Drew Banfield

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Drew Banfield
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Banfield with West Coast in September 2006
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-02-27) 27 February 1974 (age 49)
Original team(s) Subiaco (WAFL)
Draft No. 1, 1992 National Draft, West Coast
Debut Round 16, 1993, West Coast  vs. Essendon, at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Height 184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 88 kg (194 lb)
Position(s) Defender/Utility
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1993–2006 West Coast 265 (76)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2006.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Drew Banfield (born 27 February 1974) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL).

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Selected as the number 1 pick in the 1992 AFL Draft, Banfield was recruited to West Coast, where he became one of their best clubmen and hardest-working defenders and utility players.

He won the Eagles' Club Champion Award in 1996, as well as playing in the Eagles' 1994 premiership side.

In 2006, Banfield was struggling for selection and fought his way into the side in round 9, but remained on the fringes of selection throughout the season. He missed out on the semi-final against the Western Bulldogs but was recalled for the preliminary final against Adelaide, and retained for the Grand Final against Sydney due to his experience. It was his second AFL premiership, twelve years after his first, and made him the only player to appear in both West Coast's 1994 and 2006 premiership teams. On Friday 6 October 2006, Banfield announced his retirement from AFL football at the West Coast Eagles Club Champion awards, having played 265 games.

Banfield is married to Amber Lee-Steere and has four children, three sons, Bailey (not to be confused with Bailey Banfield of the Fremantle Dockers), Charlie and Harper, and Willow.[ citation needed ]

Statistics

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Legend
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Goals
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Disposals  
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Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game)
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
1993 West Coast 317225719761490.30.38.12.710.92.01.3
1994 West Coast 6247419211630839460.30.28.04.812.81.61.9
1995 West Coast 6236718017935953480.30.37.87.815.62.32.1
1996 West Coast 6249324022046072480.40.110.09.219.23.02.0
1997 West Coast 62114822917640570530.70.410.98.419.33.32.5
1998 West Coast 62211421714836560510.50.29.96.716.62.72.3
1999 West Coast 6246825917343259180.30.310.87.218.02.50.8
2000 West Coast 6176316213830044400.40.29.58.117.62.62.4
2001 West Coast 6941766914524230.40.18.47.716.12.72.6
2002 West Coast 6221216812329155560.00.17.65.613.22.52.5
2003 West Coast 6223414514228754380.10.26.66.513.02.51.7
2004 West Coast 611201105616642210.20.010.05.115.13.81.9
2005 West Coast 6253219714534290460.10.17.95.813.73.61.8
2006 West Coast 614201068819453270.10.07.66.313.93.81.9
Career26576482338179241307295240.30.28.86.815.62.82.0

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