Steele Sidebottom
| Steele Sidebottom | |||
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 Sidebottom playing for Collingwood in June 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Steele Sidebottom | ||
| Nickname(s) | Rusty,[1] Bluescope[2] | ||
| Date of birth | 2 January 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Murray Bushrangers (TAC Cup) | ||
| Draft | No. 11, 2008 National Draft, Collingwood | ||
| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Collingwood | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2009– | Collingwood | 237 (163) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 3, 2020. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Steele Sidebottom (born 2 January 1991) is a professional Australian rules football player currently playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League.
Sidebottom was selected by Collingwood with selection 11 in the 2008 AFL Draft. Sidebottom had a 10-goal best-on-ground performance in the 2008 TAC Cup Grand Final.[3] He is strong overhead and in one-on-one contests. An AIS/AFL Academy graduate and Vic Country representative in 2008, Sidebottom also was selected in the All-Australian team following the 2008 AFL Under 18 Championships.[4]
Sidebottom made his AFL debut vs St Kilda in Round 7 2009 where St Kilda defeated Collingwood by 88 points.
In the Semi Final vs Adelaide of the 2009 AFL Season, Sidebottom had his first breakthrough where he notched up 25 disposals in a come from behind win.
In 2010 Sidebottom played in all but one game for the Magpies including both the drawn Grand Final and Grand Final replay. At 19-years of age he was the youngest member of Collingwood's 2010 Premiership side.
His older brother Ryan plays cricket for the Victorian Bushrangers.
On 6 October 2017, Sidebottom won the Copeland Trophy.[5]
In the 2018 Brownlow Medal count, Sidebottom finished in second place (his career best).[6]
Statistics
- Statistics are correct to the end of the 2019 season[7]
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| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
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| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 2009 | Collingwood | 22 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 82 | 85 | 167 | 42 | 44 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 15.2 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 0 |
| 2010 | Collingwood | 22 | 25 | 24 | 13 | 253 | 209 | 462 | 105 | 101 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 10.1 | 8.4 | 18.5 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 1 |
| 2011 | Collingwood | 22 | 25 | 25 | 13 | 275 | 214 | 489 | 128 | 107 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 11.0 | 8.6 | 19.6 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4 |
| 2012 | Collingwood | 22 | 24 | 14 | 13 | 377 | 258 | 635 | 133 | 89 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 15.7 | 10.8 | 26.5 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 7 |
| 2013 | Collingwood | 22 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 361 | 194 | 555 | 120 | 77 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 15.7 | 8.4 | 24.1 | 5.2 | 3.3 | 7 |
| 2014 | Collingwood | 22 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 327 | 181 | 508 | 109 | 78 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 17.2 | 9.5 | 26.7 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 9 |
| 2015 | Collingwood | 22 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 251 | 186 | 437 | 85 | 53 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 15.7 | 11.6 | 27.3 | 5.3 | 3.3 | 9 |
| 2016 | Collingwood | 22 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 273 | 241 | 514 | 108 | 90 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 13.7 | 12.1 | 25.7 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 7 |
| 2017 | Collingwood | 22 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 344 | 256 | 600 | 115 | 93 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 15.6 | 11.6 | 27.3 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 14 |
| 2018 | Collingwood | 22 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 361 | 403 | 764 | 133 | 96 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 13.9 | 15.5 | 29.4 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 24 |
| 2019 | Collingwood | 22 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 339 | 253 | 592 | 141 | 84 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 14.7 | 11.0 | 25.7 | 6.1 | 3.7 | 7 |
| Career | 234 | 161 | 111 | 3243 | 2480 | 5723 | 1219 | 912 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 13.9 | 10.6 | 24.5 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 89 | ||
References
- ^ McFarlane, Glenn (9 July 2011). "Collingwood's Steele Sidebottom reveals why he loves to return to his band of brothers". Herald Sun.
- ^ Timms, Daryl; de Kretser, Chris (13 May 2010). "Beg, borrow or Steele". The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ Edmund, Sam (2 October 2008) Steele Sidebottom dominates under-18 final; Herald Sun
- ^ Sheehan, Kevin (19 July 2008) Shifter's wrap: Under-18 All-Australian team
- ^ McFarlane, Glenn (6 October 2017). "Steele Sidebottom pips Taylor Adams to claim his first Collingwood Copeland Trophy". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia.
- ^ "Hawthorn's Tom Mitchell wins 2018 Brownlow Medal". ABC News. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ "Steele Sidebottom's player profile". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
External links
- Steele Sidebottom's profile on the official website of the Collingwood Football Club
- Steele Sidebottom's playing statistics from AFL Tables