Tayte Pears

Tayte Pears
Personal information
Full nameTayte Pears
Date of birth24 March 1990
Original teamEast Fremantle (WAFL)
Draft#23, 2007 National Draft
Height/Weight191 cm / 92 kg
Position(s)Defender
Club information
Current clubEssendon
Number16
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2008–Essendon68 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 2014 season.
Career highlights

Tayte Pears (born 24 March 1990) is a professional Australian rules footballer, currently playing with the Essendon Football Club 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 the end of the 2014 season[3][4]
Season Team # Games G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
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
2013 Essendon 16 11 0 0 111 83 194 65 26 0.0 0.0 10.1 7.6 17.6 5.9 2.4
Career 68 3 3 490 501 991 250 162 0.0 0.0 7.2 7.4 14.6 3.7 2.4
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles

References

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

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