Ryan Cook (Australian rules footballer)

Ryan Cook
Personal information
Date of birth	(1988-02-16) 16 February 1988
Original team(s)	Rosebud/Dandenong U18
Debut	Round 18, 4 August 2007, Collingwood v. Carlton, at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Height/Weight	186 cm / 82 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2007–2009	Collingwood	14 (1)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2009 season.
Career highlights
Joseph Wren Memorial Trophy 2009

Ryan Cook (born 16 February 1988) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) between 2006 and 2010.

He is a lively midfielder/half-forward who kicked three goals and had 19 disposals to be one of the Dandenong Stingrays' best in their losing TAC Cup Grand Final against Gippsland Power. The Magpies' fourth pick at 23 in the 2005 AFL Draft, Cook was touted as a fast player with great endurance, as evidenced by a 13.7 beep test result.

His step brother is Nick Malceski who plays for Sydney Swans.^[1]

Cook was charged by police with assault over an incident which happened in Sale, Victoria in January 2009.^[2] In March 2010 he pleaded guilty to negligently causing serious injury and was fined $3500.^[3]

He was delisted by Collingwood at the end of the 2010 season.^[4] He then moved to Western Australia to play for South Fremantle Football Club in the West Australian Football League.^[5] He won South Fremantle's best and fairest award, the W.J. Hughes Medal, for the 2011 season.^[6]

References

↑ McLure, Geoff (19 February 2007) Sporting Life
↑ Sheridan, Nick (4 April 2009) The gospel according to Malthouse
↑ Collingwood player Ryan Cook let off despite breaking 10 bones in man's face
↑ Six Magpies culled
↑ Bulldogs win race to sign former Pie Cook
↑ Miller, Dale (8 October 2011). "WAFL club champion winners". The West Australian. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011.

External links

Ryan Cook's statistics from AFL Tables
WAFL profile

Awards
Preceded by Brent Macaffer, Justin Crow	Joseph Wren Memorial Trophy 2009	Succeeded by Tom Young

2005 AFL national draft

First round	1. Marc Murphy (PP) 2. Dale Thomas (PP) 3. Xavier Ellis (PP) 4. Josh Kennedy 5. Scott Pendlebury 6. Beau Dowler 7. Paddy Ryder 8. Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls 9. Mitch Clark 10. Marcus Drum 11. Shaun Higgins 12. Nathan Jones 13. Shannon Hurn 14. Grant Birchall 15. Travis Varcoe 16. Richard Douglas 17. Darren Pfeiffer 18. Max Bailey 19. Courtenay Dempsey

Second round	20. Paul Bower 21. Danny Stanley 22. Beau Muston 23. Ryan Cook 24. Cleve Hughes 25. Wayde Mills 26. Garrick Ibbotson 27. Dylan Addison 28. Matt Riggio 29. Ben McKinley 30. Nick Lower 31. Trent West 32. Bernie Vince 33. Samuel Gilbert 34. Matthew Spangher 35. Stephen Owen

Third round	36. Jake Edwards 37. Jack Anthony 38. Travis Tuck (F/S) 39. Jay Neagle (F/S) 40. Travis Casserly 41. Rhan Hooper 42. Robert Warnock 43. Andrew Swallow 44. Alipate Carlile 45. Kasey Green 46. Travis Baird 47. Ryan Gamble 48. Alan Obst 49. Michael Rix 50. Sam Lonergan

Fourth round	51. Matthew Laidlaw 53. Simon Buckley 54. Kristin Thornton 55. Brett Montgomery 56. Joel Patfull 57. Michael West 58. Hugh Minson 59. Ryan Brabazon 60. Clint Bartram 61. Mathew Stokes 63. Phillip Raymond

Fifth round	66. Austin Lucy 68. Heath Neville 69. Tim Hutchison 70. Jonathan Giles 71. Justin Sweeney

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