Nick O'Brien

Nicholas O'Brien
Personal information
Full name	Nicholas O'Brien
Date of birth	(1993-06-26) 26 June 1993
Original team(s)	North Ballarat Rebels (TAC Cup)
Draft	No. 59, 2011 National Draft
Height/Weight	188 cm / 91 kg
Position(s)	Midfielder
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2012–2015	Essendon	14 (4)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2015 season.

Nicholas O'Brien (born 26 June 1993) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He attended St Patrick's College in Ballarat. In 2011, he captained the St Patrick's schoolboy side to a victory in the MCC Herald Sun Shield^[1] He was recruited by Essendon with the 59th overall pick in the 2011 national draft. He made his debut in round 22, 2012, against Richmond at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.^[2]

He was delisted by Essendon in November 2015.^[3]

Recently O'Brien has become quite the Twitter enthusiast, where his decision making in white knighting for his more successful acquaintances has been in keeping with his botched football career.^[4]

References

↑ http://www.mcc.org.au/News/Latest%20News/2011/August/MCC%20Herald%20Sun%20Shield.aspx
↑ Hanlon, Peter (24 August 2012). "Old soul with youthful drive". The Age. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
↑ Twomey, Callum (5 November 2015). "Two more Bombers cut as O'Brien and Hams depart". AFL.com.au (Bigpond). Retrieved 6 November 2015.
↑ Lay Off The Angry Pills, Nick.

External links

Nick OBrien's statistics from AFL Tables

2011 AFL national draft

First round	1. Jonathon Patton 2. Stephen Coniglio 3. Dom Tyson 4. Will Hoskin-Elliott 5. Matthew Buntine 6. Chad Wingard 7. Nick Haynes 8. Billy Longer 9. Adam Tomlinson 10. Liam Sumner 11. Toby Greene 12. Sam Docherty 13. Taylor Adams 14. Devon Smith 15. Brandon Ellis 16. Tom Sheridan 17. Clay Smith 18. Brad McKenzie 19. Elliott Kavanagh 20. Hayden Crozier 21. Tom Mitchell (F/S) 22. Josh Bootsma 23. Murray Newman 24. Henry Schade 25. Sebastian Ross 26. Todd Elton 27. Sam Kerridge (PP) 28. Fraser McInnes (PP) 29. Alex Forster (PP) 30. Elliot Yeo (Comp)

Second round	31. Jackson Merrett 32. Joel Hamling 33. Bradley Hill 34. Shane Kersten 35. Daniel Markworth 36. Rory Taggert 37. Jack Newnes 38. Jordan Kelly 39. Michael Talia 40. Tom Curran 41. Mitch Grigg 42. Jimmy Webster 43. Jordan Lockyer 44. Sam Rowe 45. Brendon Ah Chee 46. Nicholas Joyce 47. Patrick Wearden 48. Jordan Murdoch

Third round	49. Daniel Pearce 50. Jackson Paine 51. Nathan Blee 52. Josh Tynan 53. Alex Woodward 54. James Sellar 55. Matthew Arnot 56. Tom Downie 57. Tory Dickson 58. Lachie Neale 59. Nick O'Brien 60. Jay Lever 61. Alex Brown 62. Dylan Buckley (F/S) 63. Ashton Hams (RP) 64. Cam Ellis-Yolmen 65. Corey Gault 66. Lincoln McCarthy

Fourth round	67. Jarrod Witts 68. Beau Wilkes 69. Mitch Golby (RP) 70. Luke Dahlhaus (RP) 71. Cameron Sutcliffe 73. Matthew Panos (RP) 74. Luke Delaney (RP) 75. Stewart Crameri (RP) 76. Jason Blake 77. Luke Breust (RP) 78. Orren Stephenson

Fifth round	79. Setanta Ó hAilpín 80. Alik Magin (RP) 82. Matthew Wright (RP) 83. Nick Lower (RP) 84. Cameron Pedersen (RP) 85. Nathan Gordon (RP) 86. Jed Bews (F/S)

Sixth round	87. James McDonald 88. Alex Sexton 89. Aidan Riley (RP)

Seventh round	91. Jackson Allen

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