Tayte Pears

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Tayte Pears
Personal information
Full name	Tayte Pears
Date of birth	(1990-03-24) 24 March 1990
Place of birth	Manjimup, Western Australia
Original team	East Perth (WAFL)
Draft	#23, 2007 National Draft
Height/Weight	192 cm / 92 kg
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current club	Essendon
Number	16
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2008–	Essendon	68 (3)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2013 season.
Career highlights
2009 AFL Rising Star nominee

Tayte Pears (born 24 March 1990) is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for Essendon in the Australian Football League.

AFL Career

He played his first game in 2008, he played as a forward in his early days and eventually played centre-half back at the age of 16.^[1] He played the role of a key position defender in his second season, taking on big dominant forwards such as Daniel Bradshaw, Jarryd Roughead and Justin Koschitzke. Pears was eventually nominated for the AFL Rising Star award while playing on Brendan Fevola^[2]

Off-season surgery on a foot fracture that set back his return to senior football saw Pears’ bad run with injury continue in 2011. He played his first game of the year against North Melbourne in Round 13 and was looking more comfortable before breaking his lower leg and then straining a hamstring in the elimination final.

Statistics

Statistics are correct to end of 2012 season.^[3]^[4]

Season	Team	#	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
Season	Team	#	Totals								Averages (per game)
2008	Essendon	16	5	2	1	25	25	50	15	9	0.4	0.2	5.0	5.0	10.0	3.0	1.8
2009	Essendon	16	23	1	1	156	192	348	72	47	0.0	0.0	6.8	8.4	15.1	3.1	2.0
2010	Essendon	16	10	0	1	91	72	163	52	29	0.0	0.0	9.1	7.2	16.3	5.2	2.9
2011	Essendon	16	9	0	0	54	58	112	22	24	0.0	0.0	6.0	6.4	12.4	2.4	2.7
2012	Essendon	16	10	0	0	53	71	124	24	27	0.0	0.0	5.3	7.1	12.4	2.4	2.7
Career			57	3	3	379	418	797	185	136	0.1	0.1	6.6	7.3	14.0	3.2	2.4

Legend
G	Goals	B	Behinds	K	Kicks	H	Handballs	D	Disposals	M	Marks	T	Tackles

References

↑ Pears bears the fruit of his hard work Essendon Football Club
↑ NAB AFL rising star: Rd13, AFL website
↑ "Tayte Pears statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
↑ "Tayte Pears of the Essendon Bombers Career AFL Stats". footywire.com. Retrieved 23 September 2012.

External links

Tayte Pears's profile on the official website of the Essendon Football Club
Tayte Pears's statistics from AFL Tables

Essendon Football Club – current squad

1 Hibberd
2 Bellchambers
3 Chapman
4 Watson (c)
5 Stanton
6 Daniher
7 Jetta
8 Winderlich
9 Goddard
10 O'Brien
11 Zaharakis
12 Baguley
14 Ashby
15 Dempsey
16 Pears
17 Melksham
18 Hurley
19 Edwards
20 J. Merrett
21 Heppell
22 Carlisle
23 Myers
24 Browne
25 Steinberg*
26 Hooker
27 Z. Merrett
28 Kavanagh
29 Dell'Olio*
30 Ryder
31 Fletcher
32 Colyer
33 Van Unen
34 Hardingham
35 Gleeson
36 Dalgleish
37 Gregory
38 Kommer
39 Hocking
40 Howlett
41 Hams
43 Aylett
44 Thurlow*
45 Rayner*
46 Fantasia
47 Ambrose*

Coach: Thompson

* denotes Rookie Listed players

v t e 2009 AFL Rising Star nominees

Rd 1: Rich Rd 2: Zaharakis Rd 3: Dangerfield Rd 4: Barham Rd 5: Moss Rd 6: Hill Rd 7: Ziebell Rd 8: Geary Rd 9: Otten Rd 10: Walker Rd 11: Dick Rd 12: Joseph Rd 13: Pears Rd 14: Grimes Rd 15: Jurrah Rd 16: Masten Rd 17: Beams Rd 18: Ward Rd 19: Brown Rd 20: Hurley Rd 21: Suban Rd 22: White

v t e 2007 AFL National Draft

First round	1. Matthew Kreuzer 2. Trent Cotchin 3. Chris Masten 4. Cale Morton 5. Jarrad Grant 6. David Myers 7. Rhys Palmer 8. Lachie Henderson 9. Ben McEvoy 10. Patrick Dangerfield 11. Patrick Veszpremi 12. Cyril Rioli 13. Brad Ebert 14. Jack Grimes 15. Robbie Tarrant 16. Matthew Lobbe 17. Harry Taylor 18. Alex Rance (PP)

Second round	19. Callan Ward 20. Tony Notte 21. Addam Maric 22. Scott Selwood 23. Tayte Pears 24. Clayton Hinkley 25. Tom Collier 26. Brett Meredith 27. Andy Otten 28. Marlon Motlop 29. Brendan Whitecross 30. Jarrhan Jacky 31. John McCarthy 32. Levi Greenwood 33. Matthew Westhoff 34. Dawson Simpson

Third round	35. Sam Reid 36. Steven Browne 37. Scott Thompson 38. Myke Cook 39. Darcy Daniher (F/S) 40. Chris Mayne 41. James Polkinghorne 42. Jack Steven 43. Easton Wood 44. Scott Simpson 45. Stuart Dew 46. Dennis Armfield 47. Toby Thoolen 48. Jarrad Boumann 49. Mitch Farmer 50. Dan McKenna

Fourth round	51. Dean Putt 52. Bradd Dalziell 53. Kyle Cheney 54. Cale Hooker 55. Mark Johnson 56. Matt Austin 57. Fraser Gehrig 58. Tony Armstrong 59. Craig Bird 60. Adam Donohue (F/S) 61. Jaxson Barham (F/S) 62. Josh Smith 63. Guy O'Keefe

Fifth round	66. Tom McNamara 69. Kepler Bradley 70. Eljay Connors 71. Aaron Kite 72. Blake Grima

Sixth round	75. Taylor Walker (NSWSP)

Persondata
Name	Pears, Tayte
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	24 March 1990
Place of birth	Manjimup, Western Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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