Brent Macaffer
Brent Macaffer | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Brent Macaffer | ||
Date of birth | 29 February 1988 | ||
Place of birth |
Victoria | ||
Original team(s) |
Gippsland Power ( TAC Cup ) | ||
Draft | No. 26, 2007 rookie draft | ||
Debut | Round 5, 2009, Collingwood vs. Essendon, at MCG | ||
Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2009–2016 | Collingwood | 77 (33) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Brent Macaffer (born 29 February 1988) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited in the 2006 AFL draft.[1]
Macaffer is one of a string of players to have been recruited by Collingwood from Gippsland. Despite his small stature, Macaffer led the TAC Cup U/18 goalkicking in 2006, and was named at full forward in the Team of the Year. Macaffer has good pace and can push up the ground to play in different positions.
Macaffer won the Joseph Wren Award for Best Collingwood
Macaffer switched his guernsey to number three at the end of the 2012 season as tribute to his late friend and former team mate
In the 2013 AFL season Macaffer was utilised as more of a tagger/inside mid, a notable performance was keeping St Kilda star
On 22 August 2016, he announced he would retire at the end of the season, along with 2010 premiership team-mate Alan Toovey.[3][4] Macaffer was awarded for his consistent season at VFL level with the Joseph Wren Memorial Trophy[5] and for his clubmanship with the Darren Millane Award.[6]
In 2018 Brent played for
On 13 February 2019 Brent was honoured by being awarded Collingwood life membership.[9]
Statistics
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Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
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G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
2009 | Collingwood | 30 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 28 | 59 | 19 | 23 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 6.2 | 5.6 | 11.8 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
2010 | Collingwood | 30 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 173 | 149 | 322 | 88 | 98 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 8.2 | 7.1 | 15.3 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
2011 | Collingwood | 30 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 16 | 47 | 14 | 9 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 7.8 | 4.0 | 11.8 | 3.5 | 2.3 |
2012 | Collingwood | 30 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2013 | Collingwood | 3 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 201 | 106 | 307 | 99 | 85 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 9.1 | 4.8 | 14.0 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
2014 | Collingwood | 3 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 176 | 108 | 284 | 80 | 86 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 8.4 | 5.1 | 13.5 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
2015 | Collingwood | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2016 | Collingwood | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 4 | 15 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 8.3 | 1.0 | 3.8 |
Career | 77 | 33 | 29 | 629 | 423 | 1052 | 304 | 316 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 8.2 | 5.5 | 13.7 | 4.0 | 4.1 |
References
- ^ Hogan, Jesse (1 October 2010). "Macaffer's expanded role gives him extra credits". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
- ^ "Swan takes Pies' B&F - AFL.com.au". Australian Football League. 3 October 2008. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
- BigPond.
- ^ "Collingwood 2010 premiership heroes Macaffer, Toovey retire". The Age. Fairfax Media. 22 August 2016.
- BigPond. Archived from the originalon 8 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
- BigPond. Archived from the originalon 8 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
- ^ Michell, Tim (3 October 2017). "Eltham signs Collingwood premiership player Brent Macaffer". Herald Sun.
- ^ "A Grade Best & Fairest History". Eltham. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ Olle, Sarah (13 February 2019). "Travis Cloke, Brent Macaffer honoured with Collingwood life membership". Fox Sports.
- ^ "Brent Macaffer". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
External links
- Brent Macaffer's profile on the official website of the Collingwood Football Club
- Brent Macaffer's playing statistics from AFL Tables