Luke Shuey (born 2 June 1990) is a former

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er and former captain of the

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in the

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(AFL). He retired at the conclusion of the

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. Shuey was recruited from the

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with pick 20 in the 2008 National Draft. After a series of injuries, he made his AFL debut during the 2010 season. He was runner-up in the

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award in 2011. Shuey won the John Worsfold Medal as West Coast's best and fairest player in 2016, and again in 2019, and finished third in the award in 2014 and 2017. Awarded 'Player of the finals' in 2019, adding to his September reputation where a year earlier he played in the club's victory over Collingwood in the 2018 Grand Final, and was awarded the

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as the best player on the ground.

Early career

Shuey was raised in the

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suburb of

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and attended Marcellin College, playing for the school football team. One of his teammates was

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, who was also drafted into the AFL. Outside of school football, Shuey played his junior football for Bulleen-Templestowe."Young Eagle Luke Shuey favourite for Rising Star Award"
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'', 29 June 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2016. In 2008, his final year of high school, he was selected for the

in the

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. He also represented Vic Metro at the 2008 AFL Under 18 Championships, winning the team's

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award. Shuey placed fourth in the beep test at the 2008 AFL Draft Camp. At the 2008 National Draft, he was selected in the second round, taken by West Coast with the 18th pick overall.

AFL career

As part of West Coast's

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with the

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(WAFL), Shuey was allocated to upon his arrival in Perth to pursue his career. However, he did not play senior football at all during the 2009 season (in either the WAFL or AFL), suffering a series of injuries which included

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, a broken leg, and two

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s."The Shuey struggle"
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'', 29 May 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2016. Shuey later said his injuries were in part due to playing too much football during the previous year. After a strong pre-season, Shuey made his AFL debut in round one of the 2010 season, against the

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. He scored a goal with his first kick. However, after just three games at AFL level, Shuey suffered a knee injury. He was due to return midway through the season, but then contracted a virus which was eventually diagnosed as

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. He eventually returned for West Coast's last three games of the season,Luke Shuey
AFL Tables. Retrieved 29 August 2016. as well as two WAFL matches for East Perth. He established himself in West Coast's midfield line-up during the 2011 season, playing in all 25 of his team's matches (one of only seven West Coast players to do so). He was nominated for the 2011 AFL Rising Star award in round two, after a 27-disposal and three-goal game against . He eventually finished runner-up to 's Dyson Heppell in the award, with Heppell polling 44 votes and Shuey 37 votes. This was the best finish by a West Coast player since

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was runner-up

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. Shuey also polled 12 votes in the

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, and including three votes in the round-18

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against (although

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won the Ross Glendinning Medal). In the round-nine game against the

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he had kicked a career-high five goals and recorded 27 disposals but was only awarded two Brownlow votes. During the 2012 season, Shuey was suspended on two occasions – for one week after striking Fremantle's Paul Duffield in round nine, and for two weeks after striking 's Lindsay Thomas in round 15. He polled 11 votes in the

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, including

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performances against in round three (25 disposals and five goals) and against in round 14 (32 disposals and three goals). Luke Shuey celebrating 2018 AFL Grand Final

Luke Shuey celebrating 2018 AFL Grand Final

After a career best season in 2016, Shuey was named in the initial

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40-man squad, though he did not make the final team. He also won the John Worsfold Medal as the club

. In September 2017, Shuey kicked a goal after the siren against

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to win the first elimination final at

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. It was the first after-the-siren goal in

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in AFL history. Shuey won the 2018 Norm Smith Medal for his brilliant performance against Collingwood in the

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, recording 34 possessions and a goal. He received eleven out of twelve possible votes from the four judges. His team, the West Coast Eagles, won the premiership. On 6 December 2019 it was announced that Shuey would become the 11th captain of the West Coast Eagles. After battling frequent hamstring injuries during his captaincy, Shuey announced on 8 August 2023 that he would retire at season's end.

Statistics

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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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2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

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2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

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2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

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2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

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2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

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2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

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2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

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2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

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2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

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2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

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Honours and achievements

AFL * 1× AFL Premiership Player:

* 1× Norm Smith Medallist:

* 2× All-Australian 40-man Squad:

* AFL Rising Star runner-up:

West Coast Eagles *

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: 2020– * 2× John Worsfold Medallist: 2016, 2019 * 1× Chris Mainwaring Medallist:

* Rookie of the year:''
2011

Personal life

In February 2009, Shuey's younger sister Melanie was struck and killed by a motorcycle while walking. He was given indefinite leave from football after her death and stayed in Melbourne for six weeks before returning to Perth. Shuey and his wife Dani Orlando have two children. Patrick Skene also reports that Luke Shuey has Chinese ancestry. He is likely a descendant of Ah Shuey who came to Australia in 1862.

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shuey, Luke 1990 births Living people East Perth Football Club players Oakleigh Chargers players West Coast Eagles players West Coast Eagles premiership players Australian rules footballers from Melbourne John Worsfold Medal winners Australia international rules football team players People educated at Marcellin College, Bulleen Norm Smith Medal winners West Coast Eagles (WAFL) players VFL/AFL premiership players