Stephen Doyle (footballer)

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Stephen Doyle
Personal information
Date of birth	(1981-07-13) 13 July 1981
Original team	South Adelaide (SANFL)
Debut	Round 20, 22 July 2000, Sydney Swans v. Kangaroos, at SCG
Height/Weight	203 cm / 105 kg
Playing career¹
Sydney Swans (2000–2007) 47 games, 19 goals
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2007 season.
Career highlights
2006 AFL Premiership runner-up

Stephen Doyle (born 13 July 1981) is a South Australian Australian rules football player with the Sydney Swans of the Australian Football League (AFL).

Doyle was selected by the Swans under the father-son rule in the 1999 National Draft, as his father Robert had played 77 games for South Melbourne. The tall ruckman made his debut in 2000, but recurring ankle and knee injuries meant that he did not manage to play more than three games in a row in his first four seasons. He had a relatively injury-free season in 2004, but did not stand out greatly. A knee injury in the first round in 2005 ruled him out of the rest of the Swans' premiership-winning season.

In 2006, following the retirement of premier ruckman Jason Ball, Doyle arrived at the end of the season in working order. Partnering Darren Jolly in the Grand Final, Doyle was the Swans better ruckman in their narrow loss to the West Coast Eagles.

For the 2007 season, the Sydney Swans recruited experienced ruckman Peter Everitt from Hawthorn to partner Darren Jolly, leaving Doyle to play in the reserves.

Doyle retired on 31 October 2007, after playing 47 games.

External links

Sydney Swans site player profile

v t e 1999 AFL National Draft

First round	1. Josh Fraser 2. Paul Hasleby 3. Aaron Fiora 4. Matthew Pavlich 5. Leigh Brown 6. Damian Cupido 7. Danny Roach 8. Joel Corey 9. Caydn Beetham 10. Luke McPharlin 11. Darren Glass 12. Paul Koulouriotis 13. Robert Murphy 14. Travis Gaspar 15. David Spriggs 16. David Haynes 17. Ezra Bray

Second round	18. Rhyce Shaw 19. Brad Green 20. Paul Wheatley 21. Scott Stevens 22. Ezra Poyas 23. Daniel Foster 24. Jason Blake 25. Brett Johnson 26. Stephen Doyle 27. Cain Ackland 28. Brent Guerra 29. Adam Hunter 30. Jonathan Brown (F/S) 31. Paul Chapman 32. Daniel Giansiracusa 33. Tim Clarke 34. Leon Davis

Third round	35. Patrick Wiggins 36. Rhett Biglands 37. Mitch Hahn 38. Cameron Ling 39. Scott Homewood 40. David Hille 41. Kane Munro 42. Michael Clark 43. Lindsay Gilbee 44. Shane Morrison (F/S) 45. Marcus Pickett 46. Adam Butler 47. Corey Enright 48. Chance Bateman 49. Ben Cunningham 50. Matthew Whelan

Fourth round	51. Ricky O'Loughlin 52. Andrew Mills 53. Clayton Lassock 54. Murray Pitts 55. Tim Hazell 56. Ryan O'Keefe 57. Steven Brosnan 58. Patrick Bowden 59. John Barnes 60. Richard Kelly 61. Mark Ainley 62. Ben Johnson 63. Shannon O'Brien 64. Cameron Bruce 65. Justin Cicolella 66. Ryan Hargrave

Fifth round	67. Robert Shirley 68. Tony Delaney 69. Bill Nicholls 70. Brett Allison 72. Robert Forster-Knight 73. Ryan Houlihan 74. Matthew Burton 75. Dale Baynes 77. Lindsay Smith 78. Ty Zantuck 79. Balraj Singh 80. Jeremy Dukes 81. Troy Makepeace 82. Nick Stone

Sixth round	83. Matthew Shir 86. Trent Hotton 87. Christian Woodley 88. Michael Clark 90. Andrew Merrington 92. Adam Mathews 93. Joe Allen

Persondata
Name	Doyle, Stephen
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	13 July 1981
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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