Aaron Henneman (born 13 December 1980) is a former
Australian rules football
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er who played with
Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
*Essendon Football Club, in the Australian Football League
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
United Kin ...
in the
Australian Football League
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(AFL). Henneman joined YVMDFL club Silvan in 2007 after being delisted by Essendon the year before. Joining ex Essendon teammates at Silvan including Gary Moorcroft, Ben Haynes and Marc Bullen. Henneman played a starring role at CHB in the Cats premiership the same year. Has been playing a starring forward role in recent times for the Oakleigh football club despite a tough time with recent shoulder injuries.
Recruitment
Henneman won the 1997
Ovens & Murray Football League
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Under 18 best and fairest award, the Leo Dean Medal, before joining the
Murray Bushrangers
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The Under 1 ...
. His career with the
Essendon Football Club
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began when he was drafted from
Corowa-Rutherglen, (the same team as
Adam
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, Josh,
Damian Damian () may refer to:
*Damian (given name)
*Damian (surname)
*Damian Subdistrict, in Longquanyi District, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
See also
*Damiani, an Italian surname
*Damiano (disambiguation)
*Damien (disambiguation)
*Damon (disambiguation)
*Da ...
and
Ryan Houlihan
Ryan Houlihan (born 21 January 1982) is a former Australian rules footballer who played 12 seasons and 201 games for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) from 2000 to 2011.
Background
Ryan is the third of four bro ...
) in the
1998 AFL Draft at pick 25. He made his debut in 2000 and with his 194 cm, 99 kg frame, he had been touted as a promising key defender and
ruckman.
Essendon career
Henneman played 58 games with the Essendon Football Club. He was injury stricken at Essendon, which meant he did not get as many games as he wanted. As well as this, Henneman only got into
tribunal
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trouble just once, when he was banned for two matches for striking
Sydney
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's
Adam Schneider
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He is currently the senior coach of the Lavington Panth ...
during a match in 2005.
He was delisted at the end of 2006.
External links
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Essendon Football Club past player profile
Essendon Football Club players
1980 births
Living people
Murray Bushrangers players
Corowa-Rutherglen Football Club players
Australian rules footballers from New South Wales
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