Tayte Pears

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Tayte Pears
Personal information
Full name Tayte Pears
Date of birth (1990-03-24) 24 March 1990 (age 30)
Original team(s) East Perth (WAFL)
Draft No. 23, 2007 National Draft
Height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 93 kg (205 lb)
Position(s) Defender
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2008–2016 Essendon 70 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Tayte Pears (born 24 March 1990) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played as a tall defender for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). In his youth, Pears played as a forward, before shifting to the backline at the age of 16, where he spent his entire AFL career. [1]

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AFL career

Pears was drafted by Essendon with pick 23 in the 2007 national draft and debuted in 2008. He played the role of a key position defender in his second season, taking on big dominant forwards such as Daniel Bradshaw, Jarryd Roughead and Justin Koschitzke. After playing on Brendan Fevola in round 13, 2009, he was the round nominee for the Rising Star. [2]

Off-season surgery on a foot fracture that set back his return to senior football saw Pears’ bad run with injury continue in 2011. He played his first game of the year against North Melbourne in round 13, but saw his season further stifled with injury after breaking his lower leg and then straining his hamstring in the elimination final.

Injury continued to force him to sit on the sidelines in the years after, managing 23 games in the next four seasons. Then on 12 January 2016 Pears was named as one of 34 past and present Essendon players found guilty over their use of illegal supplements during the 2012 AFL season. As a result, Pears was suspended for two years, which, as a result of backdating, saw him suspended between January and November 2016, which meant he missed the entire 2016 AFL season. [3] He did not return to the AFL after his suspension, announcing his retirement from the league on 8 September 2016 to pursue a career in firefighting. [4]

Statistics

[5]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game)
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2008 Essendon 165212525501590.40.25.05.010.03.01.8
2009 Essendon 16231115619234872470.00.06.88.415.13.12.0
2010 Essendon 161001917216352290.00.09.17.216.35.22.9
2011 Essendon 16900545811222240.00.06.06.412.42.42.7
2012 Essendon 161000537112424270.00.05.37.112.42.42.7
2013 Essendon 1611001118319465260.00.010.17.617.65.92.4
2014 Essendon 160——————————————
2015 Essendon 16200131932920.00.06.59.516.04.51.0
2016 Essendon 160——————————————
Career703350352010232591640.00.07.27.414.63.72.3

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References

  1. ↑ "Pears bears the fruit of his hard work". essendonfc.com.au. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Rowston, Craig (30 June 2009). "Pears named Round 13 Rising Star nomination". essendonfc.com.au. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Travis King (12 January 2016). "Guilty: court bans the Essendon 34 for 2016". Australian Football League. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Navaratnam, Danny (8 September 2016). "Banned Don Pears retires to join fire brigade". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Tayte Pears". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
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