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Jason Davenport
Jason Davenport (born 4 September 1985) is a former Australian Rules Footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Career A former basketballer and sprinter in his junior days, Davenport was a late-comer to football, but excelled in his early years of exposure to the game. In 2005 he made his local leagues ( Ellinbank & District Football League) team of the year, named on the wing after a stellar season with his home club Nilma Darnum where he won the club best and fairest. He then went on to playing as a top-up player for 's VFL side in 2006, and he impressed with his dynamic game, where he has made his name as a goal-kicking wingman. He won the VFL's Fothergill-Round Medal as the league's best young talent, before being picked up with the Geelong's 38th pick in the 2006 Rookie Draft. In 2007, he was named in the VFL's Team of the Year and came 3rd in the Geelong VFL best and fairest. After being p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria, Australia
Victoria is a state in southeastern Australia. It is the second-smallest state with a land area of , the second most populated state (after New South Wales) with a population of over 6.5 million, and the most densely populated state in Australia (28 per km2). Victoria is bordered by New South Wales to the north and South Australia to the west, and is bounded by the Bass Strait to the south (with the exception of a small land border with Tasmania located along Boundary Islet), the Great Australian Bight portion of the Southern Ocean to the southwest, and the Tasman Sea (a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean) to the southeast. The state encompasses a range of climates and geographical features from its temperate coastal and central regions to the Victorian Alps in the northeast and the semi-arid north-west. The majority of the Victorian population is concentrated in the central-south area surrounding Port Phillip Bay, and in particular within the metropo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven King (footballer)
Steven King (born 22 November 1978) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is currently serving as Senior Assistant Coach at the Gold Coast Suns Football Club. AFL career Geelong Debuting as a 17-year-old with Geelong in 1996, King was a gifted ruckman. He won All-Australian selection and won the Carji Greeves Medal in 2000 and again in 2002. He was captain of the club between 2003 and 2006. In 2005, King was hit by numerous injuries, which affected his form. A moment of controversy occurred in King's career in the 2005 Elimination Final, when he accidentally kicked Melbourne's Jeff White in the head. Both men were contesting a boundary throw in, and it was knocked to the ground. King was the man in front, and when the ball bounced up to head height, he took a mighty swing at it with his right foot. He missed the ball completely, but connected with White ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Adelaide Football Club Players
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Australian Rules Footballers From Victoria (state)
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1985 Births
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NAB League
The NAB League Boys (also referred to as simply the NAB League and formerly known as the TAC Cup) is an under-19 Australian rules football representative competition held in Australia. It is based on geographic regions throughout country Victoria and metropolitan Melbourne with each team representing twelve Victorian regions, while a thirteenth team from Tasmania was reintroduced in 2019. The competition is sponsored by National Australia Bank (NAB), having previously been sponsored by the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) since its inception. The competition is one of the primary sources of recruitment for Australian Football League (AFL) clubs. It provides an opportunity for talented regional players to participate in a high standard competition without having to relocate too far from their place of origin. The competition has a very successful pathway with players missing AFL selection often being recruited by semi-professional state, country and regional leagues throu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakleigh Chargers
The Oakleigh Chargers is an Australian rules football club playing in the NAB League, the top statewide under-18 competition in Victoria, Australia. They are based at Warrawee Park in Oakleigh, Victoria, representing the southeastern suburban area of Melbourne. The Chargers were one of two additional metropolitan clubs introduced to the competition in 1995 as part of a plan by the AFL to replace the traditional club zones with independent junior clubs. This was to help aid in player development and the process of the AFL draft. In June 2008 the Chargers moved into a new pavilion at Warrawee Park. The chargers are aligned to Collingwood, Richmond & Port Melbourne. The Chargers have had the past 2 #1 AFL Draft picks and last #1 AFL W Draft picks making them one of the most successful development programs in Australia. AFL Draftees History *1995: - *1996: Heath Black, Patrick Steinfort *1997: Luke Power, Paul DiGiovine *1998: Ian Prendergast, Luke Penny, Adam Morgan, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Shore Football Club (GFL)
North Shore Football Club Inc, nicknamed the ''Seagulls'', is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the suburb town of North Shore, Victoria. The club teams currently compete in the Geelong Football Netball League, the premier league in Geelong. History The club was formed in 1927 and first tasted success with back to back flags in 1938 and 1939. After the Second World War the club spent many years in the Woolworths Cup competition of the Geelong & District Football League. Promoted to Division one from 1965 they then joined the Geelong Football League when that league was founded in 1979 and won six premierships in a row from 1995 to 2000. Some of the more influential names to play for the club through this golden era include Ron Watt, Glenn Keast, Tom Hall, Danny Warren, Simon Riddoch, David Milsome, Wade Chapman, Bill Nicholls, Travis Robertson, Chris Huxtable, Brad "Don't Bowl Here" McDougall and the mercurial Robert Alslop. Since the beginning of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 AFL Season
The 2011 AFL season was the 115th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured seventeen clubs, with the newly established Gold Coast Suns, based in Gold Coast, Queensland, playing its inaugural season. The season ran from 24 March until 1 October, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top eight clubs. The premiership was won by the Geelong Football Club for the ninth time, after it defeated by 38 points in the 2011 AFL Grand Final. Pre-season Draft The 2010 National Draft was held on 18 November 2010 at the Gold Coast Convention Centre. 107 players were drafted, including 28 promoted rookies. New club received the first three selections as part of its draft concessions, and selected David Swallow with the number one draft pick. The 2011 Pre-season and R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Kilda Football Club
The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier league. The club's name originates from its original home base in the bayside Melbourne suburb of St Kilda in which the club was established in 1873. The club also has strong links to the south-eastern suburb of Moorabbin, due to it being the long-standing location of their training ground. St Kilda were one of five foundation teams of the Victorian Football Association (VFA), now known as the Victorian Football League (VFL), and later became one of eight foundation teams of the original Victorian Football League in 1897, now known as the AFL. Additionally, St Kilda are in an alignment with the Sandringham Football Club in the modern VFL. St Kilda have won a single premiership to date, a one-point win in the 1966 VFL Grand Final against Collingwood. They have also qualif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 AFL Season
The 2008 AFL season was the 112th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured sixteen clubs, ran from 20 March until 27 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top eight clubs. A significant feature of the season was the celebration of the 150th anniversary since the sport of Australian rules football was first established in 1858. The premiership was won by the Hawthorn Football Club for the tenth time, after they defeated by 26 points in the 2008 AFL Grand Final. NAB Cup Premiership season Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match Round 8 Round 9 Round 10 Round 11 Round 12 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
