Amon Buchanan (born 10 October 1982) is a former

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who played for the

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and the

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in the AFL. He is currently serving as a development coach of the

AFL career

Sydney

Buchanan grew up in the

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town of Colac, west of

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. He played football for Colac and the

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Under 18's team, winning a premiership with the Falcons in 2000 and subsequently being selected by the

in the post-season National Draft. He made his senior debut in Round 11 of the 2002 season against West Coast. By the end of 2002, he had played six matches, but had a disappointing season the next year, suffering knee and ankle injuries, not playing a single senior game and being delisted. However, he was redrafted by the Swans, and had established himself as a regular member of the team by the second half of 2004. During Sydney's 2005 premiership-winning season, Buchanan played in every match, making useful contributions in the midfield and kicking the go-ahead goal with 15 minutes remaining in Sydney's four point grand final win against West Coast. In 2007, Buchanan became the first Swan to be suspended since early 2005. He was also suspended for four matches in Round 15, 2008 for reckless conduct against Hawthorn's

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Brisbane Lions

At the end of the 2009 season, Buchanan was traded to the as part of a three-way deal with and . He was given the number 33 guernsey, vacated by Rhan Hooper and made famous by Darryl White. He made his debut for the Lions in their Round 1, 2010 clash against West Coast at

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. He retired from AFL football at the end of the 2012 season.

Post-playing career

In 2023 Buchanan rejoined the

as a development coach.

Personal life

Sporting blood runs in Amon's family with brothers

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, a state cricketer for the

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, and Meyrick Buchanan, representing

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in the 2011–12 Big Bash League.

Statistics

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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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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 ...

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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 ...

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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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References

External links

*
Amon Buchanan at Sydneyswans.com.au
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Buchanan, Amon 1982 births Living people Sydney Swans players Sydney Swans premiership players Brisbane Lions players Geelong Falcons players Colac Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Colac, Victoria Australia international rules football team players VFL/AFL premiership players 21st-century Australian sportsmen