Elliot Yeo

Elliot Yeo
Personal information
Full name Elliot Yeo
Date of birth (1993-10-01) 1 October 1993
Original team(s) East Fremantle (WAFL)
Draft #30, 2011: Brisbane Lions
Height/Weight 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) / 79 kg (174 lb)
Club information
Current club West Coast
Number 6
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2012–2013
2014–
Brisbane Lions
West Coast
27 0(1)
42 (24)
69 (25)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of rd5 2016 season.
Career highlights

Elliot Yeo (born 1 October 1993) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). Elliot was drafted by the Brisbane Lions with pick number 30 in the 2011 AFL Draft from the East Fremantle Football Club.[1]

He attended high school at Aquinas College in Perth.

In May 2012, Elliot Yeo made his AFL debut in the Lions' Round 9 match against North Melbourne at Etihad Stadium.[2]

In October 2013, Yeo requested a trade to the West Coast Eagles. Late in the trade period, the Lions and the Eagles finalised a deal in which Yeo would join the Eagles in return for a second round draft pick (pick 28).[3] On 24 October 2013, he was officially traded to the Eagles.[4] Yeo received the jumper number 6 which was vacated by the retiring Mark Nicoski. Yeo played his first game for the Eagles in round one of the 2014 season against the Western Bulldogs.

In Round 10, 2014, Yeo was injured when he collided with the shoulder of Collingwood defender Jarrod Witts, causing Yeo's two maxillary central incisors to snap off.[5]

Yeo also played in the 2015 AFL Grand Final against Hawthorn.

References

  1. O'Donoghue, Craig (25 November 2011). "Yeo will feel right at home with Lions". thewest.com.au. Yahoo! 7 News. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  2. Reid, Russell (26 May 2012). "Yeo the latest Shark to play AFL". thewest.com.au. Yahoo! 7 News. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  3. Elliott Yeo heading for West Coast after Eagles 'create' a second round pick
  4. Yeo finally an Eagle as Lions add more picks
  5. http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-05-24/eagle-yeos-teeth-take-flight

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