Tayte Pears

Tayte Pears
Personal information
Full name	Tayte Pears
Date of birth	(1990-03-24) 24 March 1990
Original team(s)	East Perth (WAFL)
Draft	#23, 2007 National Draft
Height/Weight	191 cm / 92 kg
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current club	Essendon
Number	16
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2008–	Essendon	70 (3)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2015 season.
Career highlights
2009 AFL Rising Star nominee

Tayte Pears (born 24 March 1990) is a professional Australian rules footballer, currently playing with the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League. In his youth, Pears played as a forward before shifting to centre-half back at the age of 16, where he has continued to play during his AFL career.^[1]

AFL career

Pears was drafted by Essendon with pick 23 in the 2007 national draft and debuted in 2008. He played the role of a key position defender in his second season, taking on big dominant forwards such as Daniel Bradshaw, Jarryd Roughead and Justin Koschitzke. After playing on Brendan Fevola in round 13, 2009, he was the round nominee for the Rising Star.^[2]

Off-season surgery on a foot fracture that set back his return to senior football saw Pears’ bad run with injury continue in 2011. He played his first game of the year against North Melbourne in round 13, but saw his season further stifled with injury after breaking his lower leg and then straining his hamstring in the elimination final.

On 12 January 2016 Pears was named as one of 34 past and present Essendon players found guilty over their use of illegal supplements during the 2012 AFL season. As a result, Pears was suspended for twelve months, effective from November 2015, meaning he will miss the entire 2016 AFL season.^[3]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of round 18, 2015. ^[4]

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)
2008	Essendon	16	5	2	1	25	25	50	15	9	0.4	0.2	5.0	5.0	10.0	3.0	1.8
2009	Essendon	16	23	1	1	156	192	348	72	47	0.0	0.0	6.8	8.4	15.1	3.1	2.0
2010	Essendon	16	10	0	1	91	72	163	52	29	0.0	0.0	9.1	7.2	16.3	5.2	2.9
2011	Essendon	16	9	0	0	54	58	112	22	24	0.0	0.0	6.0	6.4	12.4	2.4	2.7
2012	Essendon	16	10	0	0	53	71	124	24	27	0.0	0.0	5.3	7.1	12.4	2.4	2.7
2013	Essendon	16	11	0	0	111	83	194	65	26	0.0	0.0	10.1	7.6	17.6	5.9	2.4
Career			68	3	3	490	501	991	250	162	0.0	0.0	7.2	7.4	14.6	3.7	2.4

References

↑ "Pears bears the fruit of his hard work". essendonfc.com.au. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
↑ Rowston, Craig (30 June 2009). "Pears named Round 13 Rising Star nomination". essendonfc.com.au. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
↑ Travis King (12 January 2016). "Guilty: court bans the Essendon 34 for 2016". Australian Football League. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
↑ Tayte Pears's player profile at AFL Tables

External links

Tayte Pears's profile on the official website of the Essendon Football Club
Tayte Pears's statistics from AFL Tables

Essendon Football Club – current squad

1 Hibberd**
2 Bellchambers**
3 Parish
4 Watson**
5 Stanton**
6 Daniher
7 Z. Merrett
8 Gleeson
9 Goddard (c)
10 Francis
11 Zaharakis
12 Baguley (vc)
13 Fantasia
14 Ashby
15 Dempsey
16 Pears**
17 Cooney
18 Hurley**
19 Edwards
20 J. Merrett
21 Heppell**
22 Leuenberger
23 Myers**
24 Bird
25 Morgan
26 Hooker**
27 Redman
28 Brown
29 Ambrose
30 Langford
32 Colyer**
33 Laverde
34 Long*
35 Eades
36 Hartley
37 Nyuon*
38 Kommer
39 Hocking**
40 Howlett**
41 Hams*
42 Gwilt
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti*
44 McKernan
45 McKenna*
46 Wallis*
47 Kelly+
48 Stokes+
49 Dea+
50 Polkinghorne+
51 Crowley+
52 Simpkin+
53 Jamar+
54 Grimley+
55 Grima+
56 Michael+

Coach: Worsfold

* denotes rookie listed players

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

+ denotes top-up players

Essendon Football Club supplements controversy

Players	Tom Bellchambers Alex Browne Jake Carlisle Travis Colyer Stewart Crameri Alwyn Davey Luke Davis Cory Dell'Olio Ricky Dyson Dustin Fletcher Scott Gumbleton Kyle Hardingham Dyson Heppell Michael Hibberd David Hille Heath Hocking Cale Hooker Ben Howlett Michael Hurley Leroy Jetta Brendan Lee Sam Lonergan Nathan Lovett-Murray Mark McVeigh Jake Melksham Angus Monfries David Myers Tayte Pears Brent Prismall Paddy Ryder Henry Slattery Brent Stanton Ariel Steinberg Jobe Watson

Administrators	Danny Corcoran Stephen Dank David Evans James Hird Paul Little Bruce Reid Dean Robinson Ian Robson Mark Thompson

Organisations	Australian Football League Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Court of Arbitration for Sport Essendon Football Club World Anti Doping Agency

Related articles	AFL seasons 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Essendon seasons 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 (Top-up players) Thymosin beta-4

2009 AFL Rising Star nominees

Rd 1: Rich Rd 2: Zaharakis Rd 3: Dangerfield Rd 4: Barham Rd 5: Moss Rd 6: Hill Rd 7: Ziebell Rd 8: Geary Rd 9: Otten Rd 10: Walker Rd 11: Dick Rd 12: Joseph Rd 13: Pears Rd 14: Grimes Rd 15: Jurrah Rd 16: Masten Rd 17: Beams Rd 18: Ward Rd 19: Brown Rd 20: Hurley Rd 21: Suban Rd 22: White

Italics denote winner

2007 AFL national draft

First round	1. Matthew Kreuzer 2. Trent Cotchin 3. Chris Masten 4. Cale Morton 5. Jarrad Grant 6. David Myers 7. Rhys Palmer 8. Lachie Henderson 9. Ben McEvoy 10. Patrick Dangerfield 11. Patrick Veszpremi 12. Cyril Rioli 13. Brad Ebert 14. Jack Grimes 15. Robbie Tarrant 16. Matthew Lobbe 17. Harry Taylor 18. Alex Rance (PP)

Second round	19. Callan Ward 20. Tony Notte 21. Addam Maric 22. Scott Selwood 23. Tayte Pears 24. Clayton Hinkley 25. Tom Collier 26. Brett Meredith 27. Andy Otten 28. Marlon Motlop 29. Brendan Whitecross 30. Jarrhan Jacky 31. John McCarthy 32. Levi Greenwood 33. Matthew Westhoff 34. Dawson Simpson

Third round	35. Sam Reid 36. Steven Browne 37. Scott Thompson 38. Myke Cook 39. Darcy Daniher (F/S) 40. Chris Mayne 41. James Polkinghorne 42. Jack Steven 43. Easton Wood 44. Scott Simpson 45. Stuart Dew 46. Dennis Armfield 47. Toby Thoolen 48. Jarrad Boumann 49. Mitch Farmer 50. Dan McKenna

Fourth round	51. Dean Putt 52. Bradd Dalziell 53. Kyle Cheney 54. Cale Hooker 55. Mark Johnson 56. Matt Austin 57. Fraser Gehrig 58. Tony Armstrong 59. Craig Bird 60. Adam Donohue (F/S) 61. Jaxson Barham (F/S) 62. Josh Smith 63. Guy O'Keefe

Fifth round	66. Tom McNamara 69. Kepler Bradley 70. Eljay Connors 71. Aaron Kite 72. Blake Grima

Sixth round	75. Taylor Walker (NSWSP)

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