Andrew Mackie

Andrew Mackie
Personal information
Full name	Andrew John Mackie
Date of birth	7 August 1984
Place of birth	Adelaide, South Australia
Original team(s)	Glenelg (SANFL)
Draft	#7, 2002 National Draft
Height/Weight	192 cm / 84 kg
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current club	Geelong
Number	4
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2003–	Geelong	235 (96)
^1 Playing statistics correct to end of 2015 season.
Career highlights
AFL Premiership 2007, 2009, 2011 AFL Pre-Season Premiership 2006, 2009 All-Australian team 2013 2004 AFL Rising Star nominee

Andrew John Mackie (born 7 August 1984) is an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early life

Mackie was recruited from Sacred Heart College and South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club Glenelg by the Geelong Football Club with the 7th pick in the 2002 National AFL Draft. It was considered a surprise selection, as he was not well known at the time, not having gone through the NAB AFL Draft Camp.

After spending the 2003 AFL season in the Geelong reserves further developing his game, Mackie made his senior debut in 2004, and picked up a Rising Star Nomination for a three-goal performance. Despite having played as a midfielder for Glenelg, Geelong attempted to turn Mackie into a key forward to fill a long-standing void, with mixed results.

AFL career

In the 2007 season Mackie began to show great improvement in his game and was one of the key players to Geelong's rise to the top. Mackie began to play as a rebounding defender, ironically kicking a career-best four goals against Richmond in Round 6 in one of his first games down back, and played another great game in Round 11 2007 when he played his first ever game against Adelaide at AAMI Stadium. He racked up 26 disposals helping Geelong to an important win and played well against Adelaide again in Round 19. He continued his solid form for the rest of the season and played a big part in Geelong's hard fought preliminary final win over Collingwood. Mackie was a key player in the 2007 premiership team, setting up play for the Cats and kicking a goal.

Personal life

In 2005, a late night incident involving Mackie, his club teammate Steve Johnson and the police was reported by the media. Out celebrating Mackie's 21st birthday, Mackie and Johnson were involved in a heated discussion with local police whilst waiting for a taxi in the early hours of the morning. Police charged both Mackie and Johnson with being drunk in a public place, and sent both back to the Geelong police station. Mackie was released after the charges were laid, while Johnson was detained for a further four hours.^[1]

He is a part-owner of a thoroughbred racehorse with former teammate Brad Ottens.^[2]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2015 season^[3]

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
			Totals								Averages (per game)
2004	Geelong	4	13	9	5	67	25	92	33	18	0.7	0.4	5.2	1.9	7.1	2.5	1.4
2005	Geelong	4	10	9	4	82	32	114	33	25	0.9	0.4	8.2	3.2	11.4	3.3	2.5
2006	Geelong	4	14	10	10	150	70	220	75	26	0.7	0.7	10.7	5.0	15.7	5.4	1.9
2007	Geelong	4	24	13	14	315	162	477	153	38	0.5	0.6	13.1	6.8	19.9	6.4	1.6
2008	Geelong	4	21	11	9	290	179	469	141	38	0.5	0.4	13.8	8.5	22.3	6.7	1.8
2009	Geelong	4	24	8	5	280	226	506	154	49	0.3	0.2	11.7	9.4	21.1	6.4	2.0
2010	Geelong	4	22	4	8	312	175	487	144	53	0.2	0.4	14.2	8.0	22.1	6.5	2.4
2011	Geelong	4	22	4	3	287	146	433	122	59	0.2	0.1	13.0	6.6	19.7	5.5	2.7
2012	Geelong	4	23	12	7	311	120	431	123	60	0.5	0.3	13.5	5.2	18.7	5.3	2.6
2013	Geelong	4	25	5	6	357	162	519	156	43	0.2	0.2	14.3	6.5	20.8	6.2	1.7
2014	Geelong	4	22	5	5	297	131	428	137	45	0.2	0.2	13.5	6.0	19.4	6.2	2.0
2015	Geelong	4	15	6	0	203	112	315	104	27	0.4	0.0	13.5	7.5	121.0	6.9	1.8
Career			235	96	76	2951	1540	4491	1375	481	0.4	0.3	12.6	6.5	19.1	5.9	2.1

References

1. "Drunken duo leave Cats with more headaches". realfooty.com.au (Melbourne: Fairfax Digital). 8 August 2005. Archived from the original on 10 August 2005. Retrieved 2007-11-05.
2. Habel, Tim (15 January 2012). "Mackie my day at Flemington". Herald Sun.
3. Andrew Mackie's player profile at AFL Tables

External links

• Andrew Mackie's profile on the official website of the Geelong Football Club
• Andrew Mackie's statistics from AFL Tables