Nathan Lovett-Murray

Nathan Lovett-Murray
Personal information
Full name Nathan Lovett-Murray
Date of birth 18 November 1982 (1982-11-18) (age 29)
Original team Heywood
North Ballarat U18
Collingwood
Bendigo Bombers
Williamstown
Draft #33, 2001 Rookie Draft, Collingwood
#27 2004 Rookie Draft, Essendon
2005 Rookie elevation, Essendon
Height/Weight 190cm / 87kg
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Essendon
Number 42
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2004– Essendon 125 (64)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2005–2009 Indigenous All-Stars
1 Playing statistics to end of 2011 season .

Nathan Lovett-Murray (born 18 November 1982) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Lovett-Murray has played much of his career as a hard-running defender, but can also play in other positions and has been known to push forward. In 2010 he has added to this versatility spending large amounts of time as a tough, ball-winning midfielder.

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Early life

Nathan has Indigenous Australian heritage and his tribal ancestry can be traced to the Wamba-Wamba and Gunditjmara.[1]

He began his football in Victoria playing country football with Heywood and the North Ballarat Rebels.

AFL career

Lovett-Murray was initially rookie listed by Collingwood, playing for the Williamstown Seagulls in the Victorian Football League.

After switching to the Bendigo Bombers, he was rookie listed by Essendon in the 2003 Rookie Draft.

Lovett-Murray was promoted to the senior list early in the 2004 season and played 20 games. He spent the 2005 season on the rookie list again, he was promoted again that season and stayed on the senior list since then.

Personal life

In August 2009, it was reported that Lovett-Murray's home had been raided by police on the 3rd of August. He was charged with possession of a drug of dependency, after the search found a single tablet of ecstasy at his home.[2] However on December the 11th it was reported that the drug charge against him had been dismissed.[3]

Lovett-Murray belongs to a sporting family and is the great-grandson of pastor Sir Douglas Nicholls who played for Fitzroy Football Club. In addition he is the cousin of former Essendon Football Club player Andrew Lovett.

References

  1. ^ AFL Record. Round 9,2009. Slattery Publishing. pg 75.
  2. ^ Jake Niall (4 August 2009). "Lovett-Murray on drugs charge". The Age (Melbourne). http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2009/08/04/1249350539394.html. Retrieved 2009-08-04. 
  3. ^ Kate Jones. "Essendon's Nathan Lovett-Murray escapes conviction after drug charge dismissed". The Herald Sun. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/essendons-nathan-lovett-murray-escapes-conviction-after-drug-charge-dismissed/story-e6frf9jf-1225809375233?from=public_rss. Retrieved 2010-06-08. 

External links

Essendon Football Club – current squad
* denotes Rookie Listed players