Dyson Heppell
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Heppell (left) and Jake Carlisle
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Dyson Heppell | ||
| Date of birth | 14 May 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Leongatha, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) |
Leongatha (GFL) Gippsland Power (TAC Cup) |
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| Draft | No. 8, 2010 national draft | ||
| Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
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| Current club | Essendon | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2011– | Essendon | 110 (36) | |
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| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2015 | Australia | 1 (0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 4, 2017.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Dyson Heppell (born 14 May 1992) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He has served as Essendon captain since the 2017 season.
Heppell began playing football with Leongatha Football Club, and played for Gippsland Power in the TAC Cup for the 2009 and 2010 seasons. Named as Gippsland's captain for the 2010 season, Heppell also played for the Victorian Country side at the 2010 AFL Under 18 Championships, where he was named in the All-Australian team. At 189 cm, he played as a "line-breaking defender" for the first half of the 2010 season, before moving into the midfield for the second half of the season.
Heppell finished strongly in the Morrish Medal count, which is awarded to the best and fairest player in the TAC Cup regular season, eventually tying for the award with Jackson Sketcher of the Sandringham Dragons, after achieving the maximum votes possible from rounds 13 to 17. Despite finishing the regular season in sixth place on the ladder, both Gippsland and Heppell had a good finals series. He accumulated 36 disposals in an elimination final victory and was named best on ground in the preliminary final win to qualify for the TAC Cup Grand Final. In a stark contrast to the rest of his season, Heppell had a relatively poor game in the grand final, gathering only 20 touches, as the Power were outclassed by the Calder Cannons by 56 points.
Despite his performance in the grand final, Heppell was an impressive performer at the AFL draft camp, and was touted by many as being a potential top five draft pick in the 2010 national draft, with some even claiming he could go as high as top three. Most speculation suggested that the Brisbane Lions would select Heppell with pick five, who with his "silky" skills and raking left foot, modelled his style on the Lions' own Josh Drummond.
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