Marcus Bontempelli

Marcus Bontempelli
Personal information
Full name	Marcus Bontempelli
Date of birth	(1995-11-24) 24 November 1995
Original team(s)	Eltham (NFL) Northern Knights (TAC Cup)
Draft	#4, 2013 National Draft, Western Bulldogs
Height/Weight	193 cm (6 ft 4 in) / 85 kg
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Western Bulldogs
Number	4
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2014–	Western Bulldogs	37 (32)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2015 season.
Career highlights
AFL Rising Star nominee: 2014 Chris Grant medal: 2014 AFLPA Best First Year Player: 2014 2× 22under22 team: 2014, 2015 Gary Dempsey Medal: 2015 AFLCA Best Young Player: 2015

Marcus Bontempelli (born 24 November 1995) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). Bontempelli was drafted by the Bulldogs with pick 4 in the 2013 AFL Draft.^[1] He made his debut against Carlton^[2] in round 5 of the 2014 season. After a successful debut season, he won the Best First-Year Player award for 2014 and was runner up in the 2014 AFL Rising Star award, finishing one vote behind Lewis Taylor.

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
Season	Team	#	Totals								Averages (per game)
2014	Western Bulldogs	4	16	15	10	133	121	254	47	55	0.9	0.6	8.3	7.6	15.9	2.9	3.4
2015	Western Bulldogs	4	21	17	10	261	183	444	69	116	0.8	0.5	12.4	8.7	21.1	3.3	5.5
Career			37	32	20	394	304	698	116	171	0.9	0.5	10.7	8.2	18.9	3.1	4.6

References

↑ Ralph, Jon (21 November 2013). "Western Bulldogs believe Marcus Bontempelli will repay decision to draft him with pick 4. Marcus also attended parade college". Herald Sun. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ Ralph, Jon (20 April 2014). "Carlton recruit Dale Thomas says Blues will take confidence from win, own form gradually improving". Herald Sun. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Marcus Bontempelli statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 6 August 2015.

External links

Marcus Bontempelli's profile on the official website of the Western Bulldogs
Marcus Bontempelli's statistics from AFL Tables

Western Bulldogs – current squad

1 Suckling
2 Murphy
3 Wallis
4 Bontempelli
5 M. Boyd
6 Dahlhaus
7 Hunter
8 Crameri**
9 Stringer
10 Wood
11 Macrae
12 Cordy
13 Hrovat
14 Smith
15 Campbell
16 McLean
17 T. Boyd
18 Roberts
19 Webb
20 Dunkley
21 Liberatore
22 Honeychurch
23 Roughead
24 Biggs
25 Stevens
26 Hamilton
27 Minson
28 Prudden
29 Dickson
30 Hamling
31 Dale
32 Collins
33 Adams
34 Williams
35 Daniel
36 Lynch*
37 Smith*
38 Morris
39 Johannisen
40 Goetz*
42 Picken
43 Redpath
44 Adcock*
46 Jong

Coach: Beveridge

* denotes rookie listed players

** denotes player(s) serving WADA suspension in 2016

2014 AFL Rising Star nominees

Rd 1: Dunstan Rd 2: Buckley Rd 3: Kelly Rd 4: McDonald Rd 5: Crouch Rd 6: Aish Rd 7: Langdon Rd 8: Impey Rd 9: Taylor Rd 10: Kolodjashnij Rd 11: Merrett Rd 12: Daniher Rd 13: Bontempelli Rd 14: Billings Rd 15: Cunningham Rd 16: Menzel Rd 17: Hrovat Rd 18: Patton Rd 19: Gardiner Rd 20: Stringer Rd 21: Lloyd Rd 22: Taberner Rd 23: Martin

Italics denote winner

2013 AFL national draft

First round	1. Tom Boyd 2. Josh Kelly 3. Jack Billings 4. Marcus Bontempelli 5. Kade Kolodjashnij 6. Matthew Scharenberg 7. James Aish 8. Luke McDonald (F/S) 9. Christian Salem 10. Nathan Freeman 11. Dom Sheed 12. Ben Lennon 13. Patrick Cripps 14. Cameron McCarthy 15. Zak Jones 16. Darcy Lang 17. Michael Apeness 18. Luke Dunstan 19. Blake Acres 20. Jack Leslie

Second round	21. Jarman Impey 22. Darcy Gardiner 23. Matt Crouch 24. Billy Hartung 25. Daniel McStay 26. Zach Merrett 27. Sean Lemmens 28. Lewis Taylor 29. Rory Lobb 30. Trent Dumont 31. Malcolm Karpany 32. George Hewett 33. Tom Cutler 34. Nick Robertson 35. Toby Nankervis 36. Jarrad Jensen 37. Alex Pearce 38. Dayle Garlett

Third round	39. Cameron Giles 40. Jay Kennedy-Harris 41. Jake Kolodjashnij 42. Matt Fuller 43. Tom Barrass 44. Aliir Aliir 45. Mitchell Harvey 46. Riley Knight 47. Ben Brown 49. Dylan Main 50. Nathan Gordon 51. Nick Holman 52. Darcy Byrne-Jones 54. Josh Walker (RP) 55. Orazio Fantasia 56. James Sicily

Fourth round	57. Jayden Hunt 58. Brady Grey 59. Jonathon Ceglar (RP) 60. Mitch Honeychurch 61. Jamie Bennell (RP) 62. Jonathan Freeman (Academy selection) 63. George Burbury (RP) 64. Lauchlan Dalgleish (RP) 65. Tom Langdon 66. Sam Lloyd 68. Karl Amon 70. Matt Taberner (RP) 71. Will Langford (RP)

Fifth round	74. Jeremy McGovern (RP) 75. Justin Clarke (RP) 76. Kyle Hartigan (RP) 77. Jonathon Marsh 80. Brandon Jack (RP)

Sixth round	82. Mitch Clisby (RP) 83. Tom Curren (RP) 84. Brett Goodes (RP) 85. Simon Tunbridge (RP) 86. Rory Laird (RP) 87. Sam Dwyer (RP) 89. Ed Curnow (RP) 90. Dane Rampe (RP)

Seventh round	92. Adam Oxley (RP) 93. Ricky Petterd (RP) 94. Tom Bell (RP)

Eighth round	95. Zachary Williams (RP)

Ninth round	97. Jake Barrett (NSW Zone)

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