Alwyn Davey
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Alwyn Davey | ||
| Date of birth | 15 May 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Darwin, Northern Territory | ||
| Original team(s) | South Adelaide (SANFL) | ||
| Draft | No. 36, 2006 National Draft, Essendon | ||
| Height / weight | 174 cm / 76 kg | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
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| Current club | Essendon | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2007–2013 | Essendon | 100 (120) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2013.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Alwyn Davey, Jr. (born 15 May 1984) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club of the Australian Football League (AFL) between 2007 and 2013.
Davey is of Indigenous Australian descent with tribal ancestry that can be traced to the Kokatha people in South Australia Alwyn was born to mother Lizzie, named after father Alwyn Davey and raised in Darwin, Northern Territory.
Davey played his junior football in darwin. His father died when he was eight years old.
Davey moved to Adelaide to play football semi-professionally with South Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).
Davey first attracted the attention of AFL talent scouts after the impressive first and second seasons of his brother Aaron for the Melbourne Football Club.
In the 2006 pre-season, Alwyn was invited to train with his brother at Melbourne, and many believed that the club would take a chance on him. The Demons already had a crumbing forward in Aaron and many clubs were averse to drafting short players. Furthermore, by the time of the draft, Alwyn had turned 22. Most draftees are taken at just 18, making him considered old for the national draft. Most therefore had picked Alwyn Davey to be taken by Melbourne as with a rookie selection.
Essendon coach Kevin Sheedy had become particularly interested in the progress of Aaron Davey and since the success of Andrew Lovett, fast indigenous players in general. Davey was drafted by the Bombers in the 3rd round of the 2006 AFL Draft.
Davey made his AFL debut in the opening round of the 2007 season, making an immediate impression and played in every game until Round 14.
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