Andrew Balkwill
| Andrew Balkwill | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Andrew Balkwill | ||
| Date of birth | 24 March 1972 | ||
| Original team(s) | Central District | ||
| Height/Weight | 192 cm / 89 kg | ||
| Position(s) | Half forward | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1997–1998 | Carlton | 1 (0) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1998 season. | |||
Andrew Balkwill (born 24 March 1972) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Australian Football League (AFL).[1] Originally with Port Adelaide, he and Ben Nelson were traded to Carlton for Brent Heaver at the end of the 1996 season.
Balkwill played his sole game for Carlton in Round 3, 1997 – the game best remembered for Carlton wearing sky blue guernseys as part of a cross-promotion for the new blue-coloured M&Ms. Balkwill never played a senior game in the club's traditional navy blue – which was a unique distinction until the club later introduced clash guernseys.[2]
He is the current Principal of Thomas More College Salisbury.
Notes
- ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
- ↑ "The Candy Man comes to Carlton". Carlton Football Club. 25 August 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
External links
- Andrew Balkwill's statistics from AFL Tables
- Andrew Balkwill's profile at Blueseum
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