Lewis Melican | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Lewis Melican | ||
Nickname(s) | The Pelican | ||
Date of birth | 4 November 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Birregurra | ||
Original team(s) | Geelong Falcons (TAC Cup) | ||
Draft | No. 52, 2015 rookie draft | ||
Debut | Round 5, 2017, Sydney vs. Greater Western Sydney, at SCG | ||
Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Sydney | ||
Number | 43 | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2015– | Sydney | 52 (1) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2022 season. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Lewis Melican (born 4 November 1996) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by Sydney with their third selection and fifty-second overall in the 2015 rookie draft. [1] He made his debut in the forty-two point loss against Greater Western Sydney at the Sydney Cricket Ground in round five of the 2017 season. [2]
Melican received the AFL Rising Star nomination for round 18 after restricting St Kilda key forward Nick Riewoldt to ten disposals and one goal in the Swans' forty-two point win at the Sydney Cricket Ground. [3] After not playing at all in the 2022 season, Mexican returned to the swans senior side in round 13 2023
Updated to the end of the 2022 season. [4]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
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G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
2015 | Sydney | 43 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
2016 | Sydney | 43 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
2017 | Sydney | 43 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 112 | 91 | 203 | 62 | 31 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 6.6 | 5.4 | 11.9 | 3.6 | 1.8 |
2018 | Sydney | 43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 14 | 40 | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.7 | 4.7 | 13.3 | 3.0 | 1.7 |
2019 | Sydney | 43 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 66 | 175 | 56 | 36 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 3.9 | 10.3 | 3.3 | 2.1 |
2020 [lower-alpha 1] | Sydney | 43 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 37 | 89 | 21 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 9.9 | 2.3 | 1.6 |
2021 | Sydney | 43 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 23 | 76 | 30 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.8 | 3.8 | 12.7 | 5.0 | 0.8 |
2022 | Sydney | 43 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Career | 52 | 1 | 1 | 352 | 231 | 583 | 178 | 91 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.8 | 4.4 | 11.2 | 3.4 | 1.8 |
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