Sam Butler

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Sam Butler
Personal information
Full name	Sam Butler
Date of birth	(1986-01-14) 14 January 1986
Original team	Central District (SANFL)
Draft	#20, 2003 National Draft, West Coast
Height/Weight	187cm / 82kg
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current club	West Coast
Number	26
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2004–	West Coast	108 (13)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2013 season.
Career highlights
West Coast premiership player 2006

Sam Butler (born 14 January 1986) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He is a member of the West Coast Eagles team who won the 2006 AFL Premiership.

Originally from the South Gawler Football Club, he was recruited as the number 20 draft pick in the 2003 AFL Draft from Central District as a silky skilled, smooth moving inside midfielder - very similar attributes to St Kilda midfielder, Lenny Hayes.

Sam made his debut for the West Coast Eagles in Round 10, 2004 against Richmond, gathering 14 disposals, 5 marks and 1 goal in a 37 point win to the Eagles. He went on to play 12 games that season, including a losing elimination final against Sydney.

In 2005, he played 14 games for the club including the losing grand final against Sydney.

2006 was a much more successful seasons for Sam. He played his first game of the season in round 13 against the Western Bulldogs, picking up 22 disposals and 6 marks. He notched up a further 13 games (14 games in total for the season) and having a superb 2006 final series, in particular his performances against the Western Bulldogs in the semi final (30 disposal, 3 marks, 6 tackles) Adelaide in the preliminary final (22 disposals, 6 marks, 1 goal), as well as being part of the 2006 premiership winning team over Sydney.

In 2007, he struggled with a persistent groin injury (osteitis pubis) and was restricted in the games he played, not playing any AFL games and only playing a handful of WAFL and WAFL reserve games for Perth.

He has had a slow start to season 2008, having a modified pre-season training program due to his nagging groin injuries and played 5 games for his WAFL side Perth, playing 2 reserves games and 3 senior games. He was given a week off before making his return to the Eagles senior side against Sydney in Round 11.

External links

Sam Butler's profile on the official website of the West Coast Eagles
Sam Butler's statistics from AFL Tables

West Coast Eagles – current squad

1 Brown
2 LeCras
3 Gaff
4 Sheed
5 Sheppard
6 Yeo
7 Masten
8 Waters
9 Naitanui
10 Selwood (vc)
11 Priddis
12 Wellingham
13 Shuey
14 Brennan
15 Cripps
16 Mackenzie
17 Kennedy (vc)
18 Ellis
19 Carter
20 Cox
21 Colledge
22 Sinclair*
23 Glass (c)
24 Rosa
25 Hurn
26 Butler
27 Darling
28 Smith
29 Lycett
30 Wilson
31 Schofield
32 Tunbridge
33 Hill
34 Hutchings
35 McGinnity
36 McInnes
37 Barrass
38 Newman*
39 Karpany
40 Main
41 Maginness*
42 McGovern
43 Powell*
44 Bennell

Coach: Simpson

*rookie-listed player

v t e West Coast Eagles 2006 AFL Premiers

West Coast Eagles 12.13 (85) defeated Sydney Swans 12.12 (84), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Captain: 3. Judd 4. Kerr 5. Stenglein 6. Banfield 7. Fletcher 8. Waters 9. Cousins 10. Braun 14. Seaby 17. Chick 18. R. Jones 20. Cox 21. Lynch 23. Glass 26. Butler 29. Hansen 32. Embley 35. Armstrong 37. Selwood 38. B. Jones 39. Hunter 44. Wirrpanda

Coach: Worsfold

v t e 2004 AFL Rising Star nominees

Rd 1: Davey Rd 2: Firrito Rd 3: Rivers Rd 4: Bevan Rd 5: Walker Rd 6: Tenace Rd 7: Staker Rd 8: Mackie Rd 9: Richards Rd 10: Moloney Rd 11: Ebert Rd 12: Hadley Rd 13: Norman Rd 14: Schulz Rd 15: Seaby Rd 16: Reilly Rd 17: Butler Rd 18: Waters Rd 19: Cross Rd 20: Stanton Rd 21: Cooney Rd 22: Hartigan

v t e 2003 AFL National Draft

First round	1. Adam Cooney (PP) 2. Andrew Walker (PP) 3. Colin Sylvia (PP) 4. Farren Ray 5. Brock McLean 6. Kepler Bradley 7. Kane Tenace 8. Raphael Clarke 9. David Trotter 10. Ryley Dunn 11. Beau Waters 12. Ryan Murphy 13. Brent Stanton 14. Fergus Watts 15. Troy Chaplin 16. Josh Willoughby 17. Billy Morrison 18. Llane Spaanderman

Second round	19. David Mundy 20. Sam Butler 21. Alex Gilmour 22. Cameron Thurley 23. Matthew Moody 24. Chad Jones 25. Harry Miller 26. Daniel McConnell 27. Adam Campbell 28. Jay Nash 29. Tim Schmidt 30. Brad Symes 31. Joshua Krueger 32. Brayden Shaw (F/S) 33. Jed Adcock

Third round	34. Luke Peel 35. Brent Hall 36. Chris Johnson (F/S) 37. Tom Roach (F/S) 38. Mark Blake (F/S) 39. Robert Forster-Knight 40. Eddie Sansbury 41. Zac Dawson 42. Matthew Spencer 43. Brett Peake (F/S) 44. Ricky Dyson 45. Amon Buchanan 46. Michael Pettigrew 47. Andrew Erikson 48. Heath Shaw (F/S) 49. Tom Logan

Fourth round	50. Izaac Tomson 51. Matthew Ball 53. Daniel Jackson 55. Sam Fisher 56. Brent LeCras 57. Ricky Mott 58. Ben Hudson 59. Matthew Davis 60. Julian Rowe 61. Michael Rischitelli

Fifth round	63. Glen Bowyer 64. Shane Morrison 65. Craig Callaghan

Sixth round	69. Jordan Bannister 70. Brent Hartigan

Seventh round	72. Adrian Deluca 73. Shane Tuck

Eighth round	75. Stephen Kenna 76. Andrew Raines

Ninth round	79. Simon Fletcher

Tenth round	81. Kyle Archibald

Persondata
Name	Butler, Sam
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	14 January 1986
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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