Andrew Bews

Andrew Bews
Personal information
Full name	Andrew Bews
Nickname(s)	The Rat
Date of birth	19 July 1964 (1964-07-19)
Place of birth	Geelong, Victoria
Original team	Geelong
Height/Weight	175cm, 79kg
Position(s)	Rover/Back pocket
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1982 – 1993 1994 – 1997 1998	Geelong Brisbane Bears Brisbane Lions Total	207 (132) 056 00(2) 019 00(0) 282 (134)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
	Victoria	12 (?)
1 Playing statistics to end of season .

Andrew Bews (born 19 July 1964) is a former Australian rules footballer who played 282 VFL/AFL games during the 1980s and 90s.

Debuting in 1981 after being recruited from North Geelong, Bews played over 200 games for Geelong. A tagger, he earned All Australian selection in 1987.

Bews moved to Brisbane in 1994 to play for the Brisbane Bears where he was used in defence. Bews' height was 175 cm and his weight 83 kg.

In addition to his football career Bews was a talented junior athlete, along with his brother Stephen, both competing for the Geelong Guild Athletic Club. Bews' earliest victories came at the 1978 "Weekly Times" Victorian Country Track and Field Championships held at Landy Field, South Geelong where he gained three gold medals in the mens under 14 90 metre hurdles, long and triple jump events.

Bews continues his links with the Geelong Guild Athletic Club, after retiring from football, he returned to track and field athletics as a veteran.

Bews most recently was the MC for the Geelong Guild Athletic Club's Centenary Dinner, held in Capri Receptions at North Geelong on 12 July 2008.

External links

• Andrew Bews Profile

Sporting positions
Preceded by Damian Bourke	Geelong Football Club captain 1990 – 1991	Succeeded by Mark Bairstow