Ryan Crowley
Ryan Crowley | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Ryan Crowley | ||
Date of birth | 5 March 1984 | ||
Original team(s) |
TAC Cup ) | ||
Draft |
No. 55, 2002 national draft No. 39, 2005 rookie draft, Fremantle | ||
Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2003–2015 | Fremantle | 188 (117) | |
2016 | Essendon | 8 (2) | |
Total | 196 (119) | ||
International team honours | |||
Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
2006–2008 |
Australia | 4 | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016. 2 State and international statistics correct as of 2008. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Ryan Crowley (born 5 March 1984) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Football Club and the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played as a midfielder and specialised in a tagging role.
AFL career
Crowley was first drafted by Fremantle in 2002 with selection 55 at the
His debut was notable in that he became only the third Fremantle player to kick three goals on debut (along with
Conversion to a tagger
In 2008, however, he developed into a defensive midfielder or tagger and notoriously played on opposition stars such as
In 2009 Crowley injured his foot in the Round 6 Western Derby[6] and was ruled out for between three months[7] and the entire season.[8] He didn't return to the Fremantle side until the first round of 2010. He played the first 16 games of the season, before injuring his knee against Melbourne, missing the next six games. He returned for Fremantle's two finals, after proving his fitness in a dominant display in the WAFL for Subiaco, kicking seven goals.[9]
He continued to nullify the opponent's best midfielder each week and won the Doig Medal in 2012 as Fremantle's
Suspension for taking banned substance
In March 2015, it was revealed that Crowley had tested positive to a banned substance after Fremantle's Round 17, 2014 match against
Essendon
In January 2016, he signed with Essendon as one of their top-up players due to the supplements saga.[12]
Statistics
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Marks
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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 | ||||
2005 | Fremantle | 15 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 98 | 45 | 143 | 53 | 19 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 8.2 | 3.8 | 11.9 | 4.4 | 1.6 |
2006 | Fremantle | 15 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 179 | 104 | 283 | 103 | 29 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 9.4 | 5.5 | 14.9 | 5.4 | 1.5 |
2007 | Fremantle | 15 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 189 | 130 | 319 | 85 | 44 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 10.0 | 6.8 | 16.8 | 4.5 | 2.3 |
2008 | Fremantle | 15 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 216 | 135 | 351 | 106 | 77 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 9.8 | 6.1 | 16.0 | 4.8 | 3.5 |
2009 | Fremantle | 15 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 47 | 23 | 70 | 23 | 16 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 7.8 | 3.8 | 11.7 | 3.8 | 2.7 |
2010 | Fremantle | 15 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 106 | 133 | 239 | 49 | 75 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 5.9 | 7.4 | 13.3 | 2.7 | 4.2 |
2011 | Fremantle | 15 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 129 | 115 | 244 | 60 | 57 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 6.8 | 6.0 | 12.8 | 3.2 | 3.0 |
2012 | Fremantle | 15 | 24 | 12 | 16 | 208 | 147 | 355 | 78 | 88 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 8.7 | 6.1 | 14.8 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
2013 | Fremantle | 15 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 192 | 178 | 370 | 80 | 74 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 7.7 | 7.1 | 14.8 | 3.2 | 3.0 |
2014 | Fremantle | 15 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 198 | 151 | 349 | 74 | 66 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 8.2 | 6.3 | 14.5 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
2015 | Fremantle | 15 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2016 | Essendon | 51 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 74 | 67 | 141 | 36 | 14 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 9.3 | 8.4 | 17.6 | 4.5 | 1.8 |
Career | 196 | 118 | 88 | 1636 | 1228 | 2864 | 747 | 559 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 8.3 | 6.3 | 14.6 | 3.8 | 2.9 |
References
- ^ 2004 Trading Places
- ^ Dockers bounce back to stun Cats
- ^ Hawks coach defends Pickett's style (18 May 2006)
- ^ Brereton
- ^ Pavlich named top Docker
- ^ Dockers' Crowley faces injury layoff (4 May 2009)
- ^ Harvey looks to youth
- ^ Docker defender Michael Johnson hit for six
- ^ Dockers drop Hasleby for final
- ^ Foreman, Glen (7 October 2012). "Fremantle tagger Ryan Crowley wins first Doig Medal".
- ^ Hagdorn, Kim (9 August 2013). "Opinion: Fremantle tagger Ryan Crowley an All-Australian chance". PerthNow.
- ^ a b King, Travis (19 January 2016). "Top-up time as Crowley joins the Bombers". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ "Dockers' Ryan Crowley provisionally suspended after testing positive to banned substance".
- ^ Samantha Lane (11 June 2015). "Ryan Crowley gets 12-month suspension from AFL anti-doping tribunal". The Age. Melbourne, VIC. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- Bigpond. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ "Ryan Crowley stats". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
External links
- Ryan Crowley's profile on the official website of the Essendon Football Club
- Ryan Crowley's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Ryan Crowley's profile page on the Official WAFL Website