Dwayne Griffin

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Dwayne Griffin
Personal information
Full name Dwayne Griffin
Date of birth (1977-02-28) 28 February 1977 (age 43)
Original team(s) Mazenod
Draft 89th, 1996 AFL Draft [1]
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1995–2008 Swan Districts (WAFL) 106 (35)
1997 Collingwood (AFL) 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2008.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Dwayne Griffin (born 28 February 1977) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Australian Football League (AFL). [2] and Swan Districts in the Western Australian Football League (WAFL).

A defender, Griffin made his senior debut for Swan Districts aged eighteen in the 1995 WAFL season and was drafted at number 89 by Collingwood at the 1996 AFL Draft.

Griffin played just one AFL game for Collingwood, in round 22 of the 1997 season, against North Melbourne at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), but didn't register a disposal. [3] Delisted at the end of the season, Griffin returned to Western Australia with his original club Swan Districts and was their joint best and fairest winner in 2002. [4]

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References

  1. Lovett, Michael (2004). AFL 2004 - The Official Statistical History Of The AFL. AFL Publishing. ISBN   0-9580300-5-7.
  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN   978-1-920910-78-5.
  3. AFL Tables: Dwayne Griffin
  4. WAFL Online: Dwayne GRIFFIN (Swan Districts)