Editing Spectacular mark (section)

{{short description|Type of mark in Australian rules football}}
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[[File:Ian McKay Spectacular Mark.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Ian McKay (footballer)|Ian McKay]] of [[North Adelaide Football Club|North Adelaide]] leaps for a spectacular mark during the [[1952 SANFL Grand Final]] against {{SANFL Nor}} at [[Adelaide Oval]].]]
A '''spectacular mark''' (also known as a '''specky''', '''speckie''', '''speccy''', '''screamer''' or '''hanger''') is a [[mark (Australian rules football)|mark]] (or catch) in [[Australian rules football]] that typically involves a player jumping up on the back of another player.

The spectacular mark has become a much celebrated aspect of the sport. Many of the winners of the [[Australian Football League]]'s annual [[Mark of the Year]] competition could be considered 'speckies', and commentators will often call an individual specky "a contender" in reference to this competition and the mark's likeliness to win it.