Alex Forster (born 24 July 1993) is an

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er who plays for Norwood in the

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(SANFL). He previously played for the

Fremantle Football Club The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Dockers or colloquially Freo, is a professional Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The team was founded in 1994 to represen ...

in the

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(AFL).

Football career

Originally from

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, a town in western

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, he played for the

Norwood Football Club The Norwood Football Club, nicknamed the Redlegs, is an Australian rules football club competing in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Its home ground is Norwood Oval, Coopers Stadium (Norwood Oval), which is often referred ...

in the

(SANFL) as well as representing South Australia at the 2011 AFL Under 18 Championships. He was drafted to with their third selection (number 29 overall) in the 2011 AFL Draft. Forster's close friend and former teammate from Kybybolite Junior Football Club,

Lachie Neale Lachlan Oliver Neale (born 24 May 1993) is an Australian rules footballer and the co-captain of the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Fremantle Football Club from 2012 to 2018 before being tra ...

, was also drafted by Fremantle with their next selection in the same draft. They join co-captain

Jack Trengove Jack Trengove (born 2 September 1991) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club and the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A midfielder, tall and weighin ...

as ex-Kybybolite players on AFL lists. After spending the first half of the 2012 season recovering from a hip spur operation, he played the remainder of the year in

Swan Districts The Swan Districts Football Club, nicknamed the Swans, is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW). The club is based at Bassendean Oval, in Bassendean, an eastern suburb ...

reserves side in the

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(WAFL). In 2013 he transferred to

Peel Thunder The Peel Thunder Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW). The team is based in Mandurah, Western Australia, with their home ground being Rushton Park. The ...

and made his WAFL league debut. Forster was one of ten players brought into the Fremantle side in the final round of the

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against St Kilda at

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, when many senior players were rested ahead of the finals matches. Delisted by Fremantle at the end of the 2013 season, Forster returned to South Australia and rejoined Norwood.

References

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player profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Forster, Alex 1993 births Living people Fremantle Football Club players Norwood Football Club players Peel Thunder Football Club players Australian rules footballers from South Australia 21st-century Australian sportsmen