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Andrew Embley
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| Statistics |
Career Snapshot |
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DOB:
27th Jun 1981 |
Career
Games |
250 |
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Debut:
1999 |
Career Goals |
216 |
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From:
Trinity / Swan Districts |
West Coast
Games |
250 |
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Height:
190 cm |
Weight:
87 kg |
West Coast
Goals |
216 |
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| Player Information |
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Andrew Embley is a versatile and dynamic tall wingman-cum-forward who is one of the Eagles most valuable players. Other clubs find it hard to match both Embley's speed and height, and these combined with exceptional skills make him a very dangerous player.
Early in his career, Embley struggled with discipline off the field and form on it, but a watershed season in 2003 saw him move from a fringe player to a key part of the Eagles lineup. In the seasons following, Embley has started the season well, only to succumb to injury later in the season and struggle to return to the side.
The 2005 season saw Embley out of the side hurt just as he was hitting his best form, and while he returned for the finals, and made a contribution, the Eagles would have hoped dynamic utility can play out an entire season injury free.
Promisingly, Embley managed a personal best of 23 games for the season in 2006, culminating in winning the Norm Smith Medal for best on ground in the Grand Final victory; his form for most of the season was for the most part pretty good. After then Embley was a core part of the team apart from injury plagued seasons in 2007 and 2012; though the nature of his return from injury late in 2012 suggested that he was not quite done yet.
Injury though again broke his 2013 season, at the end of which he called time on his impressive career, bowing out in his 250th game for the club. |
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| Career Honours |
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1998: Drafted, Pick 57.
2000: AFL Rising Star Nominee.
2002: 50th AFL game.
2004: International Rules Series.
2005: 100th AFL game.
2005: AFL Grand Final Team Member.
2005: West Coast Eagles Best Clubman.
2006-07: West Coast Eagles Vice Captain.
2006: AFL Premiership Player.
2006: Norm Smith Medallist.
2008: 150th AFL game and West Coast Eagles Life Membership.
2010: 200th AFL game.
2013: 250th AFL game |
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| Career Statistics
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| A lot
of thanks are due to other people for the stats on this
page. For all games from 1993-2002, thanks to Paul
at AFL Stats http://stats.rleague.com/afl/afl_index.html.
For the 1987-1992 stats, much thanks to carneagles
for providing me a copy of the stats created for corkintheocean,
probably the best footy blog out there. Go read it! |
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