Alwyn Davey
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| Birth | May 15, 1984 , |
| Recruited from | South Adelaide Football Club (SANFL) |
| Height and weight | 171 cm / 70 kg |
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| Debut | Round 1, April 1, 2007, Essendon vs. Adelaide, at AAMI Stadium |
| Team(s) | Essendon (2007-)
14 games, 15 goals |
| ¹ Statistics to end of R14, 2007 season | |
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Alwyn Davey (born 15 May 1984) is an Indigenous Australian rules footballer who currently plays for the Essendon Football Club of the Australian Football League.
Davey played his junior football in Darwin in the Northern Territory, before moving to Adelaide to play football semi-professionally with South Adelaide in the SANFL.
Davey first attracted the attention of talent scouts after the impressive first and second seasons of his brother Aaron for the Melbourne Demons.
In the 2006 pre-season, Alwyn was invited to train with his brother at the Demons, and many believed that the club would take a chance on him. The Demons already had a crumbing forward in Aaron and many clubs were averse to drafting short players. Furthermore, by the time of the draft, Alwyn had turned 22. Most draftees are taken at just 18, making him considered old for the national draft. Most therefore had picked Alwyn Davey to be taken by Melbourne as with a rookie selection.
Kevin Sheedy had become particularly interested in the progress of Aaron Davey and since the success of Andrew Lovett, fast indigenous players in general. Davey was drafted by the Bombers in the 3rd round of the 2006 AFL Draft.
Alwyn made his AFL debut in the opening round of the 2007 season, making an immediate impression and played in every game until Round 14.
He has featured several times amongst the Bombers' best including an outstanding ANZAC Day match. In his first 5 AFL matches he got an incredible 5 goal of the year nominations including 2 on ANZAC Day.
Davey became known for his explosive speed. He has been known to take 2.75 secs to run from 0-20 metres.[citation needed] This is thought to be the fastest in the league, even more than speedster Chris Judd. From debut, Davey became the shortest player in the AFL.
He quickly earned a cult following at Essendon, gaining the nickname is "Froggy", due to his appearance.
During the round 14 game against Geelong, he suffered a broken arm when crashed into while on the ground by Kane Tennace. The injury forced Davey to miss the rest of the season, and Essendon's form slumped during the period that he was on the sidelines, eventually missing the finals.
At the end of the 2007 AFL season, Alwyn won the AFL Army Award, recognising players who produce act(s) of bravery or selflessness to promote the cause of his team, during a game for his smother and 2nd and 3rd efforts against Hawthorn in round 6. He had 3 of the final 6 nominations in the award.[1]
While running at training after round 4 in 2008, Davey twisted and injured his right knee when changing direction, requiring immediate surgery and making him unavailable for the rest of the season because this would require him to miss between 6 and 12 months. Despite the injury, Davey continued to train but the coach did not risk him.
Both Alwyn and Aaron Davey are cousins of Brownlow medallist Gavin Wanganeen.[2] Alwyn was named after his father.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Davey honoured by Army Award nod.
- ^ a b Flanagan, M., “The Davey pacesetters”, Real Footy, May 9, 2007. Retrieved on May 9, 2007.
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AFL Army Award 2007 |
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