Adam Cooney

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Personal information
Full name Adam Cooney
Date of birth (1985-09-30) 30 September 1985 (age 37)
Place of birth Adelaide, South Australia
Original team(s) West Adelaide (SANFL)
Draft No. 1 (PP), 2003 National Draft
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Position(s) Forward / Midfielder
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
20042014 Western Bulldogs 219 (186)
20152016 Essendon 031 0(16)
Total250 (202)
Representative team honours
YearsTeamGames (Goals)
2008 Dream Team 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2008.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Adam Cooney (born 30 September 1985) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Western Bulldogs and Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He won the Brownlow Medal in 2008, with 24 votes becoming the tenth Western Bulldogs player to win the award.

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Early life

Cooney attended Flagstaff Hill R-7 Schools, Blackwood High School and later Aberfoyle Park High School and played for the Flagstaff Hill Football Club. [1]

AFL career

Cooney was recruited from West Adelaide in the SANFL to the Western Bulldogs with the number-one pick in the 2003 National Draft as a priority pick. Cooney was noted as a pacey player who could kick goals on the run from outside the 50-metre arc as well as snap kicks near the goal posts. Cooney debuted in Round 1 2004 against the West Coast Eagles, where he recorded 8 disposals and kicked a goal, and his first season saw him play 19 games and kick 11 goals for the season. He had a vastly improved 2005 season: he played every game, averaged 20 possessions a game and kicked 21 goals. He was ranked second for clearances in the Bulldogs team.

Cooney progressed to the elite of the competition, four seasons after being selected as the number one draft pick. His threat as a goalkicking midfielder grew, in 2006 and 2007 he kicked 30 & 28 goals respectively, he then pushed into the upper bracket of ball winners, by collecting 458 and 469 total disposals over the 2006 & 2007 season, while maintaining his average of more than a goal per game and also directly assisting in many scores.

Cooney was rewarded for a strong 2008 season by winning the Brownlow Medal. He polled 24 votes, beating Brisbane Lions midfielder Simon Black by one vote. [2] Cooney is the first No. 1 draft pick (and the first player taken as a priority draft pick) to win the award. [3] His 2008 season saw him amass 637 total disposals and boot 23 goals, highlighted by a 25 disposal, 5 goal outing against the Sydney Swans in Round 7. He played 25 total games in 2008 and averaged 25.5 disposals per game.

In 2009, Adam had another great season, playing 23 games, kicking 14 goals and averaging 26.8 disposals, although he only managed to poll 3 Brownlow Medal Votes. He also featured in the official advertisement for the AFL, brushing off tacklers including a bull in a bullfighting ring.

From the 2010–2012 season Cooney struggled with injury and form, his impact on game, particularly his goal kicking was very minimal, as he only provided 27 majors over 3 seasons, and playing a total of 47 games in that span.

Cooney then bounced back in 2013, playing 19 games, kicking 19 goals and tallying 485 disposals for the season.

The 2014 season was Cooney's final year at the Bulldogs, he kicked 13 goals and played 18 games. His last game for the Dog's saw him tally 20 disposals and 2 tackles, a game in which the Dog's lost to the GWS Giants.

In October 2014, Cooney was traded to Essendon.

The 2015 season was Cooney's first in the red and black, he only managed 11 games and kicked 10 goals, including 3 on debut against the Sydney Swans in Round 1.

The Essendon Supplements Saga ordeal allowed Adam more of an opportunity to play regular senior football during the 2016 season. He managed to play 20 games and kick 6 goals, he also tallied 457 disposals. In August 2016, Cooney announced he would retire after the round 22 match against Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium. [4] [5] His final AFL game was also his 250th game and was fittingly against his old side, the Bulldogs, he gathered 22 disposals and kicked a goal.

Other ventures

In 2009, Cooney appeared alongside other AFL footballers in an AFL television advertisement titled "AFL: In a League of its Own", which featured prominent AFL players playing Australian rules football at famous sporting venues around the world, and in the middle of other sports being played, including basketball, Association football and American football. In the advertisement, Cooney receives the ball in a bullring from a Leon Davis tap, and after evading attempted tackles from James McDonald, Nathan Bock and Daniel Merrett, as well as a raging bull and rally cars, he kicks the ball to Gary Ablett Jr. [6]

From 2 April 2023, Cooney appeared as a contestant in the ninth season of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! . [7] Cooney was eliminated ninth on 27 April 2023. [8]

Personal life

Cooney proposed to his partner Haylea McCann with a Burger Ring. [9] On 24 October 2009, he and McCann married in a ceremony at Glenelg Beach, Adelaide. [10] [11]

Statistics

[12]

Legend
  G  
Goals
  K  
Kicks
  D  
Disposals  
  T  
Tackles
  B  
Behinds  
  H  
Handballs  
  M  
Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game) Votes
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2004 Western Bulldogs 1719111211910522444300.60.66.35.511.82.31.63
2005 Western Bulldogs 1722211323619843493561.00.610.79.019.74.22.512
2006 Western Bulldogs 17243019242216458128601.30.810.19.019.15.32.54
2007 Western Bulldogs 17222821262207469112791.31.011.99.421.35.13.69
2008 Western Bulldogs 172523631132663798650.90.212.413.025.53.92.624
2009 Western Bulldogs 1723141527734061781580.60.712.014.826.83.52.53
2010 Western Bulldogs 172091226325251579600.50.613.212.625.84.03.08
2011 Western Bulldogs 17139815612928538400.70.612.09.921.92.93.12
2012 Western Bulldogs 17149616213129338370.60.411.69.420.92.72.63
2013 Western Bulldogs 1719191126422148582441.00.613.911.625.54.32.37
2014 Western Bulldogs 171813619016435467590.70.310.69.119.73.73.37
2015 Essendon 13111041236418733250.90.411.25.817.03.02.30
2016 Essendon 1720614259198457116570.30.713.09.922.85.82.84
Career25020214728642551541510096700.80.611.510.221.74.02.786

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