Phoenix Spicer (born 30 January 2002) is an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who played for the

North Melbourne Football Club The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos or colloquially the Roos, is a professional Australian rules football club. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the women's team in the AFL Women's (AF ...

in the

Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional sports, professional competition of Australian rules football. It was originally named the Victorian Football League (VFL) and was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition ...

(AFL). Spicer was selected at pick 42 in the

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from

SANFL The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL ( or ''S-A-N-F-L''), is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the state's sports governing body, governing body for the sport. ...

club, South Adelaide. An exciting small forward with elite speed and agility, Spicer is capable of breaking the game open with his athletic ability. He recorded an elite 7.80 seconds for the AFL Agility run in SA preseason testing last year but did not test at Draft Combine due to injury. Spicer had a consistent Under-18 season averaging 17.2 disposals (40% contested) in nine matches in 2020.

Early life and junior career

Spicer attended

Hamilton Secondary College Hamilton Secondary College (formerly Mitchell Park Boys Technical College) resides in Mitchell Park, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. The school provides secondary education from year 7 to 12 and a Disability Unit. Hamilton Secondary Colleg ...

before transitioning to Henley High School to further his opportunities as a footy player. In his junior leagues, Spicer played for the

Edwardstown Football Club The Edwardstown Football Club is an Australian rules football club first formed in 1919. In 1938, Edwardstown merged with the Black Forest Football Club from the Adelaide and Suburban Football Association but retained the name Edwardstown. Fo ...

, and later, the

Morphettville Park Football Club The Morphettville Park Football Club is a sports club first formed in 1958 and initial games were against sides who had forfeits or byes. The club is mostly known for their Australian rules football team, which joined the Glenelg-South-West Dist ...

before playing for South Adelaide in 2020.

AFL career

Spicer made his debut during round 23 of the

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with the Kangaroos playing against the

Adelaide Crows The Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed the Crows, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Adelaide, South Australia that was founded in 1990. The Crows have fielded a men's team in the Australian Football League (AFL) since 199 ...

in a losing effort in which Phoenix gathered seven disposals. Spicer was delisted from the North Melbourne Football Club in October 2023.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Spicer, Phoenix Living people 2002 births North Melbourne Football Club players Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football 21st-century Indigenous Australian people South Adelaide Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Adelaide 21st-century Australian sportsmen