Alan Thorpe (footballer)

Australian rules footballer and media commentator

Australian rules footballer

Alan Thorpe

Personal information
Full name|  Alan Thorpe
Date of birth|  (1968-10-18) 18 October 1968 (age 54)
Original team(s)|  Tatura
Draft|  No. 28, 1991 Mid-Season Draft, Fitzroy
Height|  185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight|  83 kg (183 lb)
Position(s)|  Forward
Playing career1
Years|  Club|  Games (Goals)
1992|  Sydney|  3 (5)
1993–94|  Footscray|  12 (23)

1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1994.

Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Alan Thorpe (born 18 October 1968) is an Australian rules footballer and a media commentator. He played for Sydney Swans and Footscray in the Australian Football League (AFL) and is a panel member on The Marngrook Footy Show.

## Football[edit]

A former under 19s player for Fitzroy, Thorpe was first on the main Fitzroy player list after being picked in the 1991 Mid-Season Draft. While with Fitzroy, he played 32 under 19s and 11 reserves games,[1] but did not make the senior team. He was delisted and went to Tatura in the Goulburn Valley Football League.[2] Thorpe was then selected by Sydney Swans in the 1992 Pre-season Draft and made his senior debut in round 7 against Melbourne.[3] Thorpe played a total of three games in 1992 before returning to Tatura.[2] At the end of that season he went to Oakleigh in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).[4] He played two games with the Footscray reserves team in 1993,[1] and was selected by Footscray in the 1993 Mid-Season Draft. Thorpe played four games for Footscray late in 1993 and eight more games with them in 1994. He played his final game in round 10, 1994 and was delisted at the end of the season.[5] In the 1995 Pre-Season Draft he was picked by Carlton. He played in the pre-season cup,[6] but never played a senior game with them and was delisted at the end of the season.[7]

## Media[edit]

Thorpe is a founding member of The Marngrook Footy Show, which started in the 1990s as a radio show on 3KND and the National Indigenous Radio Service network. In 2007 it moved to a TV show on National Indigenous Television (NITV) and Melbourne's Channel 31,[8] and moved to ABC2 in 2011.[9]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Your Club's Mid-season Selections", The Age, 17 June 1993
2. ^ a b Hinds, Richard (27 February 1994), "The Boom Recruit And Reject Swap Roles", The Age
3. ^ Linnell, Garry (3 May 1992), "Sydney, Demons in draw", Sun Herald
4. ^ Kogoy, Peter (15 August 1993), "Bombers on target", Sun Herald
5. ^ "Trading places – who goes where", The Age, 22 October 1994
6. ^ Hinds, Richard (26 February 1995), "Draft Reject Fires Up The Blues", The Age
7. ^ Connolly, Rohan (3 December 1995), "For Barter Or For Worse", The Age
8. ^ Winkler, Michael (30 August 2007), "New AFL show has fresh perspective", The Age
9. ^ Brady, Nicole (17 March 2011), "The goal posts widen", The Age

## External links[edit]

* Alan Thorpe's playing statistics from AFL Tables

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1991 AFL mid-season draft

* 1. Ashley Byrne
* 2. David Giles
* 3. Ernie Hug
* 4. Fraser Murphy
* 5. Athas Hrysoulakis
* 6. Mark Naley
* 7. Brendan Parker
* 8. Michael Ryan
* 9. Grant Williams
* 10. Stephen Zamykal
* 11. Trevor Spencer
* 12. Jason Briggs
* 13. David McMurray
* 14. Simon Kenny
* 15. David Morrison
* 16. Mark Stockdale
* 17. Dean Strauch
* 18. Shane Fell
* 19. Paul Brown
* 20. Trevor Robinson
* 21. Simon Palmer
* 22. Stephen Wearne
* 24. Steven Handley
* 25. Justin Pascoe
* 26. Rod Saunders
* 27. Peter Bennett
* 28. Alan Thorpe
* 29. Damian Hogan
* 31. David Preston
* 33. Ross Hart
* 34. Dean Smith
* 36. David Ryan
* 37. Daryl Argus
* 39. Shaun Ballans
* 40. Darren Enever
* 42. Tony Lithgow
* 43. Brad Nicholls
* 44. Robert Gilbert

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1992 AFL pre-season draft

* 1\. Ashley Green
* 2\. Gavin Exell
* 3\. Mark McQueen
* 4\. Damien Mellow
* 5\. Mark Athorn
* 6\. Greg Jones
* 7\. Alex Ishchenko
* 8\. Ross Napoli
* 9\. Alan Schwartz
* 10\. Michael Ford
* 11\. Wayne Henwood
* 12\. Tim McGrath
* 13\. Tim Watson
* 14\. Ricky Nixon
* 15\. Jason Jones
* 16\. Danny Sexton
* 17\. David Honybun
* 18\. Alan Thorpe
* 19\. Paul McCormack
* 20\. Mark Majerczak
* 21\. Marty Christensen
* 22\. Ross Johns
* 23\. Paul McMaster
* 24\. Steven Clark
* 25\. Andy Goodwin
* 26\. Garry Phillips
* 27\. David Ogg
* 28\. Ernie Hug, Jr.
* 29\. Darren Bartsch
* 30\. Simon Taylor
* 31\. Brad Gwilliam
* 32\. Allan McKellar
* 33\. Rohan Welsh
* 34\. Paul Satterley
* 35\. Leigh Tudor
* 36\. Paul Docherty
* 37\. Glenn Fitzpatrick
* 38\. Dale Kickett
* 39\. Ben Judd
* 40\. Ben Graham
* 41\. Jason Disney
* 42\. Austin McCrabb
* 43\. Matthew Clarke
* 44\. Simon Dennis
* 45\. Andrew Peck
* 46\. Paul Tuddenham
* 47\. Glenn Page
* 48\. Derek Percival
* 49\. Justin Peckett
* 50\. Cristian O'Brien
* 51\. Campbell Black
* 52\. Adam Jones
* 53\. Phil Krakouer
* 54\. Jeremy Smith
* 55\. Michael Scoon

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1993 AFL mid-season draft

* 1. Matthew Ahmat
* 2. James Theissen
* 3. Anthony Harvey
* 4. Damian Bourke
* 5. Brett Evans
* 6. Tony Lynn
* 7. Alan Thorpe
* 8. Tim Perkins
* 9. John Cunningham
* 10. Danny Dickfos
* 11. Dale Kickett
* 12. Terry Keays
* 14. Simon Luhrs
* 15. Andrew Krakouer
* 16. Aldo Dipetta
* 17. Brad Fox
* 18. Damian Ryan
* 19. Haami Williams
* 20. Russell Evans
* 21. Cristian O'Brien
* 22. Tom Kavanagh
* 23. Danny Morgan
* 24. Kane Batzloff
* 25. James Little
* 26. Brad Read
* 27. Stephan Cochrane
* 28. Anthony McGregor
* 29. Jamie Grant
* 30. Dallas Normington
* 31. Phil Rowston
* 32. Brad Hardie

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1995 AFL pre-season draft

* 1\. Paul Roos
* 2\. Greg Madigan
* 4\. Jason Ramsey
* 5\. Glen Coghlan
* 6\. Ross Lyon
* 7\. Peter Vardy
* 8\. Mark Fraser
* 9\. Stuart Wigney
* 10\. Dermott Brereton
* 11\. Richard Taylor
* 12\. Jose Romero
* 13\. Matt Clape
* 14\. Shaun Smith
* 15\. Keenan Reynolds
* 16\. Derek Hall
* 17\. Paul Peos
* 18\. Anthony Mellington
* 19\. Mark Kennedy
* 20\. Shannon Corcoran
* 21\. Tyson Edwards
* 22\. Tim Darcy
* 23\. Mark McQueen
* 24\. Nick Hider
* 25\. Tony Woods
* 26\. Paul Dimattina
* 27\. Glenn Manton
* 28\. Martin Heppell
* 29\. Glenn Gorman
* 30\. Dean Talbot
* 31\. Jason Spinks
* 32\. Simon Atkins
* 33\. Matthew Banks
* 34\. Ryan Aitken
* 35\. Michael Johnston
* 36\. Alan Thorpe
* 37\. Andrew Nichol

* Comp. Matthew Lloyd
* Comp. Adam Houlihan
* Comp. Steven King
* Comp. Stuart Cochrane
* Comp. Chad Morrison
* Comp. David Cockatoo-Collins
* Comp. David McEwan
* Uncontr. Andrew Wills
* Uncontr. Jason Norrish
* Uncontr. Brendan Krummel
* Uncontr. Todd Ridley
* Uncontr. Peter Mann
* Uncontr. Stephen O'Reilly
* Uncontr. Ben Allan

Comp = compensation pick, Uncontr = uncontracted selection
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