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Sam Fisher
Sam Fisher
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Personal information
Original team(s)	West Adelaide Football Club (SANFL)
Debut	Round 7, May 8, 2004, St Kilda vs. Fremantle, at Subiaco Oval
Height / weight	191cm / 89kg
Playing career1
	St Kilda (2004-) 71 games, 4 goals
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of Round 22, 2007.
Career highlights
	; 2006 International Rules Series; 3rd 2006 St Kilda B&F; 2nd 2007 St Kilda B&F;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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Samuel "Sam" Fisher (born July 10, 1982) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

Football career

The versatile defender was selected as pick number 55 in the 2003 AFL Draft. He was 21 years of age when first recruited from West Adelaide, and made his debut in 2004 following some injuries to other key defenders.

In 2005, Fisher took a major step in his career and improved dramatically to hold down a spot of his own in the Saints' defence. He generally played on the third best forward of the opposition, and began to provide terrific run from the half-back line. In 2006, Fisher played every match and racked up 421 disposals for the season [1]. His run and carry from the half-back line was critical to St Kilda's 6th-place finish, and Fisher finish 3rd in the St Kilda Best & Fairest in 2006 [2].

2007 season

Injuries to other key defenders at the start of the 2007 season saw Fisher assume the mantle at full-back. He performed strongly against the power forwards of the competition, before injuring his hamstring in Round 4. Fisher returned in Round 7, and was able to resume his attacking position across half-back in the second half of the year. He finished off the year strongly, and was nominated in the backline in the squad of 40 players for the All-Australian Team in 2007 [3]. Fisher was ranked 8th in total marks, 17th in kicks per game, and second in marks per game.

Fisher signed a two-year contract extension in September 2007, which will see him at the Saints until the end of 2010 [4].

Golf career

Between the ages of 17 and 19 Fisher was a promising junior golfer, and played off a handicap of scratch.^{[citation needed]} However, Fisher gave golf away for his AFL career.

External links

Sam Fisher's profile on the official website of the St Kilda Football Club
Sam Fisher's playing statistics from AFL Tables

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 '''Samuel "Sam" Fisher''' (born [[July 10]], [[1982]]) is an [[Australian rules football]]er in the [[Australian Football League]].
+==Football career==
-In 2006 Fisher won more contested possessions in total than any other defender in the competition in only his third season. He was elite ball-winner for a defender averaging 21 disposals per game and winning more groundball-gets in the defensive 50 than any player.
+The versatile defender was selected as pick number 55 in the [[2003 AFL Draft]]. He was 21 years of age when first recruited from West Adelaide, and made his debut in [[2004]] following some [[Australian rules football injuries|injuries]] to other key defenders.
+In [[2005]], Fisher took a major step in his career and improved dramatically to hold down a spot of his own in the Saints' defence. He generally played on the third best forward of the opposition, and began to provide terrific run from the half-back line. In 2006, Fisher played every match and racked up 421 disposals for the season [http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/S/Samuel_Fisher.html]. His run and carry from the half-back line was critical to St Kilda's 6th-place finish, and Fisher finish 3rd in the St Kilda Best & Fairest in 2006 [http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,20522144%255E19772,00.html].
-Signed a two-year contract extension in September of 2007, which will see him at the Saints until the end of 2010.
+===2007 season===
+Injuries to other key defenders at the start of the 2007 season saw Fisher assume the mantle at full-back. He performed strongly against the power forwards of the competition, before injuring his hamstring in Round 4. Fisher returned in Round 7, and was able to resume his attacking position across half-back in the second half of the year. He finished off the year strongly, and was nominated in the backline in the squad of 40 players for the [[All-Australian]] Team in 2007 [http://www.afl.com.au/Default.aspx?tabid=208&newsId=50526]. Fisher was ranked 8th in total marks, 17th in kicks per game, and second in marks per game.
+Fisher signed a two-year contract extension in September 2007, which will see him at the Saints until the end of 2010 [http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,22386162%255E19742,00.html].
-==2007 Season==
-* 32 disps (23 kicks 9 hballs) and 17 marks in Rd 17 10-pt win over Carlton at Docklands Stadium (28 Jul 2007)
-* 24 disps (17 kicks 7 hballs) and 13 marks in Rd 16 17-pt win over Hawthorn at Docklands Stadium (21 Jul 2007)
-* 30 disps (19 kicks 11 hballs) and 15 marks in Rd 15 2-pt win over Adelaide at Docklands Stadium (13 Jul 2007)
-* 30 disps (25 kicks 5 hballs) and 14 marks in Rd 14 9-pt loss to Collingwood at the MCG (7 Jul 2007)
-* 19 disps (16 kicks 3 hballs) and 9 marks in Rd 12 23-pt win over West Coast at Subiaco (24 Jun 2007)
-* 29 disps (20 kicks 9 hballs), 7 marks and 5 tackles in Rd 11 22-pt loss to the Kangaroos at Docklands Stadium (10 Jun 2007)
-* 31 disps (22 kicks 9 hballs) and 9 marks in Rd 10 60-pt loss to Geelong at Docklands Stadium (3 Jun 2007)
-* 21 disps (12 kicks 9 hballs) and 12 marks in Rd 8 28-pt loss to Hawthorn at the MCG (19 May 2007)
-* 23 disps (19 kicks 4 hballs) and 14 marks in Rd 7 26-pt win over Sydney at Docklands Stadium (12 May 2007)
-* 22 disps (18 kicks 4 hballs) and 13 marks in Rd 2 52-pt loss to Brisbane at the Gabba (5 Apr 2007)
-* Ranked 8th in Total Marks
-* Ranked 17th in Kicks Per Game
-* Ranked 2nd in Marks Per Game
 ==Golf career==
+Between the ages of 17 and 19 Fisher was a promising junior golfer, and played off a handicap of scratch.{{cn}} However, Fisher gave golf away for his AFL career.
 ==External links==