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Mark Jamar is a former professional AFL footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club and Essendon Football Club. He debuted in 2003, wearing the number 40 and is a 100 kg+ ruckman who sometimes fills in up forward. Jamar was drafted at pick No.6 to Melbourne in 2001 AFL draft. Jamar ranked fourth among rising stars in total hit-outs in 2003 and third among rising stars in hit-outs per game in 2003. In his best season to date, Jamar missed only one game in the whole premiership season. He consolidated himself as a reliable ruck-man for the Demons. He averaged 10 hit-outs and four disposals and kicked 10 goals and two behinds for the season. A stress fracture in his foot resulted in Jamar missing much of the 2009 season. In the games, he did play he played in the primary ruck position, averaging 23 hit-outs and 11 disposals.

Jamar went from strength to strength as Melbourne's number one ruck in 2010, playing an instrumental part in the Demons' rise up the ladder, averaging 29 hit-outs, 12 disposals and three contested marks per game, with four goals over the first seven rounds. He was ranked second in the AFL for hit-outs per game, was named as the second ruck-man for the 2010 All-Australian squad and finished third in Melbourne's Best and Fairest, behind Brad Green and James Frawley. He was informed in September 2015 that he would not be offered a contract from Melbourne for 2016, effectively ending his fourteen-year career with the club after 155 games. In February 2016, Jamar signed with the Essendon Football Club due to the club's supplements controversy.