Christian Howard (Australian footballer)

Christian Howard
Personal information
Full name	Christian Howard
Date of birth	19 March 1991 (1991-03-19) (age 20)
Original team	Sacred Heart College/Glenelg Football Club
Draft	2009: #15 (Western Bulldogs)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Western Bulldogs
Number	30
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2011–	Western Bulldogs	6 (1)
¹ Playing statistics to end of 2011 season .

Christian Howard (born 19 March 1991) is an Australian rules footballer who currently plays with the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League.

Originally from Adelaide, South Australia, Howard was drafted to the Bulldogs from the Glenelg Football Club in the SANFL with their first selection, the 15th overall in the 2009 AFL Draft. Howard was a surprise selection for the Bulldogs in the draft, with many predicting he would not be drafted until at least the third round.^[1]

Seen as a potential long term replacement for Lindsay Gilbee, Howard missed a large part of his first season with a hip injury^[2] and could not force his way into the senior lineup. Howard made his senior debut for the Western Bulldogs in round 10 on Sunday, 29 May 2011, he played well picking up 11 possessions in the sides 29 point loss to hawthorn.

References

Western Bulldogs – current squad

1 Grant
2 Murphy
3 Wallis
4 Cross
5 Boyd (c)
7 Higgins
8 Veszpremi
9 Gilbee
10 Wood
11 Sherman
12 Williams
13 Giansiracusa
14 Smith
15 Tutt
16 Griffen
17 Cooney
19 Jones
20 Pearce
21 Liberatore
22 Addison
23 Roughead
25 Hargrave
26 Skinner
27 Minson
29 Dickson
30 Howard
31 Mulligan
32 Talia
33 Djerrkura
35 Hill
36 Lake
37 Markovic
38 Morris
39 Johannissen*
40 Dahlhaus
41 Hooper
42 Picken
44 Moles
48 Panos
49 Cordy
tbd Roberts
tbd Austin*
tbd Campbell*
tbd Greenwood*
tbd Jong*
tbd Redpath*

Coach: McCartney

* denotes Rookie Listed players

2009 AFL Draft

First round	Tom Scully (Priority Pick) • Jack Trengove • Dustin Martin • Anthony Morabito • Ben Cunnington • Gary Rohan • Brad Sheppard • John Butcher • Andrew Moore • Jake Melksham • Kane Lucas • Jordan Gysberts • Daniel Talia • Lewis Jetta • Christian Howard • Jasper Pittard • Daniel Menzel

Second round	Luke Tapscott • Ben Griffiths • Nathan Fyfe • Ryan Bastinac • Gerrick Weedon • Koby Stevens • Jake Carlisle • Aaron Black • Travis Colyer • Callum Bartlett • Mitch Duncan • Jack Gunston • Luke Ball • Jason Tutt • Nicholas Winmar • Anthony Long

Third round	Max Gawn • David Astbury • Joel Houghton • Jamie Macmillan • Sam Reid • Sam Grimley • Allen Christensen • Ayden Kennedy • Nathan Vardy • Marcus Davies • Matt Dea • Sam Shaw • Ben Stratton • Ryan Harwood • Jesse Crichton • Dylan Roberton

Fourth round	Jack Fitzpatrick • Troy Taylor • Justin Bollenhagen • Brayden Norris • Byron Sumner • Trent Dennis-Lane • Josh Cowan • Jordan Williams • Rhan Hooper • Rohan Kerr • Jesse W. Smith • James Craig • Ben Sinclair • Lukas Markovic • Adam Pattison • Jeremy Laidler (PR)

Fifth round	Jeromey Webberley • Taylor Duryea • Matt Suckling (PR) • Ben Nason • Sam Jacobs (PR) • Jesse O'Brien • Brodie Martin (PR) • Josh Thomas • Shane Thorne • Will Johnson

Sixth round	Greg Broughton (PR) • Cruize Garlett (PR) • Daniel Stewart (PR) • Aaron Joseph (PR) • Bryce Retzlaff (PR) • Simon Buckley • Liam Picken (PR) • Zac Dawson (PR) • Wade Thompson (PR)

Seventh round	Robin Nahas (PR) • Kristin Thornton (PR) • Matt Maguire • James Mulligan (PR) • Luke Miles (PR)

Eighth round	Andrew Browne (PR) • Pearce Hanley (PR)

PR = Promoted Rookie

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Name	Howard, Christian
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Date of birth	19 March 1991
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