Eddie Betts
| Eddie Betts | |||
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Betts in April 2017
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| Personal information | |||
| Date of birth | 26 November 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Port Lincoln, South Australia | ||
| Original team(s) |
Calder Cannons (TAC Cup) Templestowe (EFL) |
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| Draft | No. 3, 2004 Pre-Season Draft: Carlton | ||
| Debut | Round 1, 2005, Carlton vs. Kangaroos, at Telstra Dome |
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| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Small forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Adelaide | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2005–2013 | Carlton | 184 (290) | |
| 2014– | Adelaide | 73 (205) | |
| Total | 257 (495) | ||
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2007 | Indigenous All-Stars | 1 | |
| International team honours | |||
| 2010 | Australia | 2 | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 3, 2017.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2010.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Eddie Betts (born 26 November 1986) is a professional Australian rules football player who plays for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Betts was originally drafted by Carlton with pick No. 3 in the 2004 Pre-Season Draft, where he played for nine years before Adelaide signed him as a free agent at the end of 2013.
Betts was born in Port Lincoln, South Australia and raised by his mother in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. He played junior football for the Mines Rovers Football Club, before moving back to Port Lincoln, where his father lived, to play for the Mallee Park Peckers. While in Port Lincoln, Betts' off-field behaviour was an issue, which included smoking, drinking, drugs and truancy. As a result, his mother arranged for the 15-year-old Betts to move to Melbourne and begin a TAFE program run by Indigenous former footballer Phil Krakouer.
In Melbourne, Betts played football for Templestowe, where he won the EFL Division 3 league best and fairest in 2002, and TAC Cup football for the Calder Cannons. He represented Vic Metro as a 16-year-old in the 2003 AFL Under 18 Championships and was selected in the Under 18 All-Australian team that season. He was too young to be selected in the AFL draft at the end of 2003, and he played another season with the Cannons, but was hindered by osteitis pubis. He was overlooked in the 2004 National Draft as a result.
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