Ebony O'Dea

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Ebony O'Dea
O'Dea, Ebony, Adelaide Oval, 2022 September 30.jpg
Ebony O'Dea in 2022
Personal information
Full name Ebony O'Dea
Nickname(s) Ebs [1]
Date of birth (1998-11-15) 15 November 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Springton, South Australia
Original team(s) Norwood (SANFLW)
Draft No. 71, 2018 national draft
No. 89, 2019 national draft
Debut Round 2, 2020, Collingwood  vs. Carlton, at Ikon Park
Height 167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Defender / Midfielder
Club information
Current club Port Adelaide
Number 2
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2019 Greater Western Sydney 00 (0)
2020–2022 (S6) Collingwood 21 (1)
2022 (S7)– Port Adelaide 20 (1)
Total41 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season.
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Ebony O'Dea (born 15 November 1998) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Port Adelaide in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She has previously been listed with Greater Western Sydney (GWS) and Collingwood. After being picked by GWS in the 2018 national draft, she was delisted after one season. She was re-drafted by Collingwood in the 2019 national draft and made her league debut in round 2 of the 2020 season, before moving to Port Adelaide ahead of 2022 season 7.

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Personal life

O'Dea grew up in Springton, South Australia. In Year 12 she studied chemistry the University of Adelaide, travelling in from her town, and started playing football there. [1] She played a key role, helping the university reach the SAWFL Grand Final. [2] As well as football, she is accomplished at unicycling, [3] holding the World Record in Unicycling for "Platform Long Jump" [4] and the Australian women's record for "Platform High Jump". [5] [2] [6]

State football

O'Dea played for South Australian National Football League club Norwood under coach Stephen Symonds. [7] With Norwood she won the premiership in the 2017 season and was named amongst the best players in the 2018 Grand Final. [8]

AFL Women's career

Greater Western Sydney

O'Dea was drafted by Greater Western Sydney with pick 71. [2] [9] [10] At the end of the season she was delisted after not making an appearance for the club. [11] [12] After her delisting she was selected for Greater Western Sydney's inaugural VFL Women's squad, together with five more recently delisted players, so as to strengthen their chances to be re-drafted. [13] This squad played only invitational games not counted for points or ladder position during teams' bye rounds. [14]

Collingwood

The following season O'Dea was drafted by Collingwood with pick 89, re-joining coach Symonds who was her coach when she played at Norwood. [8] She made her debut in round 2, 2020, in a match at Ikon Park against Carlton. [7] [15] In May 2022, she left Collingwood to return to her home state, South Australia. [16]

Port Adelaide

O'Dea signed for Port Adelaide as one of the team's expansion signings ahead of their inaugural season in 2022 season 7. [17]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2022 (S6) season. [18]
Legend
  G  
Goals
  K  
Kicks
  D  
Disposals  
  T  
Tackles
  B  
Behinds  
  H  
Handballs  
  M  
Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game)
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2019 Greater Western Sydney 200
2020 Collingwood 50400716230240.00.01.84.05.80.06.0
2021 Collingwood 5010002948779260.00.02.94.87.70.92.6
2022 (S6) Collingwood 507102230525170.10.03.14.37.40.72.4
Career2110589415214670.10.02.84.57.20.73.2

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