Matthew Spangher

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**Matthew Spangher**
Personal information

Birth	April 23, 1987 (1987-04-23) (age 21),
Recruited from	Eastern Ranges
Height and weight	193cm / 83kg
Playing career¹
Debut	, vs. Sydney Swans, at ANZ Stadium
Team(s)	West Coast (2006-) 2 games, 1 goals
¹ Statistics to end of Round 5, 2008 season
Career highlights

Matthew Spangher (born April 23, 1987) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

He was recruited as the number 34 draft pick in the 2005 AFL Draft from Eastern Rangers. He is a mobile tall defender with very good endurance (his 10.23sec for the 3km time trial at the 2005 draft camp was in the top 8% of the cohort). He has been likened in playing style by some to Geelong defender, Matthew Scarlett. In 2006, he only played one WAFL reserves game for East Fremantle, before sustaining a groin injury which kept him out for the rest of the season.

In 2007, he had a very good season for East Fremantle in the WAFL, playing as a mobile key defender. His performance of the season came against Subiaco, where he restricted Subiaco star full forward Brad Smith (the WAFL's leading goalkicker for 2007, kicking 126 goals) to just 2 goals, helping East Fremantle to a 59 point victory over Subiaco (eventual 2007 premiers).

In the 2008 pre-season, Spangher had been earmarked for assuming the centre half back position for West Coast in the future. After his excellent WAFL performances in the first 3 rounds of 2008 (where he restricted Ryan Murphy and Brad Smith), he made a solid AFL debut in the round 4, 62 point loss to Sydney at ANZ Stadium, picking up 12 disposals and 7 marks.

Matthew Spangher attended Xavier College in Melbourne, Victoria.

[edit] External links

Matthew Spangher profile on the Official AFL Website of the West Coast Eagles Football Club
Matthew Spangher's statistics from AFL Tables

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