| Adam McPhee | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Adam McPhee | ||
| Nickname(s) | Smokey Skeletor |
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| Date of birth | 6 October 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Melbourne, Australia | ||
| Original team | Dandenong U18 (TAC Cup) | ||
| Draft | #39, 2000 National Draft, Fremantle Traded for pick #56, 2002 AFL Draft, Essendon #2, 2010 Pre-Season Draft, Fremantle |
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| Height/Weight | 190cm / 89kg | ||
| Position(s) | Forward/Defender | ||
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| Current club | Fremantle | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2001–2002 2003–2009 2010– Total |
Fremantle Essendon Fremantle |
25 (9) 142 (83) 35 (18) 202 (110) |
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| International team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2004 | Australia | 2 (0) | |
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1 Playing statistics to end of 2011 season .
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Adam McPhee (born 6 October 1982) is an Australian rules football football player who plays for the Fremantle Football Club and formerly for the Essendon Football Club. He is a versatile player who has played both as a forward and defender, and recently has also moved into a tagging role, with high profile clashes with Gary Ablett, Jr. and Chris Judd in 2010.[1]
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McPhee was originally recruited by Fremantle, with whom he made his debut in 2001. He was nominated for the AFL Rising Star award that year. To the end of 2002, McPhee played 25 games in total for the Dockers, after which he asked to be traded back to his home state of Victoria. McPhee got his wish when he was traded to the Bombers in a three way deal involving Essendon, Fremantle and Brisbane.
In McPhee's first year at Essendon he played every game and his tough approach earned him the club's "most courageous player" award. However it was in 2004 that McPhee really made his mark as an AFL player. In that year he was selected on the half-back flank in the All Australian Team, won the W.S. Crichton Medal as Essendon's best and fairest player and was Essendon's highest vote getter in the Brownlow Medal.
In 2005, McPhee was restricted to only 14 games through injury and could not repeat his feats of 2004.
On 30 July 2006, McPhee played his 100th senior game at the Telstra Dome. It was capped off with a win over the Brisbane Lions which broke the club's longest streak without a win in its history, when he took a spectacular mark and also kicked a magnificent goal on the run.[2] He missed out on the honour the previous week because of a one match suspension served for striking St Kilda's Robert Harvey in an attempted spoil.
On 25 April 2009, at the Anzac Day match, McPhee celebrated his 150th game with a five point victory over Collingwood.[3]
McPhee married Bree Hately on 13 January 2008[4] and have two sons.
After long discussions about a new contract with the Bombers, McPhee did not sign a new contract with Essendon by the 2.00pm deadline on 10 November 2009 and was expected to nominate to be drafted to another club. As was expected, his former club Fremantle selected him with their selection in the pre-season draft. The possible move to Fremantle had been heavily criticised in some circles, partly as a result of the club's recent history in drafting mature-age recruits, but it has been applauded in other circles as the club gave up virtually nothing to land him.[5] He had an awkward return to Melbourne, playing against former club Essendon, hitting the post twice, dropping marks and kicking out of bounds on the full right in front of Bombers fans who booed him consistently. However, McPhee and his Dockers got the last laugh, winning by 44 points.[6][7]
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| Preceded by James Hird, Scott Lucas |
Essendon Best and Fairest winner 2004 |
Succeeded by Jason Johnson |
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