Will Sierakowski (born 26 July 1990) 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). He was traded, in exchange for draft pick No. 58, from the

Hawthorn Football Club The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Mulgrave, Victoria, that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club was founded in 1902 in the inner-east suburb of Hawth ...

in the 2011 Trade Week after being on the rookie list for three years, but not making his AFL debut. He is the nephew of former premiership player

Brian Sierakowski Brian Cosmas Sierakowski (born 1 November 1945) is a lawyer and former Australian rules footballer. Family His son, David Sierakowski, also played for St Kilda and the West Coast Eagles in the AFL and his nephew, Will Sierakowski, played for ...

and the cousin of former and St Kilda's

David Sierakowski David Sierakowski (born 29 December 1974) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He was recruited to the Saints in the 1992 AFL Draft under the father–son rule. He spent the whole of 1993 season in the res ...

. In Round 6 of the

2013 AFL season The 2013 AFL season was the 117th 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 eig ...

Sierakowski made his AFL debut for North Melbourne against Port Adelaide. He was delisted at the end of 2013 after playing seven games that season. After leaving , Sierakowski returned to his home state of

New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...

and played for the

Sydney University Football Club The Sydney University Football Club, founded in 1863, is the oldest club now playing rugby union in Australia, although this date is disputed by historian Tom Hickie who argues that it was 1865. Sydney Uni was a member of the inaugural Sydney ...

in the NEAFL.

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* * Living people 1990 births Box Hill Football Club players Australian rules footballers from New South Wales North Melbourne Football Club players Werribee Football Club players Sydney University Australian National Football Club players Australian people of Polish descent People educated at Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview 21st-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1990s-stub