Adam Simpson
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| Personal information | |
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| Birth | 16 February 1976 |
| Recruited from | Eltham / Northern Knights |
| Height and weight | 185 cm / 88 kg |
| Playing career¹ | |
| Debut | Round 18 1995, North Melbourne v. West Coast Eagles, at Princes Park |
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North Melbourne (1995-2009) 306 games, 83 goals |
| ¹ Statistics to end of 2009 season season | |
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Adam Simpson (born 16 February 1976) is a retired Australian rules footballer who is a former captain of North Melbourne.
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[edit] Early life
Simpson grew up in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, where he played junior football with the Eltham Football Club and the Northern Knights
[edit] AFL career
[edit] Early career
Debuting in 1995, he has won two premierships, a best and fairest and All-Australian selection in his career. Simpson played every game in their 1996 and 1999 premiership seasons.
[edit] Captaincy (2004-2008)
He received the club captaincy in the 2004 season and led the Kangaroos into the finals the following year.
In one of his best games of his career, in Round 5 2007 against Geelong at Skilled Stadium, Simpson racked up a game high 41 possessions in the Roos 16 point win. He also kicked a goal.
Played his 250th game against Carlton at Carrara a Kangaroos home game at the Gold Coast. North Melbourne won the game 22-13-147 to 20-10-130. Simpson had 20 disposals from the game. When he played his 200th game his fellow players forgot to chair him off the field, they did not make the same mistake for his 250th.
Simpson has only missed 7 games. He is one of only seven players to reach the 250 mark for the club.
On 5 November, Adam Simpson announced he was stepping down as captain but would continue on playing in season 2009. The new captain is Brent Harvey.
The skipper and star midfielder only narrowly missed recording a fifth consecutive top-three finish in the Best and Fairest of 2005 finishing 4th-a single vore behind 3rd and 2 votes shy of second. Missed two games with a puncutred lung in 2005, but still racked up more than 400 disposals in his typically industrious way.
[edit] 2009 season
[edit] Retirement
Simpson announced his retirement on 27 July 2009 effective after 31 July Friday night match, due to North Melbourne's inability to make the finals. Now retired from the professional ranks, he has taken up the opportunity to help out his first club, Eltham, where he will play a number of games within their senior program in 2010.
[edit] Coaching career
In 2010 Simpson took up an assistant coaching role with the Hawthorn Football Club.
[edit] Personal life
Married his high-school sweetheart, whom he met in Year 11 and had three children Milla, Allie and Owen.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Adam Simpson's profile on the Official AFL Website of the North Melbourne Football Club
- Adam Simpson's statistics from AFL Tables
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| Preceded by Shannon Grant |
North Melbourne Best and Fairest winner 2002 |
Succeeded by Brent Harvey |
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