Queenslanders in the National Competition 1987-2004
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QUEENSLANDERS IN THE NATIONAL COMPETITION 1987-2004 AFL Background Year / Player AFL Club/s Games Draft Details Drafted From Details 1987 First 'local' to graduate to the Bears - chosen mid- season from AFLQ Tony Beckett Brisbane 6 M-S Zone Selection 1987 Mayne competition Chosen mid-season from AFLQ Darren Carlson Brisbane 25 M-S Zone Selection 1987 Southport competition Recruited by Collingwood after Western standout 1985 Teal Gavin Crosisca Collingwood 246 Form Four 1985 Districts Cup Carnival Recruited by Essendon from Form Four 1978 QAFL; returned Essendon/ Windsor- 'home' to finish his Frank Dunell Brisbane 115 UCP Selection 1986 ND Zillmere career with Bears Recruited by Hawthorn from the QAFL after standout performance in 1984 Jason Dunstall Hawthorn 269 Form Four 1984 Coorparoo premiership team Recruited by Hawthorn from the QAFL after 1984 Teal Cup; retuned Form Four 1984 'home' to finish Fitzroy/ career with the Michael Gibson Brisbane 58 UCP Selection 1986 Coorparoo Bears First 'local' Queenslander on Alan Giffard Brisbane 1 Zone Selection 1987 Sherwood the Bears list Recruited by Hawthorn after a Stephen standout 1986 Teal Lawrence Hawthorn 146 Form Four 1986 Mt.Gravatt Cup Carnival - 1 - QUEENSLANDERS IN THE NATIONAL COMPETITION 1987-2004 AFL Drafted Background Year / Player AFL Club/s Games Draft Details From Details Career with the Bears was cut Zone Selection short by knee 1987 ND reconstruction; later made the Selection #6 - most of a second Tony Lynn Brisbane / Carlton 33 1993 MSD Morningside chance at Carlton Recruited by Fitzroy after standout 1984 Teal Form Four 1984 Cup carnival; returned 'home' to UCP Selection Wilston- finish career with Scott McIvor Fitzroy / Brisbane 200 1988 ND Grange the Bears A player who had represented Queensland in 1986 but slipped through the cracks at the out-set of the Bears, missing the start of the Queensland moratorium by eight days - was tied to Essendon on a Form Four and traded to the Dean McRae Kangaroos / Sydney 141 Form Four 1986 Sandgate Kangaroos. Recruited by the Swans after a standout 1993 Teal Cup carnival; was plagued by knee Form Four 1983 injuries before returning 'home' to Traded to Western finish his career Craig Potter Sydney / Brisbane 55 Brisbane 1990 Districts with the Bears Recruited by Collingwood from Swan Districts Form Four 1983 (WA); returned 'home' to finish Bears Priority Western career with the Gary Shaw Collingwood/Brisbane 38 Draft 1986 Districts Bears - 2 - QUEENSLANDERS IN THE NATIONAL COMPETITION 1987-2004 AFL AFL Drafted Year / Player Club/s Games Draft Details From Background Details Chosen from local Zone Selection ranks for Year 2 of the Matthew Simpson Brisbane 9 1987 ND Mayne Bears Essendon/ Standout junior Melbourne/ recruited originally Trevor Spencer Geelong 44 Form Four 1982 Jindalee by Essendon 1988 Chosen from local Zone Selection ranks for Year 3 of the Marcus Ashcroft Brisbane 318 1988 ND Southport Bears 1989 Selection #4 Recruited by North 1989 PSD after standout 1989 Teal Cup carnival; Travis North Traded to Western traded to Bears at Martin-Beynon Melbourne 0 Brisbane 1990 ND Districts 1990 National Draft A Victorian-born junior who moved to Queensland with his family, he was drafted from Southport by Essendon as a 16- year-old after a standout performance at the 1986 Australian Gerard Schoolboys carnival in Harrington Essendon 0 Selection #86 1989 ND Southport Darwin. Recruited by the Swans after a standout 1986 Teal Form Four 1986 Cup Carnival; picked up by Brisbane in the Sydney/ Selection #30 - Western 1989 Pre-Season Simon Hose Brisbane 5 1989 PSD Districts Draft. Son of ex-StKilda player Des Kennedy, he was a Surfers Paradise junior who progressed through Zone Selection the system via Matthew Kennedy Brisbane 188 1989 ND Southport Southport. - 3 - QUEENSLANDERS IN THE NATIONAL COMPETITION 1987-2004 AFL AFL Drafted Year / Player Club/s Games Draft Details From Background Details Got his chance at AFL level after a standout performance in the 1991 Queensland side Western that beat Victoria at Simon Luhrs Brisbane 12 Zone Selection 1989 ND Districts the Gabba. Outstanding athlete who was badly injured in an accident the day after his AFL debut in Rd 1 1991 and never played at senior level Jason Millar Brisbane 1 Zone Selection 1989 ND Caloundra again. Chosen under a WA concession - Selection ruled invalid because player was originally Sean Valenta Brisbane 0 Selection #107 1989 ND Morningside from WA A Mackay junior who progressed through the State ranks after Western his family moved to Ray Windsor Brisbane 23 Zone Selection 1988 ND Districts Brisbane 1990 A giant ruckman who was drafted by Hawthorn from Coorparoo two and a half years after he starred for Queensland in the 1987 Teal Cup Michael Bawden Hawthorn 0 Selection #48 1990 PSD Coorparoo carnival. Cairns junior who was claimed by the Bears from West Torrens as a Queenslander, South returning 'home' to Balaclava forge a good AFL Troy Clarke Brisbane 68 Zone Selection 1990 ND (Cairns) career. - 4 - QUEENSLANDERS IN THE NATIONAL COMPETITION 1987-2004 AFL AFL Drafted Year / Player Club/s Games Draft Details From Background Details A Surfers Paradise junior who played in the Bears' 1991 Reserves premiership as a schoolboy and graduated to senior ranks the following Steve McLuckie Brisbane 20 Zone Selection 1990 ND Southport year. A Coorparoo junior who played for the Bears against brother Stephen in the 1991 AFL Reserves grand final against David Wearne Brisbane 18 Selection #39 - 1990 PSD Coorparoo Melbourne. 1991 Elevated from AFLQ ranks midway through Corey Bell Brisbane 8 M-S Zone Selection 1991 Southport 1991 Standout local player given his chance on Kedron- the Bears list mid- Simon Kenny Brisbane 0 Selection #14 1991 MSD Grange season. Kedron- Heath Collins Brisbane 0 Zone Selection 1991 ND Grange Cameron Elliott Brisbane 0 Zone Selection 1991 ND Southport Rudi Frigo Brisbane 8 Zone Selection 1991 ND Mayne One of eight young Queenslanders who Brent Green Brisbane 5 Zone Selection 1991 ND Southport progressed through Surfers the State system and Clark Keating* Brisbane 110 Zone Selection 1991 ND Paradise were listed by the Bears at the end of Tony Lambert Brisbane 0 Zone Selection 1991 ND Broadbeach 1991 under 'zone clearing' concessions. Western Chris Luhrs Brisbane 0 Zone Selection 1991 ND Districts Michael Voss* Brisbane 232 Zone Selection 1991 ND Morningside - 5 - QUEENSLANDERS IN THE NATIONAL COMPETITION 1987-2004 AFL AFL Drafted Year / Player Club/s Games Draft Details From Background Details Selection #22 – Drafted from VFA club Stephen Wearne Melbourne 0 1991 MSD Coorparoo Sandringham 1992 A consistent AFLQ performer with Southport who was rewarded with draft selection by the Campbell Black Brisbane 0 Selection #51 1992 PSD Southport Bears. Tall key forward from Western Districts who missed Queensland Teal Cup selection and was a surprise choice by Melbourne after playing with the Bears Reserves in '92. Had three years on the Demons list and forged an excellent Western career in the Daniel Clarke Melbourne 0 Selection #54 1992 ND Districts VFA/VFL. Originally from Cairns, Che Essendon/ City Cobras drafted by Essendon Cockatoo-Collins Port Adel 160 Selection #52 1992 ND (Cairns) from Port Adelaide 1993 Bears' Queensland Zone Selection after earning All-Australian Zone Selection 1993 ND honors and Queensland B&F at Brisbane/ Traded to StKilda the 1993 National Steven Lawrence StKilda 120 2000 ND Southport Under 18 Carnival. Northern Eagles rover who had shown good North form in AFLQ ranks Brett Rowe Fitzroy 0 Selection #40 1993 PSD Brisbane with North Brisbane. - 6 - QUEENSLANDERS IN THE NATIONAL COMPETITION 1987-2004 AFL AFL Drafted Year / Player Club/s Games Draft Details From Background Details 1994 Bears Queensland Zone Selection after receiving All- Australian honors and the Queensland B&F Jason at the 1994 National Akermanis* Brisbane 198 Zone Selection 1994 ND Mayne Under 18 Carnival 1995 Snapped up by Geelong after twice doing summer training Selection #75 1995 ND with the Bears and Geelong/ Kedron- twice being ignored as Clint Bizzell* Melbourne 126 Traded to Melb 2001 ND Grange a priority choice. Originally from Cairns, David Compensation Selection City Cobras drafted from Port Cockatoo-Collins Melbourne 1 – 1995 PSD (Cairns) Adelaide Rejected an AFL career after being drafted by Fitzroy but, after countless similar knockbacks to the Selection #10 1993 MSD Bears, finally accepted Fitzroy / North a senior list berth in Danny Dickfos Brisbane 65 Zone Selection 1995 ND Brisbane 1996. Bears Queensland Zone Selection after standout 1995 National Under 18 Carnival; joined Zone Selection 1995 ND StKilda in search of Brisbane/ greater opportunities Brett Voss* StKilda 98 Selection #1 2001 PSD Morningside 2001. Bears Queensland Zone Selection after standout 1995 National Under 18 Derek Wirth Brisbane 1 Zone Selection 1995 ND Mt.Gravatt Carnival. - 7 - QUEENSLANDERS IN THE NATIONAL COMPETITION 1987-2004 AFL AFL Drafted Year / Player Club/s Games Draft Details From Background Details Son of ex-Bears coach Robert Walls he was denied a chance to make the grade by three knee David Walls Carlton 0 Father/Son 1995 ND Southport constructions 1996 A Victorian-born junior who learned his football in Queensland and was drafted by StKilda after a standout contribution to West Brisbane's West 1996 AFLQ Max Hudghton* StKilda 142 Selection #15 1996 ND Brisbane premiership team. Originally from Victoria, he headed to Cairns for personal reasons and was a surprise mature-age Brian McInness Fitzroy 0 Selection #1 1996 PSD Cairns selection by Fitzroy. Ignored by the Bears, Traded by Port Adelaide Kedron- he was drafted from Hamish Simpson Geelong 18 to Geelong - 1996 ND Grange SA club Woodville Local junior rewarded for his standout AFLQ form with a year on North the Bears list pre- Matthew Waters Brisbane 0 Selection #19 1996 PSD Brisbane merger.