Adam Cooney

Adam Cooney

Personal information
Full name	Adam Cooney
Date of birth	(1985-09-30) 30 September 1985
Place of birth	Adelaide, South Australia
Original team(s)	West Adelaide (SANFL)
Draft	#1 (PP), 2003 National Draft
Height/Weight	187 cm / 88 kg
Position(s)	Forward / Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Essendon
Number	17
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2004–2014 2015– Total	Western Bulldogs Essendon	219 (186) 013 0(10) 232 (196)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
2008	Dream Team	1 (0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of Round 2, 2016 season. ² State and international statistics correct as of 2008.
Career highlights
Brownlow Medal 2008 All-Australian Team 2008 2004 AFL Rising Star nominee

Adam Cooney (born 30 September 1985) is a professional Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. Formerly playing for the Western Bulldogs, he was traded to the Essendon Football Club after the 2014 season. He won the 2008 Brownlow Medal with 24 votes, becoming the 10th Western Bulldogs player to win the award.

Early life

Cooney attended Blackwood High School and later Aberfoyle Park High School and played for the Flagstaff Hill Football Club.^[1]

AFL career

Cooney was recruited from West Adelaide in the SANFL to the Western Bulldogs with the number one pick in the 2003 National Draft as a priority pick. He is a pacey player who can kick goals on the run from outside the 50-metre arc as well as snap kicks near the goal posts. He had a vastly improved 2005 season: he played every game, averaged 20 possessions a game and kicked 21 goals. He was ranked second for clearances in the Bulldogs team.

Cooney progressed to the elite of the competition, four seasons after being selected as the number one draft pick. His threat as a goalkicking midfielder grew as he pushed into the upper bracket of ball winners, while maintaining his average of more than a goal per game and also directly assisting in many scores.

Cooney was rewarded for a strong 2008 season by winning the Brownlow Medal. He polled 24 votes, beating Brisbane Lions midfielder Simon Black by one vote.^[2] Cooney is the first No. 1 draft pick (and the first player taken as a priority draft pick) to win the award.^[3]

In 2009, he featured in the official advertisement for the AFL, brushing off tacklers including a bull in a bullfighting ring.

On 16 October 2014, Cooney was traded to Essendon with pick 37 sent to the Western Bulldogs.

Personal life

On 24 October 2009, Cooney married Haylea McCann.^[4] He proposed to her with a burger ring.

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2015 season^[5]

Legend
G	Goals	B	Behinds	K	Kicks	H	Handballs	D	Disposals	M	Marks	T	Tackles

Season	Team	#	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
Season	Team	#	Totals								Averages (per game)
2004	Western Bulldogs	17	19	11	12	119	105	224	44	30	0.6	0.6	6.3	5.5	11.8	2.3	1.6
2005	Western Bulldogs	17	22	21	13	236	198	434	93	56	1.0	0.6	10.7	9.0	19.7	4.2	2.5
2006	Western Bulldogs	17	24	30	19	242	216	458	128	60	1.3	0.8	10.1	9.0	19.1	5.3	2.5
2007	Western Bulldogs	17	22	28	21	262	207	469	112	79	1.3	1.0	11.9	9.4	21.3	5.1	3.6
2008	Western Bulldogs	17	25	23	6	311	326	637	98	65	0.9	0.2	12.4	13.0	25.5	3.9	2.6
2009	Western Bulldogs	17	23	14	15	277	340	617	81	58	0.6	0.7	12.0	14.8	26.8	3.5	2.5
2010	Western Bulldogs	17	20	9	12	263	252	515	79	60	0.5	0.6	13.2	12.6	25.8	4.0	3.0
2011	Western Bulldogs	17	13	9	8	156	129	285	38	40	0.7	0.6	12.0	9.9	21.9	2.9	3.1
2012	Western Bulldogs	17	14	9	6	162	131	293	38	37	0.6	0.4	11.6	9.4	20.9	2.7	2.6
2013	Western Bulldogs	17	19	19	11	264	221	485	82	44	1.0	0.6	13.9	11.6	25.5	4.3	2.3
2014	Western Bulldogs	17	18	13	6	190	164	354	67	59	0.7	0.3	10.6	9.1	19.7	3.7	3.3
2015	Essendon	17	11	10	4	123	64	187	33	25	0.9	0.4	11.2	5.8	17.0	3.0	2.3
Career			230	196	133	2605	2353	4958	893	643	0.9	0.6	11.3	10.3	21.6	3.9	2.7

Honours and achievements

Season	Votes
Brownlow Medal votes
2004	3
2005	12
2006	4
2007	9
2008	24
2009	3
2010	8
2011	2
2012	3
2013	7
2014	7
2015	-
Total	83
Key:
Green / Bold = Won

Individual
- Brownlow Medal: 2008
- All-Australian: 2008
- Dream Team Representative Honours in AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match: 2008
- AFL Rising Star Nominee: 2004 (Round 21)
- Number 1 AFL Draft Pick: 2003

References

↑ "2003 Draft Full List". AFL.com.au. 2003-11-25. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
↑ "Cooney a shock Brownlow winner". FoxSports.com.au. 2008-09-22. Retrieved 2008-09-22.
↑ "Mum...a non-believer". AAP. 2008-09-23. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
↑ Moo, Kathpin (24 October 2009). "Adam Cooney marries childhood sweetheart, Haylea MacCann". Sunday Mail. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
↑ Adam Cooney's player profile at AFL Tables

External links

Adam Cooney's profile on the official website of the Essendon Football Club
Adam Cooney's statistics from AFL Tables

Essendon Football Club – current squad

1 Hibberd**
2 Bellchambers**
3 Parish
4 Watson**
5 Stanton**
6 Daniher
7 Z. Merrett
8 Gleeson
9 Goddard (c)
10 Francis
11 Zaharakis
12 Baguley (vc)
13 Fantasia
14 Ashby
15 Dempsey
16 Pears**
17 Cooney
18 Hurley**
19 Edwards
20 J. Merrett
21 Heppell**
22 Leuenberger
23 Myers**
24 Bird
25 Morgan
26 Hooker**
27 Redman
28 Brown
29 Ambrose
30 Langford
32 Colyer**
33 Laverde
34 Long*
35 Eades
36 Hartley
37 Nyuon*
38 Kommer
39 Hocking**
40 Howlett**
41 Hams*
42 Gwilt
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti*
44 McKernan
45 McKenna*
46 Wallis*
47 Kelly+
48 Stokes+
49 Dea+
50 Polkinghorne+
51 Crowley+
52 Simpkin+
53 Jamar+
54 Grimley+
55 Grima+
56 Michael+

Coach: Worsfold

* denotes rookie listed players

** denotes player(s) serving WADA suspension in 2016

+ denotes top-up players

Brownlow Medal winners

2008 All-Australian team

Defenders Dale Morris (Western Bulldogs) Matthew Scarlett (Geelong) Tom Harley (Geelong) (vice-captain) Luke Hodge (Hawthorn) Nathan Bock (Adelaide) Sam Fisher (St Kilda)

Midfielders Jimmy Bartel (Geelong) Joel Corey (Geelong) Adam Cooney (Western Bulldogs)

Forwards Steve Johnson (Geelong) Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda) Brent Harvey (North Melbourne) Brendan Fevola (Carlton) Lance Franklin (Hawthorn) Paul Medhurst (Collingwood)

Followers Dean Cox (West Coast) Chris Judd (Carlton) (captain) Gary Ablett, Jr. (Geelong)

Interchange Corey Enright (Geelong) Matthew Pavlich (Fremantle) Matthew Richardson (Richmond) Aaron Sandilands (Fremantle)

Coach Alastair Clarkson (Hawthorn)

Dream Team – 2008 Hall of Fame Tribute Match

Bock Bolton P.Burgoyne S.Burgoyne Burton Charman Cooney Corey Cornes Cox Davis Enright Franklin Goodwin Griffen Johncock Kerr Kirk McLeod (c) Mooney Motlop Pavlich Richardson Rutten Stokes Coach: Williams

2004 AFL Rising Star nominees

Rd 1: Davey Rd 2: Firrito Rd 3: Rivers Rd 4: Bevan Rd 5: Walker Rd 6: Tenace Rd 7: Staker Rd 8: Mackie Rd 9: Richards Rd 10: Moloney Rd 11: Ebert Rd 12: Hadley Rd 13: Norman Rd 14: Schulz Rd 15: Seaby Rd 16: Reilly Rd 17: Butler Rd 18: Waters Rd 19: Cross Rd 20: Stanton Rd 21: Cooney Rd 22: Hartigan

Italics denote winner

Australian Football League number one overall draft picks

2003 AFL national draft

First round	1. Adam Cooney (PP) 2. Andrew Walker (PP) 3. Colin Sylvia (PP) 4. Farren Ray 5. Brock McLean 6. Kepler Bradley 7. Kane Tenace 8. Raphael Clarke 9. David Trotter 10. Ryley Dunn 11. Beau Waters 12. Ryan Murphy 13. Brent Stanton 14. Fergus Watts 15. Troy Chaplin 16. Josh Willoughby 17. Billy Morrison 18. Llane Spaanderman

Second round	19. David Mundy 20. Sam Butler 21. Alex Gilmour 22. Cameron Thurley 23. Matthew Moody 24. Chad Jones 25. Harry Miller 26. Daniel McConnell 27. Adam Campbell 28. Jay Nash 29. Tim Schmidt 30. Brad Symes 31. Joshua Krueger 32. Brayden Shaw (F/S) 33. Jed Adcock

Third round	34. Luke Peel 35. Brent Hall 36. Chris Johnson (F/S) 37. Tom Roach (F/S) 38. Mark Blake (F/S) 39. Robert Forster-Knight 40. Eddie Sansbury 41. Zac Dawson 42. Matthew Spencer 43. Brett Peake (F/S) 44. Ricky Dyson 45. Amon Buchanan 46. Michael Pettigrew 47. Andrew Erikson 48. Heath Shaw (F/S) 49. Tom Logan

Fourth round	50. Izaac Tomson 51. Matthew Ball 53. Daniel Jackson 55. Sam Fisher 56. Brent LeCras 57. Ricky Mott 58. Ben Hudson 59. Matthew Davis 60. Julian Rowe 61. Michael Rischitelli

Fifth round	63. Glen Bowyer 64. Shane Morrison 65. Craig Callaghan

Sixth round	69. Jordan Bannister 70. Brent Hartigan

Seventh round	72. Adrian Deluca 73. Shane Tuck

Eighth round	75. Stephen Kenna 76. Andrew Raines

Ninth round	79. Simon Fletcher

Tenth round	81. Kyle Archibald

Southern Football League • Greatest Exports Team

Full-forward	Scott Welsh Tony Modra Craig McRae

Half-forward	Tony Burgan Graham Cornes Matthew Bode

Centre	Darren Kappler Adam Cooney Kane Cornes

Half-back	Matthew Rogers Rod Jameson Jason Torney

Full-back	Nigel Smart Ben Rutten Michael Doughty

Ruck	Dean Brogan Paul Bagshaw Nathan Eagleton

Interchange	Hendrick "Taffy" Waye Clay Sampson Beau Waters

Coach	Graham Cornes

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