- Sean Dempster
Infobox afl player
firstname = Sean
lastname = Dempster
| birthdate = Birth date and age|1984|1|20|df=y
birthplace =
originalteam =Gippsland Power (U18)
dead = alive
deathdate =
deathplace =
debutdate = Round 3, 9 April 2005
debutteam =Sydney Swans
debutopponent =Brisbane Lions
debutstadium = The 'Gabba
playingteams = St. Kilda (2008-)
17 games, 3 goalsSydney Swans (2005–2007)54 games, 8 goals
coach = notcoach
coachingteams =
statsend = Round 20, 2008
careerhighlights =
* Sydney Premiership Player 2005
* Sydney Swans Rising Star 2005
* [http://www.aflpa.com.au/index.cfm?id=57BDDC12-E65B-811F-87D06C89BA59A182 Sydney Swans 2005 Best First Year Player] , AFL Players' AssociationSean Dempster (born 20 January 1984) is an
Australian rules football player from the state of Victoria playing for St Kilda of the AFL. Formerly a player for theSydney Swans Dempster began playing Australian rules football in 1999 and following an AFL traineeship based at Kurnai College and playing with Gippsland Power, was recruited by theSydney Swans in the 2002 National AFL Draft under the father-son selection rule. His father, Graham Dempster, played 64 games for South Melbourne.Dempster played his first AFL game in Round 3, 2005, against the
Brisbane Lions wearing gurnsey number 26. Dempster kicked his first AFL goal, again playing theBrisbane Lions , in Round 6, 2006. This goal was kicked from an estimated 55 meters from the goal line, and marked Sean's emergence as a long range goal kicker.In the 2005 AFL season, Dempster played 22 matches first as a defender and on the wing, including in the
2005 AFL Grand Final premiership team.In the following AFL season, Dempster played 18 matches, mostly as as a defender, including in the
Sydney Swans 's2006 AFL Grand Final team.He played 54 games with Sydney before being traded to the
St Kilda Football Club withAdam Schneider for the 2008 season, and played 19 games in 2008 - arguably playing his best football at AFL level - before injuring his knee in Round 22, missing the finals with the Saints finishing 4th.External links
*Stkplayer|ref=15830
* [http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/pp-sydney-swans--sean-dempster Footy Wire player profile]
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