Specky



         


A specky (or spekkie) is a slang term for a type of mark in Australian Rules Football. It involves a player jumping up on the back of another player in order to take the mark. Many of the winners of the annual Mark of the Year competition could be considered "speckies". Another notable example was Gary Ablett's 1994 leap, which was labelled "Mark of the Century".

Players known for their ability to take "speckies" include:

There are also a series of football-related childrens novels by ex-player Gary Lyon named after their protagonist, "Specky Magee". This character is named after the slang term.





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