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Damian Houlihan Personal information Full name Damian Houlihan Date of birth 30 July 1975 Place of birth Wahgunyah, Victoria Original team Corowa-Rutherglen Draft 15th, 1992 AFL Draft Height/Weight 188 cm / 93 kg Position(s) Forward Playing career1 Years Club Games (Goals) 1994
1998Collingwood
North Melbourne11 (6)
0 (0)1 Playing statistics to end of 1998 season .Damian Houlihan (born 30 July 1975) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Houlihan was the first of a set of four brothers to be drafted to the AFL. His younger brothers Adam and Ryan also became league footballers and another brother Josh was briefly on St Kilda's list.
A forward, he was picked up by Collingwood with the 15th selection of the 1992 AFL Draft. He kicked three goals with his first three kicks in league football, against Geelong at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.[1] In his fifth AFL game, against Adelaide, he was awarded three Brownlow Medal votes, despite having just 12 disposals.[1] He missed three matches mid season after being suspended for striking Richmond player Chris Naish. By the end of the year he had played 11 games and a back injury would ensure he never made it into the park in 1995.[2]
After spending the 1997 season with Tatura in the Goulburn Valley Football League, Houlihan was selected by North Melbourne in the AFL pre-season draft.[3] North Melbourne made their second grand final in three years in 1998 and Houlihan wasn't able to break into the seniors.
Delisted by North Melbourne, he went on to have a long career in country football. His greatest performance came in the 2000 Ovens & Murray Football League (OMFL) Grand Final, playing as an assistant coach for his original club Corowa-Rutherglen, when he kicked ten goals. This broke the previous record for a OMFL grand final, which was nine goals by Albury's Doug Strang, and also helped Corowa-Rutherglen to a 108 point win, another league record.[4] Houlihan, who also played at East Burwood and Gisborne, joined Sunbury in 2007. He then played for Keilor in 2008 and was a member of their premiership team that year, again putting in a strong grand final performance. He returned to Sunbury in 2009 and then finished his career with a season at North Bendigo in 2010.
References
- ^ a b AFL Tables: Damian Houlihan
- ^ The Sunday Age, "The Houliclan", 6 May 2001, Linda Pearce.
- ^ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
- ^ "Corowa-Rutherglen". Full Points Footy. http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/corowa-rutherglen.htm.
1992 AFL Draft 1. Drew Banfield • 2. Nathan Chapman • 3. Michael Prior • 4. Justin Leppitsch • 5. Jason Spinks • 6. Robert Pyman • 7. Wayne Hernaman • 8. Paul Symmons • 9. Martin Pike • 10. Brett Chalmers • 11. Jonathon Robran • 12. Tony Delaney • 13. Andrew McKay • 14. Nick Holland • 15. Damian Houlihan • 16. Brodie Atkinson • 17. Kym Koster • 18. Leigh Colbert • 19. Lee Walker • 20. Scott Cummings • 21. Shane Bond • 22. Mark Jones • 23. Warren Campbell • 24. Brett Jeffrey • 25. John Barker • 26. Martin McKinnon • 27. Kieran Murrihy • 28. Jamie Tape • 29. Sam Philipou • 30. Paul Ridley • 31. Shane Wakelin • 32. Peter Quill • 33. Corey Robertson • 34. Travis Burton • 35. Scott Robinson • 36. Tim Sherman • 37. Mathew Rogers • 38. David Deighton • 39. Matthew Kluzek • 40. Michael Dunstan • 41. Brook Fogden • 42. Che Cockatoo-Collins • 43. Adrian Whitehead • 44. Chris Gerreyn • 45. Scott Thompson • 46. Mathew Jackson • 47. Dillon Flavell • 48. Andrew Osborne • 49. Jarrad Schofield • 50. Andrew Donnelly • 51. Adam Williamson • 52. Paul Bulluss • 53. Mathew Moon North • 54. Daniel Clark • 55. Matthew Capuano • 56. Matthew Powell • 57. Russell Williams • 58. Chris Peel • 59. Scott Allen • 60. Tim Scott-Branagan • 61. Luke Raynor • 62. Damien Ryan • 63. Mathew McMurray • 64. Tony Godden • 65. Gerard Power • 66. Aaron Lord • 67. Brady Leckie • 68. Travis Miller • 69. Scott Simister • 70. Danny Morton • 71. Mathew Aston • 72. Mathew Wadewitz • 73. Tony Plym • 74. Tim Hargraeves • 75. Chris Batka • 76. Hugh Reimers • 77. Brad Copeland • 78. Damien Crowe • 79. Brett Spinks • 80. Stephen Newport • 81. Michael Murphy • 82. Robert Schaeffer • 83. Jeremy Silcock • 84. Damien Gaspar • 85. Tristan Lynch • 86. Sam Smart • 87. Damien Hardwick • 88. Troy Bond • 89. Hamish Stewart • 90. Scott Burns • 91. Jeremy McVay • 92. Daniel Southern • 93. Adam Shanahan • 94. Rhys Croxford • 95. Scott Direen • 96. Trent Mills • 97. John Howat • 98. Adrian McAdam • 99. Jeff Hilton • 100. Troy Davies • 101. Troy Hull • 102. Jason Bell • 103. Ben Harrison • 104. Andrew Kemp • 105. Julien Waite • 106. Craig Treleven • 107. Gary Barrow • 108. Brian Bienke • 109. David Muir • 110. Jeff Chandler • 111. Michael Gaffney • 112. Ben Careless • 113. Damon Armstrong • 114. Richard Marr • 115. Paul Whelan • 116. Michael Gooden • 117. Vince Cappadona • 118. Scott Spalding • 119. Scott Morrison • 120. Troy Olsen • 121. Ben Ellinghaus • 122. Damon Munt • 123. Martin Christensen • 124. Brayden LyleCategories:- 1975 births
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria
- Collingwood Football Club players
- Corowa-Rutherglen Football Club players
- Gisborne Football Club players
- Tatura Football Club players
- Keilor Football Club players
- Living people
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