David Myers (Australian rules footballer)

David Myers
Personal information
Full name	David Myers
Date of birth	(1989-06-30) 30 June 1989
Original team(s)	Perth (WAFL)
Draft	No. 6, 2007 National Draft
Height/Weight	191cm / 92 kg
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Essendon
Number	23
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2008–	Essendon	85 (26)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2015 season.

David Myers (born 30 June 1989) is a professional Australian rules footballer, currently playing for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

He is a tall midfielder originally from Perth in the WAFL, he also attended Wesley College, Perth.^[1]

AFL career

Myers was drafted with the 6th overall selection in the 2007 national draft by Essendon.

On 12 January 2016 Myers was named as one of 34 past and present Essendon players found guilty over their use of illegal supplements during the 2012 AFL season. As a result, Myers was suspended for twelve months, effective from November 2015, meaning he will miss the entire 2016 AFL season.^[2]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to end of the 2016 season.^[3]^[4]

Season	Team	#	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
Season	Team	#	Totals								Averages (per game)
2008	Essendon	23	8	1	0	77	39	116	29	24	0.1	0.0	9.6	4.9	14.5	3.6	3.0
2009	Essendon	23	6	1	3	37	29	66	19	8	0.2	0.5	6.2	4.8	11.0	3.2	1.3
2010	Essendon	23	8	3	3	71	62	133	27	24	0.4	0.4	8.9	7.8	16.6	3.4	3.0
2011	Essendon	23	14	2	4	155	111	266	56	31	0.1	0.3	11.1	7.9	19.0	4.0	2.2
2012	Essendon	23	9	4	4	102	54	156	32	18	0.4	0.4	11.3	6.0	17.3	3.6	2.0
2013	Essendon	23	20	10	10	220	147	367	86	68	0.5	0.5	11.0	7.4	18.4	4.3	3.4
2014	Essendon	23	18	5	7	209	168	377	64	75	0.3	0.4	11.6	9.3	20.9	3.6	4.2
2015	Essendon	23	2	0	0	15	8	23	5	0	0.0	0.0	7.5	4.0	11.5	2.5	0.0
Career			85	26	31	886	618	1504	318	248	0.3	0.4	10.4	7.3	17.7	3.7	2.9

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

References

↑ News | Footage of Myers in action on Bomber.tv | Essendon Football Club Official Website
↑ Travis King (12 January 2016). "Guilty: court bans the Essendon 34 for 2016". Australian Football League. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
↑ "David Myers statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
↑ "David Myers of the Essendon Bombers Career AFL Stats". Retrieved 25 September 2012.

External links

David Myers's profile on the official website of the Essendon Football Club
David Myers'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

Essendon Football Club supplements controversy

Players	Tom Bellchambers Alex Browne Jake Carlisle Travis Colyer Stewart Crameri Alwyn Davey Luke Davis Cory Dell'Olio Ricky Dyson Dustin Fletcher Scott Gumbleton Kyle Hardingham Dyson Heppell Michael Hibberd David Hille Heath Hocking Cale Hooker Ben Howlett Michael Hurley Leroy Jetta Brendan Lee Sam Lonergan Nathan Lovett-Murray Mark McVeigh Jake Melksham Angus Monfries David Myers Tayte Pears Brent Prismall Paddy Ryder Henry Slattery Brent Stanton Ariel Steinberg Jobe Watson

Administrators	Danny Corcoran Stephen Dank David Evans James Hird Paul Little Bruce Reid Dean Robinson Ian Robson Mark Thompson

Organisations	Australian Football League Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Court of Arbitration for Sport Essendon Football Club World Anti Doping Agency

Related articles	AFL seasons 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Essendon seasons 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 (Top-up players) Thymosin beta-4

2007 AFL national draft

First round	1. Matthew Kreuzer 2. Trent Cotchin 3. Chris Masten 4. Cale Morton 5. Jarrad Grant 6. David Myers 7. Rhys Palmer 8. Lachie Henderson 9. Ben McEvoy 10. Patrick Dangerfield 11. Patrick Veszpremi 12. Cyril Rioli 13. Brad Ebert 14. Jack Grimes 15. Robbie Tarrant 16. Matthew Lobbe 17. Harry Taylor 18. Alex Rance (PP)

Second round	19. Callan Ward 20. Tony Notte 21. Addam Maric 22. Scott Selwood 23. Tayte Pears 24. Clayton Hinkley 25. Tom Collier 26. Brett Meredith 27. Andy Otten 28. Marlon Motlop 29. Brendan Whitecross 30. Jarrhan Jacky 31. John McCarthy 32. Levi Greenwood 33. Matthew Westhoff 34. Dawson Simpson

Third round	35. Sam Reid 36. Steven Browne 37. Scott Thompson 38. Myke Cook 39. Darcy Daniher (F/S) 40. Chris Mayne 41. James Polkinghorne 42. Jack Steven 43. Easton Wood 44. Scott Simpson 45. Stuart Dew 46. Dennis Armfield 47. Toby Thoolen 48. Jarrad Boumann 49. Mitch Farmer 50. Dan McKenna

Fourth round	51. Dean Putt 52. Bradd Dalziell 53. Kyle Cheney 54. Cale Hooker 55. Mark Johnson 56. Matt Austin 57. Fraser Gehrig 58. Tony Armstrong 59. Craig Bird 60. Adam Donohue (F/S) 61. Jaxson Barham (F/S) 62. Josh Smith 63. Guy O'Keefe

Fifth round	66. Tom McNamara 69. Kepler Bradley 70. Eljay Connors 71. Aaron Kite 72. Blake Grima

Sixth round	75. Taylor Walker (NSWSP)

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