Marcus Bontempelli was born on 24 November 1995 and is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League, serving as club captain since the 2020 season after being vice-captain in 2018 and 2019. He was drafted with the fourth selection in the 2013 AFL draft and debuted in 2014, finishing second in the Rising Star count that year. He has since been an AFL premiership player, an eight-time All-Australian, a seven-time Charles Sutton Medallist, a three-time AFLPA Most Valuable Player and a recipient of the AFLCA Champion Player of the Year Award, and he was runner-up in the Brownlow Medal count in 2021 and 2023. He began in junior football at Eltham and played for the Northern Knights.
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