David Myers (Australian footballer)
| David Myers | |||
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 Myers playing for Essendon in June 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | David Myers | ||
| Date of birth | 30 June 1989 | ||
| Original team(s) | Perth (WAFL) | ||
| Draft | No. 6, 2007 national draft | ||
| Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Essendon | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2008– | Essendon | 106 (31) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 12, 2018. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
David Myers (born 30 June 1989) is a professional Australian rules footballer, currently playing for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
He is a tall midfielder originally from Perth in the WAFL, he also attended Wesley College, Perth.[1]
AFL career
Myers was drafted with the 6th overall selection in the 2007 national draft by Essendon.
Myers, along with 33 other Essendon players, was found guilty of using a banned performance enhancing substance, thymosin beta-4, as part of Essendon's sports supplements program during the 2012 season. He and his team-mates were initially found not guilty in March 2015 by the AFL Anti-Doping Tribunal,[2] but a guilty verdict was returned in January 2016 after an appeal by the World Anti-Doping Agency. He was suspended for two years which, with backdating, ended in November 2016; as a result, he served approximately fourteen months of his suspension and missed the entire 2016 AFL season.[3] The suspension lead to speculation that Myers would exercise his rights as an unrestricted free agent and leave Essendon, but during the year he signed a three year contract to remain with Essendon until the end of the 2019 season.
Statistics
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Goals | K
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Kicks | D
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Disposals | T
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Tackles |
B
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Behinds | H
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Handballs | M
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Marks |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
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| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
| 2008 | Essendon | 23 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 77 | 39 | 116 | 29 | 24 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 9.6 | 4.9 | 14.5 | 3.6 | 3.0 |
| 2009 | Essendon | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 29 | 66 | 19 | 8 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 6.2 | 4.8 | 11.0 | 3.2 | 1.3 |
| 2010 | Essendon | 23 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 71 | 62 | 133 | 27 | 24 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 8.9 | 7.8 | 16.6 | 3.4 | 3.0 |
| 2011 | Essendon | 23 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 155 | 111 | 266 | 56 | 31 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 11.1 | 7.9 | 19.0 | 4.0 | 2.2 |
| 2012 | Essendon | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 102 | 54 | 156 | 32 | 18 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 11.3 | 6.0 | 17.3 | 3.6 | 2.0 |
| 2013 | Essendon | 23 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 220 | 147 | 367 | 86 | 68 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 11.0 | 7.4 | 18.4 | 4.3 | 3.4 |
| 2014 | Essendon | 23 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 209 | 168 | 377 | 64 | 75 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 11.6 | 9.3 | 20.9 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | Essendon | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 4.0 | 11.5 | 2.5 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | Essendon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 85 | 26 | 31 | 886 | 618 | 1504 | 318 | 248 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 10.4 | 7.3 | 17.7 | 3.7 | 2.9 | ||
Did not play in 2016 as he was one of the seventeen still-active AFL players who missed the 2016 season as a result of the Essendon Football Club supplements saga investigation.
References
- ^ News | Footage of Myers in action on Bomber.tv | Essendon Football Club Official Website
- ^ Twomey, Callum (31 March 2015). "Thirty-four present and former Bombers cleared of all drug charges". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ^ Travis King (12 January 2016). "Guilty: court bans the Essendon 34 for 2016". Australian Football League. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ "David Myers statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ^ "David Myers of the Essendon Bombers Career AFL Stats". Retrieved 25 September 2012.
External links
- David Myers's profile on the official website of the Essendon Football Club
- David Myers's playing statistics from AFL Tables