David Calthorpe

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David Calthorpe
Personal information
Date of birth	(1973-08-17) 17 August 1973
Original team	East Keilor
Debut	1992, Essendon v. Hawthorn, at MCG
Height/Weight	179 cms / 94 kgs
Playing career¹
Essendon (1992-98) 92 games, 58 goals Brisbane Lions (1999) 9 games, 2 goals Kangaroos (2000) 13 games, 10 goals Total - 114 Games, 70 Goals
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2000 season.

David Calthorpe (born 17 August 1973) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon, the Brisbane Lions and the Kangaroos in the AFL.

Calthorpe was an on-baller and in his first ever State of Origin game for Victoria won the E. J. Whitten Medal. For the Bombers he played 92 games from his debut in 1992, winning a premiership medal in his second season. He was picked up by Brisbane at pick one in the 1999 Pre-Season Draft but only played 9 games for the club before moving to the Kangaroos in 2000 for what turned out to be his final season of football.

He is best remembered for a superb solo play late in the third quarter of the 1993 AFL Grand Final where he collected the ball from the centre bounce and within 10 seconds had goaled from 55 metres out, effectively killing the game as a contest.

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David Calthorpe's statistics from AFL Tables

v t e Essendon Football Club 1993 AFL Premiers

Essendon 20.13 (133) defeated Carlton 13.11 (89), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Captain: 26. Thompson 1. Harvey 2. Mercuri 3. Salmon 4. Wanganeen 5. Hird 7. Daniher 8. Bewick 10. O'Donnell 11. Hills 13. Long 19. Somerville 21. Wallis 24. Misiti 29. Grenvold 31. Fletcher 32. Watson 38. Denham 47. Olarenshaw 48. Calthorpe

Coach: Sheedy

Persondata
Name	Calthorpe, David
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	17 August 1973
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