Andrew Lovett
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Andrew Lovett | ||
| Date of birth | 11 November 1982 | ||
| Original team(s) | Northern Knights/East Perth | ||
| Draft | 42nd overall, 2004 Rookie Draft | ||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2005–2009 | Essendon | 88 (93) | |
| International team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2005 | Australia | ? (?) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2010.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2005.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Andrew Lovett (born 11 November 1982) is an AboriginalAustralian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL) for Essendon between 2005 and 2009. He was traded to St Kilda at the end of the 2009 season, but his contract was terminated in February 2010 before he ever played a game for the club.
Lovett has Indigenous Australian heritage and his tribal ancestry can be traced to the Gunditjmara. He is the cousin of Nathan Lovett-Murray.
Lovett played for the Northern Knights in the TAC Cup and North Heidelberg in the Northern Football League before relocating to Perth to play for East Perth in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), where he hoped he could be drafted into the AFL.
Lovett was selected by Essendon in 2003 in the Rookie Draft. He remained a rookie, playing for the Bendigo Bombers, until he made his AFL debut against Hawthorn.
Lovett was a member of the Australian team that won the Cormac McAnallen Cup during the 2005 International Rules Series. He also won the Anzac Day Medal in 2005.
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