Joel Corey (born 17 February 1982) is a former

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er who played for the

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in the

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(AFL). A

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, tall and weighing , Corey is able to contribute

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while on the ball. Corey is a dual

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list, two-time

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, and was part of Geelong's AFL premiership-winning teams in 2007, 2009 and 2011. He was also selected in the

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, as well as being selected to represent

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. Corey currently serves as a development coach for the

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Career

Corey was drafted with Geelong's 8th pick in the 1999 draft as a 17-year-old. He has since built a reputation as a tall, consistent, hard-running midfielder with an uncanny ability at clearing the ball from tight, pack situations. Corey is an important cog in the Geelong midfield, and if needed can play a defensive role within the team. Though he often goes unnoticed, Corey consistently gets the job done and because he has such a star-studded midfield around him he does not have the burden of getting the number one tag each week. Highlights of his career to date include a

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

victory, selection in the Australian International Rules team of

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

, and selection as an

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

and

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

. Corey played an integral part in Geelong's record breaking 2007 Grand Final win. In the same year he was part of the 6-man leadership group at Geelong.

Statistics

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2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

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2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

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2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

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2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

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2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

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2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

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2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

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2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

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2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

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2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

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Honours and achievements

AFL *

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Player (2007, 2009, 2011) *2-time

(2007, 2008) * AFL Pre-Season Premiership Player (2006) *

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Series Representative (2004) *Western Australia State of Origin (2005, 2006, 2007) Geelong Football Club *

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Winner (2005, 2008) *

Coach's Award (2005) *

Most Determined & Most Dedicated Player Award (2002) U18 Juniors *All Australian U/18 (1999) *Western Australia U/18 (1999) *

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ist (1999) *U17

(1999) Milestones: * AFL debut: Round 17, 2000 (vs. ) at the

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(Geelong lost by 24 points) * Finals debut: Elimination final, 2000 (vs. ) at the Telstra Dome (Geelong lost by 9 points) * 50th game: Round 11, 2003 (vs. ) at the Telstra Dome (Geelong won by 40 points) * 100th game: Round 20, 2005 (vs. ) at Skilled Stadium (Geelong lost by 1 point) * 150th game: Preliminary final, 2007 (vs. ) at the

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(Geelong won by 5 points) * 200th game: Round 1, 2010 (vs. ) at the

(Geelong won by 31 points)

Personal life

Corey graduated from

John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School (commonly abbreviated as JSRACS or JSR) is an independent Anglican co-educational primary and secondary day school located in Perth, Western Australia. The school is named after the first Surveyor-G ...

in 1999. He was a junior Australian representative in baseball when he was younger, but Corey gave baseball up to pursue a football career.Bernard, G
"Corey slips under the radar"
heraldsun.com.au, 8 April 2006 Outside of football, Corey is a quiet, humble person who does not particularly enjoy doing interviews saying even in Primary school speaking in front of the class wasn't his

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. Corey enjoys

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, in

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with teammate

Cameron Ling Cameron Ling (born 27 February 1981) is a former Australian rules footballer and three-time premiership player who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A tagger at and , Ling was also a premiership-win ...

, as he finds it "pretty peaceful, it clears your head". His nickname, Smithy, comes from the fact that his surname is also a popular boys

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. Corey has two dogs, a

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and a Staffordshire terrier.

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Corey, Joel Geelong Football Club players Geelong Football Club premiership players 1982 births Living people Carji Greeves Medal winners East Perth Football Club players All-Australians (AFL) Australian rules footballers from Perth, Western Australia West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees Australia international rules football team players VFL/AFL premiership players