| Courtenay Dempsey | |||
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| Full name | Courtenay Dempsey | ||
| Date of birth | 28 August 1987 | ||
| Original team | Morningside | ||
| Draft | #19, 2005 National Draft, Essendon | ||
| Height/Weight | 185cm / 80 kg | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
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| Current club | Essendon | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2006– | Essendon | 54 (13) | |
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1 Playing statistics to end of Round 4, 2011 season .
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Courtenay Dempsey (born 28 August 1987) is a professional Australian rules footballer for the Essendon Football Club of the Australian Football League.
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Dempsey has Indigenous Australian heritage and his ancestry can be traced to the Kalkadoon, a tribe from Queensland's South/Central West region.[1]
Dempsey began playing football in Cairns, where he played with the Manunda Hawks in the AFL Cairns competition.
He later moved to Brisbane to play with the Kenmore Bears junior football club while also playing for his school Brisbane Boys' College.
After playing senior football at the Morningside Australian Football Club where he was drafted at pick 19 by Essendon in the 2005 AFL draft.
Debuting in 2006, Dempsey impressed with his kicking skills and pace.
In March 2008 Dempsey and his girlfriend, Danielle Kaitu welcomed their first child, daughter Chenae Christine Dempsey.
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