = Port Adelaide

| games_goals3 = {{0}}{{0}}7 {{0}}(15)

| careerhighlights = *Port Adelaide premiership player (1994)

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Mark Tylor is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) for both the Port Adelaide Football Club and Glenelg Football Club. He played in the 1994 Port Adelaide premiership team and led the club's goal-kicking on three occasions, as well as winning the Ken Farmer Medal in two of those years.{{Cite web |last=Rucci |first=Michelangelo |date=2020-04-15 |title=Port Gazette: The Greatest Full Forward |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/585258/port-gazette-the-greatest-full-forward |access-date=2024-11-16 |website=portadelaidefc.com.au |language=en}}

Tylor broke his hand late in the 1992 season, leaving him stranded on 97 goals for the season (his highest season tally) and missing out on the 1992 SANFL Grand Final. Despite missing the last few games of the season, Tylor won the Ken Farmer Medal. Tylor won the Ken Farmer Medal again in 1993, kicking 90 goals.{{Cite web |last=Sampson |first=Matt |date=2020-03-31 |title=We don't see you playing league football - Mark Tylor's turning point |url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/582155/we-dont-see-you-playing-league-football-mark-tylors-turning-point |access-date=2024-11-16 |website=portadelaidefc.com.au |language=en}}

In 1996 he switched to Glenelg, playing 15 games and kicking 30 goals,{{Cite web |title=Player List - M to Z - History of Glenelg Football Club |url=https://gfchistory.com/html/players2.html |access-date=2024-11-16 |website=gfchistory.com}} before switching back to Port Adelaide for the 1997, his last in the SANFL.

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