Todd Curley
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| Personal information | |
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| Birth | January 14, 1973 , |
| Recruited from | West Perth Football Club |
| Playing career¹ | |
| Debut | Round 15 2000, Collingwood vs. Footscray, at Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| Team(s) | Collingwood (1994)
3 games, 1 goal Western Bulldogs (1996-2001) 115 games, 47 goals |
| Coaching career¹ | |
| Team(s) | West Perth Football Club (2006) |
| ¹ Statistics to end of 2007 season | |
| Career highlights | |
Todd Curley (Born January 14, 1973) is a former Australian Rules Footballer, who played for Collingwood and the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League, and who coached West Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League.
He was drafted in the 1991 AFL Draft, to Collingwood at pick number 41, from West Perth Football Club. He didn't make his AFL debut for Collingwood until 1994, and played just 3 games for them in that season, acquiring 13 disposals and scoring a goal. He was delisted at the end of the season, and nominated for the 1995 national draft, in which he was picked up by the Western Bulldogs at pick number 29 overall.
He had a successful career at the Bulldogs, playing a total of 115 games for them across 6 seasons, including playing all games in 1998, 1999 and missing just the one game in 2000 season. In 2001 there was controversy, when he was banned for 4 matches for making contact with an umpire, after a nightmare year. It was halved on appeal, but his football career never recovered and by the end of the year he was back playing for West Perth (possibly delisted by the bulldogs)[1]. He finished his AFL career with 118 games, and 48 goals.
He continued playing football for West Perth in the Western Australian Football League, and was announced their captain for the 2005 WAFL season, although decided to retire at the end of that season. He played a total of 147 games for West Perth. In December 2005, he was then announced as the new coach for West Perth, after being selected from a strong list of applicants.[2]. In October 2007, at the club’s best and fairest night, it was announced that Todd had signed on for the next two years as head coach [3]
