Andrew Balkwill

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Andrew Balkwill
Personal information
Full name Andrew Balkwill
Date of birth (1972-03-24) 24 March 1972 (age 52)
Original team(s) Central District
Height 192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 89 kg (196 lb)
Position(s) Half forward
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1997–1998 Carlton 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1998.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Andrew Balkwill (born 24 March 1972) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). [1] Originally with Central District, he and Ben Nelson were traded to Carlton for Brent Heaver at the end of the 1996 season.

Balkwill played his sole game for Carlton in Round 3, 1997 – the game best remembered for Carlton wearing sky blue guernseys as part of a cross-promotion for the new blue-coloured M&M's. Balkwill never played a senior game in the club's traditional navy blue – which was a unique distinction until the club later introduced clash guernseys. [2]

He was formerly the Principal of Thomas More College Salisbury, but is now the Principal of Mercedes College Adelaide beginning in 2020. [3]

Notes

  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 39. ISBN   978-1-921496-00-4.
  2. "The Candy Man comes to Carlton". Carlton Football Club. 25 August 2009. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  3. "Welcome - Mercedes College". www.mercedes.catholic.edu.au. Retrieved 25 February 2020.


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