Paul Medhurst
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Paul Medhurst | ||
| Date of birth | 11 December 1981 | ||
| Original team(s) | Claremont | ||
| Draft | 56th overall, 2001 (Fremantle) |
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| Height / weight | 178 cm / 78 kg | ||
| Position(s) | Forward pocket | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2002–2006 | Fremantle | 99 (166) | |
| 2007–2010 | Collingwood | 69 (108) | |
| Total | 168 (274) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2010.
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Paul Medhurst (born 11 December 1981) is a former professional Australian rules football who played for the Fremantle Football Club and the Collingwood Football Club.
In his 2008 season, he was selected in the All-Australian team and his other career highlights include leading the goalkicking at Fremantle in successive seasons and winning the Simpson Medal for best on ground in the 2012 WAFL Grand Final.
Medhurst began his senior footballing with West Australian Football League (WAFL), with the Claremont Football Club. Despite a ruptured kidney causing him to miss all but one match in 2000, Medhurst comfortably won the Bernie Naylor Medal in 2001 for the most goals in the league.
Medhurst was originally selected by the Fremantle Football Club with a 4th round selection in the 2001 AFL Draft. However he was traded to Collingwood in 2007 as part of the deal that sent Chris Tarrant to Fremantle.
Medhurst made a successful debut in round 1, 2002 in a Western Derby against the West Coast Eagles, kicking three goals and earning an AFL Rising Star nomination. At the end of 2002, he won the Beacon Award as the best young player on the Fremantle team. He was Fremantle's leading goalkicker in 2003 and 2004, kicking 50 and 41 goals respectively, including nine against Brisbane in 2004 and seven against Carlton in 2003. His 166 career goals for Fremantle is the club's equal-fourth highest tally.
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