David Calthorpe

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David Calthorpe
Personal information
Full name David Calthorpe
Date of birth (1973-08-17) 17 August 1973 (age 50)
Original team(s) East Keilor
Height 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 94 kg (207 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1992–1998 Essendon 092 (58)
1999 Brisbane Lions 009 0(2)
2000 Kangaroos 013 (10)
Total114 (70)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2000.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

David Calthorpe (born 17 August 1973) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon, the Brisbane Lions and the Kangaroos in the Australian Football League (AFL).

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Calthorpe was an on-baller and in his first ever State of Origin game for Victoria, he won the E. J. Whitten Medal. For the Bombers, he played 92 games from the time of his debut in 1992, winning a premiership medal in his second season. He was picked up by Brisbane at pick one, in the 1999 Pre-Season Draft but only played 9 games for the club before moving to the Kangaroos in 2000, for what turned out to be his final season of football.

He is best remembered for a solo play, late in the third quarter of the 1993 AFL Grand Final, where he collected the ball from the centre bounce and within 10 seconds, had goaled from a distance of 55 metres, effectively killing the game as a contest.

Statistics

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Legend
  G  
Goals
  K  
Kicks
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Disposals  
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Tackles
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Behinds  
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Handballs  
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Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game) Votes
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
1992 Essendon 482239312011.01.54.51.56.00.00.50
1993 Essendon 48111014806314325150.91.37.35.713.02.31.40
1994 Essendon 1417131317611328946330.80.810.46.617.02.71.93
1995 Essendon 14179101687424242140.50.69.94.414.22.50.83
1996 Essendon 14167131415019124190.40.88.83.111.91.51.21
1997 Essendon 1484369551242760.50.48.66.915.53.40.80
1998 Essendon 1421131026411237692240.60.512.65.317.94.41.18
1999 Brisbane Lions 489206321841840.20.07.02.39.32.00.40
2000 Kangaroos 171310353439614190.80.24.13.37.41.11.50
Career1147069102353415572881350.60.69.04.713.72.51.215

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