Wayne Carey
| Wayne Carey | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Nickname(s) | The King, Duck | ||
| Date of birth | 27 May 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales | ||
| Original team(s) |
North Wagga North Adelaide |
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| Height / weight | 192 cm / 97 kg | ||
| Position(s) | Centre half-forward | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1989–2001 | North Melbourne | 244 (671) | |
| 2003–2004 | Adelaide | 28 (56) | |
| Total | 272 (727) | ||
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 1990 | New South Wales | 1 (1) | |
| 1992 | South Australia | 1 (2) | |
| 1993 | NSW/ACT | 1 (1) | |
| International team honours | |||
| 1998 | Australia | 2 (4) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2004.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
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Wayne Carey (born 27 May 1971) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne and the Adelaide Crows in the Australian Football League (AFL).
A dual-premiership captain at North Melbourne, four-time North Melbourne best-and-fairest (Syd Barker Medallist) and seven-time All-Australian, Carey, is nicknamed "The King", or "Duck". In 2001, he was named as centre half-forward and captain of North Melbourne's Team of the Century, and in 2008 was named as Australian football's greatest ever player, as part of a list of the top 50 players of all time, published in the book The Australian Game of Football, which was released by the League to celebrate 150 years of Australian rules football.
The son of Kevin and Lynne, Carey was one of five children who grew up in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. His mother and father separated when Carey was aged six, with his mother taking four of the children to Adelaide, living in a homeless shelter. According to Carey's autobiography, his father was a violent man who had spent time at Mannus Correctional Centre and was troubled by alcoholism. A few months later, Kevin Carey retrieved the children from his estranged wife and they returned to Wagga Wagga.
Carey played rugby league as a junior, and began playing Australian rules football at the age of eight. At the age of thirteen, Carey returned to Adelaide, where he attended The Heights School and played junior football for North Adelaide.
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