Andrew Dunkley

Andrew Dunkley
Personal information
Full name Andrew Dunkley
Date of birth (1968-06-29) 29 June 1968
Height/Weight 192 cm / 100 kg
Position(s) Defender
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1992–2002 Sydney 217 (11)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
1998 Victoria ? (?)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 2002 season.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 1998.

Andrew Dunkley (born 29 June 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer. A highly talented and dangerous defender, he played 217 games for the Sydney Swans between 1992 and 2002.

He represented Victoria in State of Origin in 1998.

Dunkley was a member of the Swans side which played in the 1996 AFL Grand Final but took the field in controversial circumstances. On the Wednesday before the Grand Final, Dunkley was reported on video evidence – which was still relatively uncommon practice at the time – for striking Essendon's James Hird in the previous week's preliminary final. On the Thursday, Sydney successfully obtained an Supreme Court injunction to prevent the case from being heard until after the Grand Final, with the judge ruling that requiring Dunkley to face the tribunal only one day after learning of the charge and two days before the Grand Final would deny him natural justice and deny him the time required to prepare a defence. Consequently, Dunkley was free to play.[1] When Dunkley ultimately faced the tribunal, he was suspended for three weeks.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Russell Coulson; Ron Reed (27 September 1996). "First round goes to Sydney". Herald Sun (Melbourne, VIC). p. 5.
  2. ↑ Al Paton (8 May 2014). "SuperFooty takes a look at the biggest cases to hit the tribunal as Jack Viney prepares for his appeal". Herald Sun. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
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