Ryan Crowley

Ryan Crowley
Personal information
Full name Ryan Crowley
Date of birth (1984-03-05) 5 March 1984
Original team(s) Calder Cannons (TAC Cup)
Draft

No. 55, 2002 National Draft, Fremantle

No. 39, 2005 Rookie Draft, Fremantle
Height/Weight 188cm / 88kg
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Essendon
Number 51
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2003–2015
2016
Total		 Fremantle
Essendon		 188 (117)
002 0(1)
190 (118)
International team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2006–2008 Australia 4
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of Round 2, 2016 season.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2008.
Career highlights

Ryan Crowley (born 5 March 1984) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Fremantle Football Club from 2003–2015. He plays as a midfielder and specialises in a tagging role.

AFL career

Crowley was first drafted by Fremantle in 2002 with selection 55 at the national draft. At the end of 2004, having only played WAFL football for Subiaco, he was delisted. However the club gave Crowley a second chance and re-selected him with their 3rd pick in the rookie draft.[1] Good form with Subiaco in 2005 led to his elevation to the senior list when both Robert Haddrill and his replacement Michael Warren were placed on the long term injury list.

His debut was notable in that he became only the 3rd Fremantle player to kick 3 goals on debut (along with Leigh Wardell-Johnson and Paul Medhurst), and those goals helped Fremantle to record their first ever win at Skilled Stadium in Geelong.[2] His continued good form in the second half of the 2005 season including 4 goals against Carlton at the MCG saw Ryan elevated to the senior list for the 2006 season. Early in the 2006 season, Ryan got a heavy blow to the face during a shepherd from Byron Pickett, and received a broken cheekbone.[3] Crowley continued to improve throughout the 2007 season, having gathered 319 disposals in 19 games and earning a regular spot in the Fremantle midfield as a winger/onballer who can kick goals.

Conversion to a tagger

In 2008, however, he developed into a defensive midfielder or tagger and notoriously played on opposition stars such as Gary Ablett, Jr. and Daniel Kerr.[4] He finished the year well, coming equal fifth in Fremantle's fairest and best award, the Doig Medal.[5]

In 2009 Crowley injured his foot in the Round 6 Western Derby [6] and was ruled out for between three months[7] and the entire season.[8] He didn't return to the Fremantle side until the first round of 2010. He played the first 16 games of the season, before injuring his knee against Melbourne, missing the next six games. He returned for Fremantle's two finals, after proving his fitness in a dominant display in the WAFL for Subiaco, kicking seven goals.[9]

He continued to nullify the opponent's best midfielder each week and won the Doig Medal in 2012 as Fremantle's best and fairest player.[10] In 2013 he was suggested as being worthy of selection in the All-Australian team,[11] but was overlooked.

Suspension for taking banned substance

In March 2015, it was revealed that Crowley had tested positive to a banned substance after Fremantle's Round 17, 2014 match against Greater Western Sydney. Crowley had accepted a provisional suspension in September 2014.[12] The banned substance has not been named, but is thought to be from a painkiller that was not prescribed by the club doctor. In June 2015, the AFL Tribunal suspended Crowley for twelve months; the suspension was backdated to the start of his provisional suspension, and he became eligible to play again on 25 September 2015.[13] He was subsequently delisted in October.[14]

Essendon

In January 2016, he signed with Essendon as one of their top-up players due to the supplements controversy.[15]

Statistics

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
Totals Averages (per game)
2005 Fremantle 15 12 10 4 98 45 143 53 19 0.8 0.3 8.2 3.8 11.9 4.4 1.6
2006 Fremantle 15 19 20 8 179 104 283 103 29 1.0 0.4 9.4 5.5 14.9 5.4 1.5
2007 Fremantle 15 19 13 11 189 130 319 85 44 0.7 0.6 10.0 6.8 16.8 4.5 2.3
2008 Fremantle 15 22 11 10 216 135 351 106 77 0.5 0.4 9.8 6.1 16.0 4.8 3.5
2009 Fremantle 15 6 4 3 47 23 70 23 16 0.7 0.5 7.8 3.8 11.7 3.8 2.7
2010 Fremantle 15 18 15 8 106 133 239 49 75 0.8 0.4 5.9 7.4 13.3 2.7 4.2
2011 Fremantle 15 19 13 10 129 115 244 60 57 0.7 0.5 6.8 6.0 12.8 3.2 3.0
2012 Fremantle 15 24 12 16 208 147 355 78 88 0.5 0.7 8.7 6.1 14.8 3.2 3.7
2013 Fremantle 15 25 9 10 192 178 370 80 74 0.4 0.4 7.7 7.1 14.8 3.2 3.0
2014 Fremantle 15 24 9 5 198 151 349 74 66 0.4 0.2 8.2 6.3 14.5 3.1 2.8
Career 188 116 85 1562 1161 2723 711 545 0.6 0.5 8.3 6.2 14.5 3.8 2.9

References

  1. ↑ 2004 Trading Places
  2. ↑ Dockers bounce back to stun Cats
  3. ↑ Hawks coach defends Pickett's style (18 May 2006)
  4. ↑ Brereton
  5. ↑ Pavlich named top Docker
  6. ↑ Dockers' Crowley faces injury layoff (4 May 2009)
  7. ↑ Harvey looks to youth
  8. ↑ Docker defender Michael Johnson hit for six
  9. ↑ Dockers drop Hasleby for final
  10. ↑ Foreman, Glen (7 October 2012). "Fremantle tagger Ryan Crowley wins first Doig Medal".
  11. ↑ Hagdorn, Kim (9 August 2013). "Opinion: Fremantle tagger Ryan Crowley an All-Australian chance". PerthNow.
  12. ↑ "Dockers' Ryan Crowley provisionally suspended after testing positive to banned substance".
  13. ↑ Samantha Lane (11 June 2015). "Ryan Crowley gets 12-month suspension from AFL anti-doping tribunal". The Age (Melbourne, VIC). Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  14. ↑ "Duffield and Crowley to depart". FremantleFC.com.au (Bigpond). 8 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  15. ↑ King, Travis (19 January 2016). "Top-up time as Crowley joins the Bombers". AFL.com.au (Bigpond). Retrieved 19 January 2016.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, April 26, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.