Andrew Obst

Andrew Obst
Personal information
Full name	Andrew Obst
Date of birth	(1964-08-19) 19 August 1964
Original team(s)	Port Adelaide (SANFL)
Draft	37th overall, 1987 National Draft
Height/Weight	184 cm / 82 kg
Position(s)	Midfielder
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1990–1997	Melbourne	149 (60)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 1997 season.

Andrew Obst (born 19 August 1964) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Australian Football League (AFL) and Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

Obst started his career in the South Australian Amateur Football League, representing the Australian Amateurs team at the 1988 Adelaide Bicentennial Carnival, before playing for Port Adelaide. He was drafted to Melbourne with pick 37 in the 1987 VFL Draft but did not move to Melbourne until the 1990 AFL season. An on-baller, Obst was also used as a centreman and tagger. He took part in seven finals matches while at Melbourne and was a member of Port Adelaide's 1999 premiership team.

Obst came from a famous Port Adelaide family; his grandfather Ken, father Peter and uncle Trevor all played with distinction for Port Adelaide.^[1]

Sources

↑ Rucci, Michelangelo (29 May 2009). "Father-son rule misses mark for Williams". AdelaideNow. News Limited. Retrieved 5 May 2012.

References

Andrew Obst's statistics from AFL Tables
Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

South Australian team – 1992 State of Origin

Anderson Bickley Bradley Carey Champion Francis Hall Hynes Jarman Kappler Kernahan Leslie Maynard McDermott (c) Modra Naley Obst Pittman Russell Saliba Smart Wanganeen

Coach: Cornes

South Australian team – 1993 State of Origin Carnival

Both games	Bickley Bradley Francis Grenvold Hall Hart Hynes A. Jarman D. Jarman Leslie McDermott (c) McGuinness McKay Modra Obst Pittman Robran Russell Smart Wanganeen

vs. Western Australia	Anderson Platten

vs. Victoria (final)	Bulluss Kernahan

Coach: Cornes

1987 VFL national draft

First round	1. Richard Lounder 2. Chris McDermott 3. Graham Wright 4. Andrew Brockhurst 5. Michael Quirk 6. Andrew Rogers 7. Darren Davies 8. Darren Jones 9. Michael Murphy 10. Michael Parsons 11. Tim McNeil 12. Grant Williams 13. Peter Bubner

Second round	14. Wayne Peters 15. Andrew Jarman 16. Chris Grumley 17. Chris Waterson 18. Patrick Browne 19. Jamie Cox 20. Stuart Wigney 21. Shane Korth 22. Scott Christie 23. Scott Salisbury 24. Mark Ducker 25. Damien Trezise 26. Steven Oliver

Third round	27. Brendon Gale 28. Andrew Bishop 29. Andrew Pascoe 30. Ashley Byrne 31. Jamie Keane 32. John Cook 33. Rod Gunn 34. Stephen Hewitt 35. Craig Patrick 36. Tony Virgona 37. Andrew Obst 38. John Polkinghorne 39. David Kernahan

Fourth round	40. Bevan Cox 41. Michael Kennedy 42. Tim Wilson 43. Darren Wheildon 44. Bob Jones 45. David Grenvold 46. Gary Gunn 47. Stephen McQueen 48. Liam Pickering 49. Jim Silvestro 50. Stephen Tingay 51. Anthony Dessent 52. Stephen Gemmill

Fifth round	53. Andrew Wisken 54. Adam Ladbrook 55. Brendan Tranter 56. Keith Allan 57. Damien Kitschke 58. Peter Bennett 59. Simon Tregenza 60. Pat Gribble 61. Darren Read 62. David Querzoli 63. Jay Viney 64. Peter Nunn 65. Dean Adams

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