Matt Egan
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| Full name | Matthew Egan | |||||||
| Date of Birth | July 10, 1983 | |||||||
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| Recruited from | Geelong ((VFL)) | |||||||
| Height/Weight | 194cm / 97kg | |||||||
| Position | Centre Half Back | |||||||
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| Current club | Geelong | |||||||
| Number | 19 | |||||||
| Playing Career1 | ||||||||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | ||||||
| 2005 – | Geelong | 59 (1) | ||||||
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Matthew "Ego" Egan (born July 10, 1983) is an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League.
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[edit] Career
Egan is a tall Centre half-back who Geelong have often used to shut down some of the opposition's top forwards.
[edit] Early career
He took up the sport in his late teens after having been a promising junior tennis player, having once been ranked fifth for juniors in Victoria. As a sentiment to this he is known for his trademark "Forehand punch" as he swings it like a tennis Forehand
Geelong drafted Egan with their final pick in the 2004 AFL Draft, after he had played in the Victorian Football League with the club. Egan was named Geelong's best first-year player for 2005.
[edit] 2007
Egan had a spectacular third seaon in the AFL, playing 22 matches, with 257 disposals, achieving several honours such as All-Australian selection, and celebrated his 50th AFL game with a win over the Sydney Swans, even though he did only manage nine disposals.
Round 14 saw a medium effort in the team's 50-point win over Essendon, with 12 disposals, and receiving an Army Award nomination for a courageous goal-saving, diving smother. He was declared the round's winner with 44% of the public vote, but ultimately lost out in the selection of the final shortlist of the year's weekly winners.
Against the Brisbane Lions in Round 22, Egan fractured the navicular bone in his right foot during a marking contest with Jonathan Brown, requiring emergency surgery to insert screws into his foot. This injury saw Egan forced out of the finals, missing both the AFL and VFL's victorious premiership sides.
Egan capped off an excellent season with selection in the 2007 All-Australian Team as the Centre Half-Back in a squad that contained nine Geelong players. He was also named Geelong's Best Clubman.
During his recovery from his foot injury in the off-season, Egan had a minor set-back, pushing him onto crutches and into protective boots, and pushing back his return to pre-season training by four weeks.[1]
[edit] Statistics
- Statistics are correct as of end of 2007 season
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Goals | Behinds | Kicks | Marks | Handballs | Disposals |
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| 2005 | Geelong | 19 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 49 | 65 | 132 |
| 2006 | Geelong | 19 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 102 | 82 | 130 | 232 |
| 2007 | Geelong | 19 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 80 | 142 | 257 |
| Totals | 59 | 1 | 1 | 284 | 211 | 337 | 621 | ||
[edit] References
- ^ Matthew Egan's injury needs the boot. The Geelong Advertiser. News Limited (9 November 2007). Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
[edit] External links
- Matt Egan profile on the Official AFL Website of the Geelong Football Club
- Matt Egan's statistics from AFL Tables
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| Preceded by Kane Tenace |
Geelong Best First Year Player Award 2005 |
Succeeded by Brent Prismall |
| Preceded by Tom Harley |
Geelong Best Clubman 2007 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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