Paul Sharkey

Paul Sharkey
Personal information
Full name	Paul Sharkey
Date of birth	8 June 1974 (1974-06-08) (age 37)
Original team	Catholic College Bendigo
Draft	22nd, 1990 AFL Draft
Height/Weight	190 cm / 92 kg
Position(s)	Defender
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1994–1997	Collingwood	26 (4)
¹ Playing statistics to end of 1997 season .

Paul Sharkey (born 8 June 1974) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the 1990s.

Sharkey was only 16 when he came to Collingwood from Bendigo, after being secured with the 22nd pick of the 1990 AFL Draft. He didn't make his league debut until 1994 and made ten appearances in total for the season, including a qualifying final against West Coast.^[1] A tall defender,^[2] he played just once in 1995 but added another ten games in 1996.

He was traded to Hawthorn Football Club prior to the 1998 season, in exchange for Shannon Gibson. Sharkey however wouldn't play another AFL game and saw out the decade at the Bendigo Bombers.

References

^ "Paul Sharkey". AFL Tables. http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/P/Paul_Sharkey.html.
^ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.

1990 AFL Draft

1. Stephen Hooper • 2. James Cook • 3. David Donato • 4. Jason McCartney • 5. Stewart Devlin • 6. Allen Jakovich • 7. Damian Hampson • 8. Paul Gow • 9. Matt Clape • 10. David Ogg • 11. Danny Sexton • 12. Shane Porter • 13. Todd Ridley • 14. Andrew Hamer • 15. Andrew Harrison • 16. Todd Menegola • 17. Brendan Hehir • 18. Dan Miller • 19. Gary Merritt • 20. Robbie West • 21. Richard Ambrose • 22. Paul Sharkey • 23. Ben Thomas • 24. John Fidge • 25. Peter Worsfold • 26. Dale Hall • 27. Brad Davis • 28. Chris Smith • 29. Byron Donnellan • 30. Matthew Young • 31. Nick Faull • 32. Matthew Moylan • 33. Matthew Kelly • 34. Brad Read • 35. Stuart Anderson • 36. Matthew Burton • 37. Glen Hoffman • 38. Grant McFarlane • 39. Nigel Palfreyman • 40. Mark Collins • 41. Mark Jenkinson • 42. Mark McQueen • 43. Glen Thomlinson • 44. Scott Crow • 45. Craig Jennings • 46. Brian McInnes • 47. Luke Chambers • 48. Willie Rioli • 49. Nick Daffy • 50. Craig Ellis • 51. Jarrod Carter • 52. Brendon Retzlaff • 53. Stephen Pears • 54. Brian Stanislaus • 55. Steven Byers • 56. Matthew Clarke • 57. Chris Barzon • 58. Adrian Goldup • 59. Cameron James • 60. Rodney Harvey • 61. Michael Scoon • 62. Ben Herrald • 63. Fabian Francis • 64. Derek Hall • 65. Stephen Fry • 66. Bowden Hamilton • 67. David Griffin • 68. Peter Whyte • 69. Gavin Cooney • 70. Stuart Johnstone • 71. Dennis Ryan • 72. Brian Wilson • 73. Anthony McDonald • 74. Paul Campbell • 75. Robert Panozza • 76. Robert Bowden • 77. Niall Buckley • 78. Dean Harding • 79. James Hird • 80. Scott O'Donohue • 81. Luan Morley • 82. Leigh Campbell • 83. Mark Williams • 84. John Peter-Budge • 85. Brad Dowling • 86. Sam Jones • 87. Danny Morgan • 88. Peter Jacks • 89. Simon Wood • 90. Adam Ahern • 91. Adam Rudd • 92. Jamie Shanahan • 93. Adam Houlihan • 94. Chris Ryan

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