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Sam Michael (footballer)

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Sam Michael
Personal information
Full name Sam Michael
Date of birth (1993-07-05) 5 July 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Original team(s) Redland, (NEAFL)
Draft No. 96, 2012 rookie draft
Height 199 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight 98 kg (216 lb)
Position(s) Defender / Ruckman
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2013–2014 Brisbane Lions 3 (0)
2016 Essendon 2 (0)
Total 5 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016.
Career highlights

Andrew Ireland Medal (2012)

Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Sam Michael (born 5 July 1993) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions and Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early life

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Michael was raised in Cairns and played junior and senior football with the Manunda Hawks in the AFL Cairns competition.[1] Michael relocated to Brisbane to further his prospects of being drafted to the AFL and represented Queensland at under 18 level in 2010.[2]

In 2012, Michael won the Andrew Ireland Medal, for best on ground on the North East Australian Football League (NEAFL) inter-conference Grand Final.

He was recruited by the Brisbane Lions as a Queensland zone selection from the Redland Australian Football Club in the North East Australian Football League (NEAFL) with the 96th selection in the 2012 Rookie Draft.

AFL Career

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He made his AFL debut against Carlton in round 9 of the 2013 AFL season after being upgraded from the rookie list to replace the injured Claye Beams.[3]

In February 2015, Michael was given a short-term contract by Essendon to play in the 2015 NAB Challenge as a "top-up" player, due to 26 Essendon players withdrawing from the NAB Challenge because of the ongoing supplements controversy.[4] In February 2016, he signed a one-year contract with the club as a top-up player for the 2016 season.[5]

Early life

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Sam was born in Brisbane, Australia, and moved to Cairns soon after. He played junior AFL with the Cairns Hawks AFC.

Michael married long-time girlfriend Thea Michael in 2013.

Statistics

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Legend
  G  
Goals
  K  
Kicks
  D  
Disposals 
  T  
Tackles
  B  
Behinds 
  H  
Handballs 
  M  
Marks
H/O
Hit-outs
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T H/O G B K H D M T H/O
2013 Brisbane Lions 46 3 0 0 6 11 17 6 5 18 0.0 0.0 2.0 3.7 5.7 2.0 1.7 6.0
2014 Brisbane Lions 46 0
2016 Essendon 56 2 0 0 9 7 16 7 7 19 0.0 0.0 4.5 3.5 8.0 3.5 3.5 9.5
Career 5 0 0 15 18 33 13 12 37 0.0 0.0 3.0 3.6 6.6 2.6 2.4 7.4

References

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  1. ^ No Far North return for AFL discard — yet from Cairns Post 16 November 2016
  2. ^ Talented Cairns duo rise to next AFL level
  3. ^ Lutton, Phil (24 May 2013). "In-form Lions aim to break a losing habit against Carlton". Brisbane Times.
  4. ^ Twomey, Callum. "'It's the perfect opportunity': Top-up Bomber eyes second chance". afl.com.au. AFL. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  5. ^ King, Travis; Shmook, Nathan (25 February 2016). "Ex-Lion Sam Michael becomes Essendon's final top-up player". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Sam Michael stats". AFL Tables. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
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