Michael Stevens (footballer)

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Michael Stevens
Personal information
Full name	Michael Stevens
Date of birth	(1980-11-07) 7 November 1980
Original team	Murray Bushrangers
Draft	5th overall, 1998 AFL Draft
Height/Weight	179 cm / 80 kg
Position(s)	Wingman
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1999-2000,02 2003-2005 Total -	Port Adelaide Kangaroos	17 (3) 44 (16) 61 (19)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2005 season.

Michael Stevens (born 7 November 1980) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Port Adelaide and the Kangaroos in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Stevens was a member the Murray Bushrangers inaugural TAC Cup premiership in 1998 and was voted 'Best on Ground' in the Grand Final victory over the Geelong Falcons. On the back of his performances at Under-18 level, Stevens was the fifth player picked in the 1998 AFL Draft. A wingman, he was unable to hold onto a spot in the Port Adelaide team although he did participate in their 2002 Wizard Cup triumph.

He joined his elder brother Anthony Stevens at the Kangaroos in 2003, after being traded for Stuart Cochrane. Stevens was a regular in the side throughout 2004 and missed just two games, polling his first and only Brownlow Medal votes when he was awarded three for a performance against Carlton. The following season he appeared in 19 of a possible 22 home and away matches and also took part in their Elimination Final loss to his old club, Port Adelaide.

In 2008, Stevens played for the Benella Football Club in the Golburn Valley Football League. Stevens now plays for Yarrawonga in the Ovens and Murray Football League in 2009.

References

Michael Stevens's statistics from AFL Tables
Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

v t e 1998 AFL National Draft

First round	1. Des Headland 2. Justin Longmuir 3. Nic Fosdike 4. Ryan Fitzgerald 5. Michael Stevens 6. Murray Vance 7. Josh Carr 8. Jude Bolton 9. Mark McVeigh 10. Brandon Hill 11. Lenny Hayes 12. Adam Ramanauskas 13. Chris Lamb 14. Luke Penny 15. Brady Rawlings 16. Brett Burton

Second round	17. Peter Street 18. Daniel Schell 19. Nick Davis 20. Michael Collica 21. David Clarke 22. James Begley 23. Chris Ladhams 24. David Wojcinski 25. Aaron Henneman 26. Michael O'Brien 27. Steven Baker 28. Heath James 29. Tyson Stenglein 30. Nicky Winmar 31. Gary Dhurrkay 32. David Gallagher

Third round	33. Craig Bolton 34. Bryan Beinke 35. Brad Oborne 36. Danny Jacobs 37. Adam Morgan 38. Brendan Fevola 39. Toby Thurstans 40. James White 41. Craig Jacotine 43. Damien Ryan 44. Heath Scotland 45. Aaron Shattock 46. Jay Solomon 47. Nicolas Lowther 48. Lucas Herbert

Fourth round	49. Garth Taylor 50. Damien Adkins 51. David Loats 52. Ryan O'Connor 53. Troy Schwarze 54. Derek Murray 55. Marc Dragicevic 56. Ilija Grgic 57. Andrew Embley 58. Ian Prendergast 59. Dwayne Simpson 60. Luke Speers 61. Ricky Symes 62. Tim van der Klooster 63. Clint Kirey

Fifth round	64. Andrew Shipp 65. Lee Walker 66. Steven Rode 67. Brett Backwell 68. Matthew Greig 69. Scott Bennett 70. Kurt Heazlewood 71. Simon Feast 72. Luke Taylor 73. Christin Macri 74. Adam Lange 75. Ken McGregor

Sixth round	76. Rupert Betheras 77. Adrian Cox 79. Ray Hall 80. Brodie Atkinson 81. Jacob Anstey 85. Shannon Motlop

Seventh round	86. Kris Barlow 89. Joel Duckworth 90. Shane Clayton

Persondata
Name	Stevens, Michael
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	7 November 1980
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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