Andrew Dunkley

Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer

Andrew Dunkley

Personal information
Full name|  Andrew Dunkley
Date of birth|  (1968-06-29) 29 June 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth|  South Gippsland
Original team(s)|  North Launceston (TFL)
Height|  192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight|  100 kg (220 lb)
Position(s)|  Defender
Playing career1
Years|  Club|  Games (Goals)
1992–2002|  Sydney|  217 (11)
Representative team honours
Years|  Team|  Games (Goals)
1998|  Victoria|  ? (?)

1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2002.

2 Representative statistics correct as of 1998.

Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Andrew Dunkley (born 29 June 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer who represented Sydney in the Australian Football League (AFL). He also represented Victoria in State of Origin in 1998.

## AFL career

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Dunkley played most of his career at full-back at a time when champion forwards such as Tony Lockett, Wayne Carey, Tony Modra, Gary Ablett Sr., Jason Dunstall and various others graced the field. He was renowned for his competitiveness as well as his ordinary kicking skills.[1] Dunkley was selected to play for the Swans in the 1996 AFL Grand Final, but took the field in controversial circumstances. On the Wednesday before the Grand Final, Dunkley was reported on video evidence – which was still relatively uncommon practice at the time – for striking Essendon's James Hird in the previous week's preliminary final. On the Thursday, Sydney successfully obtained a Supreme Court injunction to prevent the case from being heard until after the Grand Final, with the judge ruling that requiring Dunkley to face the tribunal only one day after learning of the charge and two days before the Grand Final would deny him natural justice and deny him the time required to prepare a defence. Consequently, Dunkley was free to play.[2] When Dunkley ultimately faced the tribunal, he was suspended for three weeks.[3]

## Post-AFL and personal life

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After finishing his AFL career, Dunkley moved back to Victoria with his family where he played for and coached Leongatha Football Club. He is married to Lisa and has one daughter Lara who plays for the Queensland Firebirds in the Super Netball League, and two sons - Josh who currently plays for the Brisbane Lions in the AFL and Kyle who previously played AFL for the Melbourne Football Club and now plays for Brisbane Lions VFL team (2023).

## References

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1. ^ Lerner, Ronny (22 September 2016). "AFL finals 2016: Western Bulldog Josh Dunkley's secret weapon". The Age.
2. ^ Russell Coulson; Ron Reed (27 September 1996). "First round goes to Sydney". Herald Sun. Melbourne, VIC. p. 5.
3. ^ Al Paton (8 May 2014). "SuperFooty takes a look at the biggest cases to hit the tribunal as Jack Viney prepares for his appeal". Herald Sun. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

* Andrew Dunkley's playing statistics from AFL Tables
* Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

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Victorian team – 1998 State of Origin

* Archer
* Blakey
* Burke
* Campbell
* Colbert
* Dunkley
* Everitt
* Hart
* Hocking
* Johnson
* King
* Knights
* Loewe
* Lloyd
* Lucas
* Mansfield
* McGrath
* Mercuri
* Peckett
* Sholl
* Smith
* Stevens
* Thompson
* White

Coach: Matthews

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1991 AFL national draft

* 1\. John Hutton
* 2\. Marcus Seecamp
* 3\. Darren Kowal
* 4\. Andrew McGovern
* 5\. Jason Norrish
* 6\. Paul Burton
* 7\. Jeremy Guard
* 8\. Michael Symons
* 9\. Stephen O'Reilly
* 10\. Andrew Lamprill
* 11\. Leigh Willison
* 12\. Rob Malone
* 13\. Shane Crawford
* 14\. Fabian Francis
* 15\. Kieran O'Dwyer
* 16\. Daniel Metropolis
* 17\. Anthony Cole
* 18\. Matthew Hogg
* 19\. Phil Gilbert
* 20\. Brett Cook
* 21\. Willie Dick
* 22\. Simon Crawshay
* 23\. Mathew McKay
* 24\. Kane Morphett
* 25\. Steven Davies
* 26\. Ben Herrald
* 27\. Terry Board
* 28\. Cale O'Keefe
* 29\. Matthew Connell
* 30\. Kane Purcell
* 31\. Hayden Kilmartin
* 32\. Micah Berry
* 33\. Paul Morrish
* 34\. Tim Leng
* 35\. Darryl Donald
* 36\. Jason Dullard
* 37\. Ryan O'Connor
* 38\. Jamie Rundle
* 39\. Richard Taylor
* 40\. Nick White
* 41\. Todd Curley
* 42\. Peter Freeman
* 43\. David Strooper
* 44\. Brett Sholl
* 45\. Gary Barrow
* 46\. Bruno Italiano
* 47\. Glenn Manton
* 48\. Kevin Mitchell
* 49\. Todd Hawes
* 50\. Bruce Hando
* 51\. Shaun Brooker
* 52\. Mathew Henderson
* 53\. Alistair Gray
* 54\. Leigh Snooks
* 55\. Glenn Hoffman
* 56\. Andrew Dunkley
* 57\. Anthony McDonald
* 58\. Justin Pickering
* 59\. Greg Turner
* 60\. James Billington
* 61\. Michael Addison
* 62\. Peter Maclean
* 63\. Brendan Bower
* 64\. Chris Barrett
* 65\. Heath Shephard
* 66\. Nick Roney
* 67\. Shane Ellen
* 68\. Mathew Bell
* 69\. Brad Sholl
* 70\. Jon Lister
* 71\. Luke Chambers
* 72\. Michael Shields
* 73\. Cameron Burke
* 74\. Brendan Krummel
* 75\. Travis Edmonds
* 76\. Matt Rendell
* 77\. Jay Burton
* 78\. Mathew Dickson
* 79\. Bevan Smillie
* 80\. Damian Ryan
* 81\. Brendan Barrows
* 82\. Scott Morrison
* 83\. Peter Jacks
* 84\. Alistair Burke
* 85\. John Kennedy
* 86\. Jamie Madigan
* 87\. Sam Jones
* 88\. Aiden Bussell
* 89\. Paul Dimattina

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