Tyson Stenglein

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**Tyson Stenglein**
Personal Info
Birth	July 16, 1980,
Recruited from	Subiaco (WAFL)
Height/Weight	189cm / 89kg
Playing Career¹
Debut	Round 8, May 16th, 1999, Adelaide Crows vs. West Coast Eagles, at Subiaco Oval
Team(s)	Adelaide Crows (1999-2004, 106 games) West Coast Eagles (2005-, 48 games) 154 games, 45 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 2006 season
Career Highlights
* Premiership player, West Coast, 2006

Tyson Stenglein (born July 16, 1980) is an Australian rules footballer, currently playing for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League.

Stenglein was originally recruited to the AFL by the Adelaide Crows at pick number 29 in the 1998 draft from Subiaco Football Club in the WAFL, and debuted in his first season (1999) against the West Coast Eagles in round eight at Subiaco Oval. Stenglein was highly rated during his time at the Crows, even touted occasionally as a possible future captain, but after 106 games he requested to be transferred back to a club in his home city of Perth at the end of the 2004 season, and was eventually traded to the Eagles.

At the Eagles, Stenglein had an immediate impact, providing some hardness to a class midfield brigade, and almost immediately became a fixture in the team. Stenglein was part of the Eagles' 2005 losing Grand Final team in his first season, a season in which he missed only three games, and this was followed up by playing every game in the 2006 season, including becoming a premiership player when he played in the Eagles' 2006 Grand Final victory.

[edit] Clash with Matt Maguire

During the dying moments of a game against St. Kilda, as the ball was driven into West Coast's defensive 50, Stenglein and his Saints opponent were contesting the ball until Matt Maguire accidentally got in the way. He was also contesting the ball but the collison resulted in a broken leg which ended Maguire's season.