John Gastev

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John Gastev
Personal information
Full name	John Gastev
Date of birth	(1964-08-11) 11 August 1964
Original team	West Perth
Draft	2nd overall, 1989 Pre-season Draft
Height/Weight	177 cm / 76 kg
Position(s)	Midfielder Half-back
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1987–1988 1989–1994 Total	West Coast Brisbane Bears	30 (31) 113 (41) 143 (72)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
	Western Australia
International team honours
1990	Australia	3 (?)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 1994 season. ² State and International statistics correct as of 1990.
Career highlights
Brisbane Bears best and fairest: 1989, 1992

John Gastev (born 11 August 1964) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL/AFL.

A cult figure and "crowd favourite" standing at only 177 cm and weighing just 73 kg, Gastev debuted with the West Coast Eagles in their inaugural season in 1987 after playing for West Perth. After only two seasons and 30 games, Gastev was dumped and joined the Brisbane Bears in 1989.^[1] Gastev’s main roles were as a tagger, though he occasionally played as a forward in his early years. In an upset with over the Sydney Swans early in 1989, Gastev kicked seven goals after half-time, a feat made more remarkable by the fact that he kicked no other goal in the first thirteen rounds of 1989. In this first year at the Bears he won the best and fairest, repeating the feat in 1992.

After 1990, Gastev played chiefly in defence, and his career was ended when he suffered a major hit at the hands of Gary Ablett in a match in 1994 at Kardinia Park. Gastev announced his retirement during the off-season,^[2] despite being only thirty years old.

His other honours include playing for Western Australia in State of Origin.

References

↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2002). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (4th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 223. ISBN 1-74095-001-1.
↑ 1994 Bears

External links

John Gastev's profile on the official website of the West Coast Eagles
John Gastev's statistics from AFL Tables

v t e Club Champion • Brisbane Bears Best and Fairest Winners

1987: Walsh 1988: Withers 1989: Gastev 1990: Bain/Leslie 1991: McLean 1992: Gastev 1993: Leslie 1994: Lambert 1995: Voss 1996: Voss

Persondata
Name	Gastev, John
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	11 August 1964
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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