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{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1968}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2016}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2012}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Gavin Crosisca
| image = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|9|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Brisbane]], Queensland
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| originalteam = [[Western Districts Australian Football Club|Western Districts]]
| debutdate = Round 1, 1987
| debutopponent = Sydney Swans
| debutstadium = Victoria Park
| height = 188 cm
| weight = 90 kg
| position = 
| statsend = 2000
| years1 = 1987–2000
| club1 = [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]]
| games_goals1 = 246 (64)
| sooyears1 = 1988–1991
| sooteam1 = [[Queensland Australian rules football team|Queensland]]
| soogames_goals1 = 2
| sooyears2 = 1990
| sooteam2 = [[Victoria Australian rules football team|Victoria]]
| soogames_goals2 = 1
| sooyears3 = 1995–1996
| sooteam3 = [[The Allies (Australian rules football)|Allies]]
| soogames_goals3 = 2
| careerhighlights = * {{AFL Col}} premiership player [[1990 AFL Grand Final|1990]]
* Wrecker Award 1990, 1995, 1997
* State of Origin appearances
}}

'''Gavin Crosisca''' (born 15 September 1968 in [[Brisbane]], Queensland) is a former [[Australian rules football]]er in the [[VFL/AFL]].

Debuting in the VFL 1987 with the [[Collingwood Football Club]], Crosisca was recruited from [[Western Districts Australian Football Club]] in Queensland after having played his junior football for the Moorooka Roosters AFC. He played in the [[1990 AFL Grand Final|1990 premiership side]] with the Magpies, and played State of Origin football for three teams: Queensland, Victoria and [[The Allies (Australian rules football)|Allies]]. Crosisca was just the third Queensland born footballer to play 200 games. He retired from the game in 2000.

Following his retirement from AFL football, Crosisca has held a number of coaching positions. In 2001 and 2002, he was an assistant coach at the [[North Melbourne Football Club|Kangaroos]] under [[Denis Pagan]], before shifting to [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]] in 2003. From 2005 until 2006, Crosisca was the head coach of the [[North Ballarat Football Club|North Ballarat Roosters]] in the [[Victorian Football League]]. By 2007 Crosisca was again under Pagan as an assistant at Carlton however this stint was to be his last in the AFL ranks.

In September 2009 Crosisca signed on to be senior coach of the [[Heidelberg Football Club]] in Melbourne's [[DVFL|Northern Football League]] for the 2010 season. In May 2011 Crosisca resigned from his position as senior coach at Heidelberg for personal reasons.

In 2012, Crosisca admitted to the public that he was addicted to recreational drugs like alcohol, marijuana and amphetamines throughout his VFL/AFL career and afterward.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/grog-and-drugs-cost-me-the-lot-collingwood-1990-premiership-star-gavin-crosisca/story-fnelctok-1226476895805 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920032255/http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/grog-and-drugs-cost-me-the-lot-collingwood-1990-premiership-star-gavin-crosisca/story-fnelctok-1226476895805 |archive-date=20 September 2012 |title=Grog and drugs cost me the lot: Collingwood 1990 premiership star Gavin Crosisca {{!}} News.com.au}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{AustralianFootball|gavin+crosisca/12293}}

{{1990 Collingwood premiership players}}
{{1988 Queensland Australian Rules Football State of Origin Players}}
{{1990 Victoria State of Origin players}}
{{1991 Queensland Australian rules football State of Origin players}}
{{1995 The Allies State of Origin players}}
{{1996 The Allies State of Origin players}}

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[[Category:Collingwood Football Club players]]
[[Category:Collingwood Football Club premiership players]]
[[Category:Western Magpies Australian Football Club players]]
[[Category:Victorian State of Origin players]]
[[Category:1968 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Australian rules footballers from Brisbane]]
[[Category:Allies State of Origin players]]
[[Category:VFL/AFL premiership players]]
[[Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen]]


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