Dayne Beams
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Beams at a game for the Lions against Richmond in April 2015
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Dayne Beams | ||
| Nickname(s) | Beamsy, Beama | ||
| Date of birth | 12 February 1990 | ||
| Original team(s) | Southport (QAFL) | ||
| Draft | No. 29, 2008 national draft | ||
| Height / weight | 186 cm / 85 kg | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
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| Current club | Brisbane Lions | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2009–2014 | Collingwood | 110 (118) | |
| 2015– | Brisbane Lions | 18 (11) | |
| Total | 128 (129) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Dayne Beams (born 12 February 1990) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Collingwood Football Club from 2009 to 2014. He has served as the captain of the Brisbane Lions since the 2017 season.
Beams was born in Victoria and moved with his family to the Gold Coast at four years of age. Outside of football, Beams was also a very talented cricketer in his younger years. He attended Palm Beach Currumbin State High School in his teenage years and worked as a groundskeeper for the Southport Sharks.
Beams began playing football on the Gold Coast for the Mudgeeraba Spartans at six years of age. He would later switch to the Southport Australian Football Club and debuted for the senior team in 2007. In 2008, he would solidify his spot in the Southport midfield as well as captaining the Queensland U18 team at the National Championships. Beams would go on to be a part of the QAFL senior premiership winning side later that year for Southport. He would kick an early Grand Final goal for Southport as they claimed an 8-point victory over Morningside at Carrara Stadium. Beams then rejected a guaranteed three-year contract with the GC17 expansion team and instead opted to enter the 2008 AFL Draft.
Beams was selected by Collingwood with selection 29 in the 2008 AFL Draft. A versatile midfilelder who can defend and attack, Beams is a high possession winner who is balanced and composed when in close proximity to opponents. A Queensland representative in the 2008 NAB AFL Under-18 championships, Beams knocked back a deal to sign with future Gold Coast Football Club instead deciding to nominate for the 2008 AFL Draft. He was again linked to the new Queensland based club in 2009, but signed an extension to his contract to the end of the 2012 season.
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