Caydn Beetham

Caydn Beetham
Personal information
Full name	Caydn Beetham
Date of birth	11 March 1982
Original team(s)	Oakleigh Chargers
Draft	9th, 1999 National Draft
Height/Weight	183 cm / 86 kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2000–2002	St Kilda	37 (9)
^1 Playing statistics correct to end of 2002 season.

Caydn Beetham (born 11 March 1982) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Beetham was a midfielder, taken at pick nine in the 1999 AFL Draft from the Oakleigh Chargers in the TAC Cup.

He fell seriously ill in his first year with St Kilda but managed to make nine appearances in the second half of the season.^[1]

The following year, in round five, he was nominated for the 2001 AFL Rising Star award after amassing 23 disposals against Carlton, a performance that would also win him two Brownlow Medal votes.^[1] Beetham, who had Scheuermann's disease, played a total of 20 games that season and was St Kilda's fourth leading disposal getter.^[1][2]

In 2002 he struggled for form and at the end of the year announced a surprise retirement from AFL football.^[3]

References

1. AFL Tables: Caydn Beetham
2. Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
3. The Age, "Turning down the big time", 5 March 2003, Tim Watson