Laitham Vandermeer

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Laitham Vandermeer
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-02-03) 3 February 1999 (age 25)
Original team(s) Murray Bushrangers (TAC Cup)/Mooroopna Football Club
Draft No. 37, 2018 AFL draft, Western Bulldogs
Debut 14 June 2020, Western Bulldogs  vs. St Kilda, at Marvel Stadium
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 77 kg (170 lb)
Position(s) Utility
Club information
Current club Western Bulldogs
Number 23
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2019– Western Bulldogs 55 (28)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 11, 2024.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Laitham Vandermeer (born 3 February 1999) is an Australian rules footballer, who plays for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by the Western Bulldogs with the 37th draft pick in the 2018 AFL draft. [1] [2]

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Early Football

Vandermeer participated in the Auskick program at Mooroopna, Victoria [3]

Vandermeer played for the Murray Bushrangers for 3 seasons and Vic Country in the AFL Under 18 Championships for 1 season. [4] Prior he played with Mooroopna Football Club and his school side at Xavier College, with future teammate Bailey Smith. [5]

AFL career

2020 season: Debut

Vandermeer played 15 games for the Bulldogs' Victorian Football League (VFL) side in 2019, [6] before breaking into the Australian Football League (AFL) team in 2020. Vandermeer debuted in the Bulldogs' loss to the St Kilda Saints in the second round of the 2020 AFL season. [7] [8] Vandermeer kicked his first goal on his debut, as well as collecting 10 disposals, 3 marks and 2 tackles. [9] Vandermeer suffered a hamstring injury in the Bulldogs' 11 point loss to the Geelong Football Club in the 14th round of the 2020 AFL season, and was ruled out for the rest of the home and away season. [10] Vandermeer won the Western Bulldogs Chris Grant Best First Year Player award, after playing 12 games in the 2020 AFL season and kicking 9 goals. [11]

2021 season

Vandermeer started out the season strongly, kicking 2 goals and collecting 14 disposals in the Western Bulldogs' opening round win over Collingwood. [12] [13]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to round 2, 2021 [14]
Legend
  G  
Goals
  K  
Kicks
  D  
Disposals  
  T  
Tackles
  B  
Behinds  
  H  
Handballs  
  M  
Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game)
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2019 Western Bulldogs 230
2020 [lower-alpha 1] Western Bulldogs 231299724511731260.80.86.03.89.82.62.2
2021 Western Bulldogs 23232101424461.51.05.07.012.02.03.0
Career141211825914135320.90.85.94.210.12.52.3
  1. The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Honours & Achievements

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