Simon Buckley

Simon Buckley
Personal information
Full name	Simon Buckley
Date of birth	(1987-04-18) 18 April 1987
Original team(s)	Sandringham Dragons (TAC Cup)
Draft	#53, 2005 National Draft, Melbourne #85, 2009 National Draft, Collingwood
Height/Weight	190cm / 93 kg
Position(s)	Defender
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2006–2009 2010–2012 Total	Melbourne Collingwood	21 0(3) 26 0(7) 47 (10)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2012 season.

Simon Buckley (born 18 April 1987) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played for Melbourne Football Club from 2006–2009. He was drafted to Collingwood with 85th pick in 2009 AFL Draft but was delisted in 2012.

Career

Taken at pick 53 in the 2005 AFL Draft, Buckley was recruited from the Sandringham Dragons TAC Cup club.

The 190 cm, 90 kg midfielder debuted in Round 14 (8 July) of the 2007 AFL season against Carlton Football Club and kicked his first league goal in Round 16.

Buckley improved in the 2008 season, particularly in the second half, averaging 21 disposals and six marks. He also gained a career high 32 disposals in Round 21 of that season.

At the end of the 2009 season, after only playing one game for the season, Buckley was delisted from the Demons.

On 26 November 2009, Buckley was picked up in the AFL Draft at pick number 85 by the Collingwood Magpies.

In May 2010, Buckley admitted to keying his ex-girlfriend's car, a black BMW, and is currently facing charges. His ex-girlfriend, Jade Carter, has also alleged that Buckley physically assaulted her. Buckley has agreed to pay for the damage caused to the car.^[1] In 2012 Buckley was delisted by the Magpies. After being delisted by the Magpies, Bucking joined Echuca in the GVFL and currently still playing for the Murray Bombers.

References

↑ Firkin, Katherine (9 May 2010). "Footy player Simon Buckley admits damaging ex girlfriend's car". Herald Sun. Retrieved 1 September 2010.

External links

Simon Buckley's statistics from AFL Tables
DemonWiki profile

2005 AFL national draft

First round	1. Marc Murphy (PP) 2. Dale Thomas (PP) 3. Xavier Ellis (PP) 4. Josh Kennedy 5. Scott Pendlebury 6. Beau Dowler 7. Paddy Ryder 8. Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls 9. Mitch Clark 10. Marcus Drum 11. Shaun Higgins 12. Nathan Jones 13. Shannon Hurn 14. Grant Birchall 15. Travis Varcoe 16. Richard Douglas 17. Darren Pfeiffer 18. Max Bailey 19. Courtenay Dempsey

Second round	20. Paul Bower 21. Danny Stanley 22. Beau Muston 23. Ryan Cook 24. Cleve Hughes 25. Wayde Mills 26. Garrick Ibbotson 27. Dylan Addison 28. Matt Riggio 29. Ben McKinley 30. Nick Lower 31. Trent West 32. Bernie Vince 33. Samuel Gilbert 34. Matthew Spangher 35. Stephen Owen

Third round	36. Jake Edwards 37. Jack Anthony 38. Travis Tuck (F/S) 39. Jay Neagle (F/S) 40. Travis Casserly 41. Rhan Hooper 42. Robert Warnock 43. Andrew Swallow 44. Alipate Carlile 45. Kasey Green 46. Travis Baird 47. Ryan Gamble 48. Alan Obst 49. Michael Rix 50. Sam Lonergan

Fourth round	51. Matthew Laidlaw 53. Simon Buckley 54. Kristin Thornton 55. Brett Montgomery 56. Joel Patfull 57. Michael West 58. Hugh Minson 59. Ryan Brabazon 60. Clint Bartram 61. Mathew Stokes 63. Phillip Raymond

Fifth round	66. Austin Lucy 68. Heath Neville 69. Tim Hutchison 70. Jonathan Giles 71. Justin Sweeney

2009 AFL national draft

First round	1. Tom Scully (PP) 2. Jack Trengove 3. Dustin Martin 4. Anthony Morabito 5. Ben Cunnington 6. Gary Rohan 7. Brad Sheppard 8. John Butcher 9. Andrew Moore 10. Jake Melksham 11. Jordan Gysberts 12. Kane Lucas 13. Daniel Talia 14. Lewis Jetta 15. Christian Howard 16. Jasper Pittard 17. Daniel Menzel

Second round	18. Luke Tapscott 19. Ben Griffiths 20. Nat Fyfe 21. Ryan Bastinac 22. Gerrick Weedon 23. Koby Stevens 24. Jake Carlisle 25. Aaron Black 26. Travis Colyer 27. Callum Bartlett 28. Mitch Duncan 29. Jack Gunston 30. Luke Ball 31. Jason Tutt 32. Nicholas Winmar 33. Anthony Long

Third round	34. Max Gawn 35. David Astbury 36. Joel Houghton 37. Jamie Macmillan 38. Sam Reid 39. Sam Grimley 40. Allen Christensen 41. Ayden Kennedy 42. Nathan Vardy 43. Marcus Davies 44. Matt Dea 45. Sam Shaw 46. Ben Stratton 47. Ryan Harwood 48. Jesse Crichton 49. Dylan Roberton

Fourth round	50. Jack Fitzpatrick 51. Troy Taylor 52. Justin Bollenhagen 53. Brayden Norris 54. Byron Sumner 55. Trent Dennis-Lane 56. Josh Cowan 57. Jordan Williams 58. Rhan Hooper 59. Rohan Kerr 60. Jesse W. Smith 61. James Craig 62. Ben Sinclair 63. Lukas Markovic 64. Adam Pattison 65. Jeremy Laidler (RP)

Fifth round	67. Jeromey Webberley 69. Taylor Duryea 70. Matt Suckling (RP) 71. Ben Nason 72. Sam Jacobs (RP) 73. Jesse O'Brien 74. Brodie Martin (RP) 75. Josh Thomas 76. Shane Thorne 77. Will Johnson

Sixth round	79. Greg Broughton (RP) 80. Cruize Garlett (RP) 82. Daniel Stewart (RP) 83. Aaron Joseph (RP) 84. Bryce Retzlaff (RP) 85. Simon Buckley 86. Liam Picken (RP) 87. Zac Dawson (RP) 88. Wade Thompson (RP)

Seventh round	89. Robin Nahas (RP) 90. Kristin Thornton (RP) 91. Matt Maguire 92. James Mulligan (RP) 93. Luke Miles (RP)

Eighth round	94. Andrew Browne (RP) 95. Pearce Hanley (RP)

RP = Rookie Promotion

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