Byron Schammer

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Byron Schammer
Personal information
Full name	Byron Schammer
Date of Birth	June 21, 1985 (1985-06-21) (age 22)
Place of Birth
Recruited from	West Adelaide Football Club, SANFL
Draft	13th overall, 2002
Height/Weight	175cm / 75kg
Position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Fremantle
Number	3
Playing Career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2003-	Fremantle	93 (27)
¹ Club statistics to end of Round 9, 2008 season
² Representative statistics to end of {{{repstatsend}}} Career highlights AFL Rising Star nominee 2003

Byron Schammer (born June 21, 1985) is an Australian rules footballer with the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League.

[edit] AFL Career

Schammer rose to prominence in 2002 by winning the prestigious Larke Medal for the best player at the National Under 18s Championships. He also captained Australia in an under 17s International Rules Test against Ireland. He was taken by Fremantle later that year with the club's first selection (no. 13 overall) in the National Draft. Playing 17 games in his debut season, including the club's historic first final against Essendon, he quickly announced himself to be a player of the future, and earned a nomination for the Rising Star award.^[1] He backed it up with a strong 2004 season that saw him poll 12 Brownlow Medal votes, despite suffering a shoulder injury mid-year. Having moved into a defensive role in 2006, he played in 24 of Fremantle's 25 games in 2006, before he was missed the first half of the 2007 season due to suffering a burst appendix and a subsequent bowel blockage during his recovery period.^[2]

[edit] External Links

• Byron Schammer profile on the Official AFL Website of the Fremantle Football Club
• Byron Schammer's statistics from AFL Tables

[edit] References

1. ^ Round 13 2003 Footystats Diary
2. ^ Schammer under the knife again; ABC News; 2007-01-22

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