Michael Close

Michael Close
Personal information
Full name	Michael Close
Date of birth	(1994-07-30) 30 July 1994
Original team(s)	North Ballarat Rebels
Draft	#32, 2012 AFL National Draft
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current club	Brisbane Lions
Number	33
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2014–	Brisbane Lions	15 (10)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2015 season.

Michael Close (born 30 July 1994) is an Australian rules footballer who currently plays with the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL).

AFL career

Close was drafted by Brisbane at Pick 32 in the 2012 AFL National Draft.^[1] made his AFL debut for Brisbane in the Round 1 match against Hawthorn in the 2014 AFL season.^[2]

References

↑ "Close enough suits Leppa for debutant", Gold Coast Bulletin, 22 March 2014
↑ Galloway, Rochelle (23 March 2014), "Hawthorn unfurls flagin thanks to Tasmania", The Examiner Newspaper

External links

Michael Close's profile on the official website of the Brisbane Lions
Michael Close's statistics from AFL Tables

Brisbane Lions – current squad

1 Keays
2 Harwood
3 Christensen
4 Bastinac
5 Robinson
6 Green
7 Bell
8 Bewick
9 D. Beams (vc)
10 Rich (vc)
11 P. Hanley (vc)
12 Martin
13 West
14 Walker
15 Zorko (vc)
16 Jansen
17 C. Beams
18 Robertson
19 Clayton
20 Watts
21 Merrett (vc)
22 Paparone
23 Schache
24 Dawson
25 McStay
26 Cutler
27 Gardiner
28 Taylor
29 McGrath
30 Hipwood
31 Andrews
32 Mayes
33 Close
34 Freeman
35 Lester
36 Mathieson
37 C. Hanley*
38 Rockliff (c)
39 Paine*
40 Hammelmann*
41 Skinner
42 Clarke
43 McGuinness
44 Smith*
45 Beasley*
46 Evans*
47 William*

Coach: Leppitsch

* denotes rookie listed players

2012 AFL national draft

First round	1. Lachie Whitfield 2. Jonathan O'Rourke 3. Lachie Plowman 4. Jimmy Toumpas (Comp) 5. Jake Stringer 6. Jackson Macrae (Comp) 7. Oliver Wines 8. Sam Mayes 9. Nick Vlastuin 10. Joe Daniher (F/S) 11. Troy Menzel 12. Kristian Jaksch 13. Jesse Lonergan (Comp) 14. Aidan Corr (Comp) 15. Taylor Garner 16. Jackson Thurlow 17. Josh Simpson 18. Brodie Grundy 19. Ben Kennedy 20. Tim Broomhead (Comp) 21. Nathan Hrovat 22. Dean Towers 23. Marco Paparone (Comp)

Second round	24. Nathan Wright 25. Spencer White 26. Jack Viney (F/S) 27. James Stewart 28. Tim O'Brien 29. Tom Clurey (Comp) 30. Mason Shaw (Comp) 31. Kamdyn McIntosh (Comp) 32. Michael Close 33. Liam McBean 34. Jason Ashby 35. Tom Temay 36. Tanner Smith 37. Ben Jacobs 38. Jackson Ramsay 39. Max Duffy 40. Brodie Murdoch 41. Mason Wood 42. Matthew McDonough 43. Josh Saunders 44. Harrison Marsh

Third round	45. Brant Colledge 46. Tim Membrey 47. Mitchell Wilkins 48. Dean Kent (Comp) 49. Lachie Hunter (F/S) 50. Joshua Prudden (Comp) 51. Dylan Van Unen 52. Matt Jones 53. Martin Gleeson 54. Nick Graham 55. Tim Sumner 56. Daniel Currie 57. Kyal Horsley (RP) 58. Clay Cameron 59. Adam Carter 60. Mark Hutchings (Comp) 61. Taylor Hine 62. Sam Siggins 64. Matthew Dick

Fourth round	66. Kaiden Brand 68. Dean Terlich 70. Michael Osborne 71. Daniel Nicholson (RP) 72. Michael Evans (RP) 73. Nick Kommer 75. Lewis Pierce 76. Sam Gibson (RP) 77. Brad Hartman 78. Clancee Pearce (RP) 79. Brad Dick (RP) 81. Rory Atkins

Fifth round	83. Sam Frost (RP) 85. Tom Jonas (RP) 86. Jack Crisp (RP) 88. Sean Gregory 89. Levi Casboult (RP) 90. Sam Dunell (RP) 91. Aaron Mullett (RP) 92. Jesse Stringer (RP) 92. Lee Spurr (RP) 94. Marley Williams (RP) 95. Ian Callinan (RP)

Sixth round	97. Andrew Phillips (RP) 98. Tom Campbell (RP) 99. Niall McKeever (RP) 102. Zach Tuohy (RP) 103. Majak Daw (RP)

Seventh round	105. Jason Johannisen (RP) 106. Mark Baguley (RP) 107. Harry Cunningham (RP)

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