Kyle Reimers (born 10 January 1989) is a former

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footballer, who played with

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in the AFL. Debuting in 2007, Reimers was pick number 47 in the 2006 AFL Draft, having played with

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in the WAFL. He played for Western Australia in the 2005 U-16 Championships and the 2006 U-18 Championships. Wearing the guernsey number 37, Reimers was an exciting developing player from 2008 onwards, winning the club rising star award for that year on the back of a NAB

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Nomination in round 16 against Richmond. A cult favourite amongst Essendon supporters, due to his bright orange boots and aggressive style of play, Reimers' career highlight was kicking eight goals in Essendon's 139 point win over the

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in Round 6 of

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 ...

. Reimers was de-listed at the end of 2012 and turned down an offer to train with Carlton in 2013. During the

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Reimers claimed that the players were asked to sign waivers and were injected with supplements that were "pushing the boundaries".

Post-AFL career

Kyle Reimers played for Perth Football Club in the W.A.F.L. in Season 2013 and in February 2014 returned to Victoria and was signed by Aberfeldie Football Club in the Essendon District Football League.

Statistics

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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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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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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Reimers, Kyle 1989 births Living people Essendon Football Club players Perth Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Bunbury, Western Australia Bunbury Football Club players Bendigo Football Club players 21st-century Australian sportsmen