Malcolm Rosas Jr. (born 27 June 2001) is a professional

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er who plays for the

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in the

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(AFL).

Early life

Rosas Jr was born and raised in

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. His mother is of

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descent from the

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(

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and

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) and his father is of

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descent from

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. Rosas Jr's grandfather,

Bill Dempsey William Brian Dempsey MBE (born 17 March 1942) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Darwin Football Club in the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) and the West Perth Football Club in the Western Australian National ...

, is a 2022 Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee, an inaugural Hall of Fame inductee in both the WAFL and

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as well as being named in the

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in 2005. Rosas Jr grew up playing Australian rules football,

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and

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at high levels but eventually chose to focus on football in his mid-teenage years. He played all his junior football for the Darwin Buffaloes in the NTFL and signed to play senior football for the NT Thunder in the NEAFL in his final year of junior football in 2019. He was the first player signed by the

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program via their Darwin Academy, signing a 2 year deal until 2021.

AFL career

In October 2019, Rosas Jr was drafted to the

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via their academy pre-selection access. He made his AFL debut at 19 years of age in round 9, 2021 against the

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20 at

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Statistics

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rosas, Malcolm 2001 births Living people Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football 21st-century Indigenous Australian people Northern Territory Football Club players Gold Coast Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Darwin, Northern Territory