Mark Orval

Mark Orval (born 19 March 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Mark Orval
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-03-19) 19 March 1968
Original team(s) Hamilton Imperials
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 105 kg (231 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1987–1988 Collingwood 7 (7)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1988.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

A Hamilton Imperials recruit, Orval appeared for Collingwood in six of the last seven rounds of the 1987 VFL season.[1][2] He missed one game through suspension, for striking Jim Stynes, then returned against Essendon at the MCG in the final round and kicked four goals.[2][3] His next appearance came against Geelong in the last round of the 1988 VFL season and Orval suffered a career-ending injury, fracturing his right foot.[2][4][5]

He is the father of Dylan Orval, who was picked up by Adelaide in the 2012 Rookie Draft.[6]

Orval currently resides in Melbourne, and has become an unwilling viral internet celebrity under the name '#AngryDad' which to February 2019, has over 1,200,000 Facebook likes and over 200,000 YouTube subscribers. He is the subject of a series of prank videos showing his short temper filmed by his sons Mitchell (26), and Dylan (29).[7][8] Orval was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2021, and made a full recovery.[9]

References
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  2. AFL Tables: Mark Orval
  3. Canberra Times, "Australian Football", 16 August 1987, p. 26
  4. The Age, "Fellowes out for Manson", 1 September 1988, p. 71
  5. "No pain, no game". The Perth Files.
  6. The Advertiser, "Crows rookies enter the big league", 15 December 2011, Zac Milbank
  7. Triple M Melbourne, "Two Aussie Brothers Have Made Their 'Angry Dad' Famous", 27 January 2014, Michael James
  8. "How 'Angry Dad' became a YouTube star". The Daily Telegraph. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  9. Fegan, Peter. "Mark Orval's message to men after prostate cancer diagnosis". 4bc.com.au.
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