Bailey Banfield (born 26 February 1998) is a professional

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er playing for the Fremantle Football Club in the

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(AFL).

Early life

Banfield grew up in Broome, Western Australia. He lived there until he finished Year 7 before moving to Perth to attend senior schooling at Scotch College.

AFL career

Overlooked in the

2016 AFL draft The 2016 AFL draft consisted of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) could trade and recruit players following the completion of the 2016 AFL season. Additions to each club's playing list are not allowed ...

, Banfield played for

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in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), being a part of the Colts ( WAFL) premiership side in 2015 and winning their 2017

best and fairest In Australian sport, the best and fairest award recognises the player(s) adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition. The awards are sometimes dependent on not receiving a suspensi ...

award. He finished with 22 WAFL games for

. He was then selected by Fremantle with their first selection, fifth overall, in the 2018 AFL rookie draft. Banfield made his AFL debut for Fremantle in the opening round of the

2018 AFL season The 2018 AFL season was the 122nd season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season feature ...

after a series of impressive pre-season games. He signed a two-year contract extension during the season, tying him to Fremantle until 2020. Banfield was elevated to Fremantle's senior list in 2019. Banfield had a standout performance during round 12 of the

2022 AFL season The 2022 AFL season is the 126th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season features ...

kicking a career-high four goals during Fremantle's 14 point win over the Brisbane Lions.

Personal life

In October 2023, Banfield announced his engagement to Julia Edwards.

Statistics

AFL statistics

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2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

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2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...

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WAFL statistics

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2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

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References

External links

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WAFL Player Profile and Statistics
{{DEFAULTSORT:Banfield, Bailey 1998 births Living people Fremantle Football Club players Claremont Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Western Australia People educated at Scotch College, Perth Peel Thunder Football Club players