Robert Stevenson (born 14 June 1976) is a former

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 with

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in the

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(AFL). A key defender, Stevenson was just 17 when he debuted in the opening round of the

1994 AFL season The 1994 AFL season was the 98th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured fifte ...

. The

Western Jets The Western Jets is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Victorian premier U19 competition, the Talent League, since its inception in 1992. The club have developmental squads in the U16, however much of the attention is towards it ...

recruit made a total of six appearances that year and was also a member of the Essendon team which won the

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. He didn't feature in the 1995 and 1996 seasons and it was not until round 18 of the 1997 season that he got another chance in the seniors. He nominated for the

1997 AFL Draft The 1997 AFL Draft was held at the conclusion of the 1997 Australian Football League (AFL) season. A Pre-season Draft and the second Rookie Draft were held prior to the 1998 season. It is considered to have been one of the most successful draf ...

and was picked up by the

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with the 47th selection. They were hoping he could play as a fullback but he didn't end up playing an AFL game for them.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stevenson, Robert 1976 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Essendon Football Club players Western Jets players Living people