Courtenay Dempsey

Courtenay Dempsey
Personal information
Full name	Courtenay Dempsey
Date of birth	(1987-08-28) 28 August 1987
Place of birth	Mount Isa, Queensland
Original team(s)	Morningside (NEAFL)
Draft	#19, 2005 National Draft
Height/Weight	187 cm / 85 kg
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current club	Essendon
Number	15
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2006–	Essendon	119 (31)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2015 season.

Courtenay Dempsey (born 28 August 1987) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early life

Dempsey has Indigenous Australian heritage and his ancestry can be traced to the Kalkadoon, a tribe from Queensland's South/Central West region.^[1]

Dempsey began playing football in Cairns, where he played with the Manunda Hawks in the AFL Cairns competition. He later moved to Brisbane to play with the Kenmore Bears junior football club while also playing for his school Brisbane Boys' College.

AFL career

Dempsey's professional footballing career has been dogged by injuries. In 2008 he suffered a leg stress fracture^[2] and in 2011 he tore his knee anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in round four and needed a knee reconstruction.^[3]

In May 2013, he was suspended from the main playing group for breaching team rules, and was forced to train with the VFL team.^[4] In August, he tore his hamstring tendon^[5] and missed the remainder of the season.

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of 2014 season^[6]^[7]

Season	Team	#	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
Season	Team	#	Totals								Averages (per game)
2006	Essendon	15	5	1	0	23	21	44	16	5	0.2	0.0	4.6	4.2	8.8	3.2	1.0
2007	Essendon	15	1	1	1	7	5	12	1	1	1.0	1.0	7.0	5.0	12.0	1.0	1.0
2008	Essendon	15	4	1	1	23	29	52	12	6	0.2	0.2	5.8	7.2	13.0	3.0	1.5
2009	Essendon	15	20	7	6	150	169	319	69	46	0.4	0.3	7.5	8.4	16.0	3.4	2.3
2010	Essendon	15	20	3	8	201	158	359	85	73	0.2	0.4	10.0	7.9	18.0	4.2	3.6
2011	Essendon	15	4	0	0	26	24	50	13	10	0.0	0.0	6.5	6.0	12.5	3.2	2.5
2012	Essendon	15	20	4	0	238	124	362	106	62	0.2	0.0	11.9	6.2	18.1	5.3	3.1
2013	Essendon	15	14	7	3	187	69	256	71	40	0.5	0.2	13.4	4.9	18.3	5.1	2.9
2014	Essendon	15	18	2	3	162	119	281	67	57	0.1	0.2	9.0	6.6	15.6	3.7	3.2
Career			106	26	22	1017	718	1735	440	300	0.2	0.2	9.6	6.8	16.4	4.2	2.8

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

References

↑ AFL Record. Round 9,2009. Slattery Publishing. pg 75.
↑ Horan, Michael; Pierik, Jon (2 May 2008). "Dempsey, Gumbleton join Essendon's wounded". Herald Sun.
↑ Walsh, Courtney (18 April 2011). "Dons crushed as star duo gone for year". The Australian.
↑ Matthews, Bruce (17 May 2013). "Essendon defender Courtenay Dempsey banished to VFL after posting photo of late night out on Instagram". Herald Sun (News Corp Australia). Retrieved 7 August 2015.
↑ "Courtenay Dempsey hamstring damage is serious". The Age. AAP. 6 August 2013.
↑ "Courtenay Dempsey statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
↑ "Courtenay Dempsey of the Essendon Bombers Career AFL Stats". footywire.com. Retrieved 8 October 2012.

External links

Courtenay Dempsey's profile on the official website of the Essendon Football Club
Courtenay Dempsey'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

2013 Indigenous All-Stars team

Ah Chee Anderson Armstrong Bennell Betts Christensen Aaron Davey Alwyn Davey Dempsey Edwards Ellis-Yolmen Frank Franklin Goodes Griffin Hampton Harbrow Hartman B. Hill J. Hill L. Jetta N. Jetta Johncock Jones Lovett-Murray (c) May McGrath Milera Motlop Neade Newman Petrenko Ryder Simpson Stevens Thomas Ugle Wellingham Williams Wilson Wingard

Coach: O'Loughlin

2005 AFL national draft

First round	1. Marc Murphy (PP) 2. Dale Thomas (PP) 3. Xavier Ellis (PP) 4. Josh Kennedy 5. Scott Pendlebury 6. Beau Dowler 7. Paddy Ryder 8. Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls 9. Mitch Clark 10. Marcus Drum 11. Shaun Higgins 12. Nathan Jones 13. Shannon Hurn 14. Grant Birchall 15. Travis Varcoe 16. Richard Douglas 17. Darren Pfeiffer 18. Max Bailey 19. Courtenay Dempsey

Second round	20. Paul Bower 21. Danny Stanley 22. Beau Muston 23. Ryan Cook 24. Cleve Hughes 25. Wayde Mills 26. Garrick Ibbotson 27. Dylan Addison 28. Matt Riggio 29. Ben McKinley 30. Nick Lower 31. Trent West 32. Bernie Vince 33. Samuel Gilbert 34. Matthew Spangher 35. Stephen Owen

Third round	36. Jake Edwards 37. Jack Anthony 38. Travis Tuck (F/S) 39. Jay Neagle (F/S) 40. Travis Casserly 41. Rhan Hooper 42. Robert Warnock 43. Andrew Swallow 44. Alipate Carlile 45. Kasey Green 46. Travis Baird 47. Ryan Gamble 48. Alan Obst 49. Michael Rix 50. Sam Lonergan

Fourth round	51. Matthew Laidlaw 53. Simon Buckley 54. Kristin Thornton 55. Brett Montgomery 56. Joel Patfull 57. Michael West 58. Hugh Minson 59. Ryan Brabazon 60. Clint Bartram 61. Mathew Stokes 63. Phillip Raymond

Fifth round	66. Austin Lucy 68. Heath Neville 69. Tim Hutchison 70. Jonathan Giles 71. Justin Sweeney

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