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Matthew Connell Personal information Full name Matthew Connell Date of birth 3 August 1972 Original team Subiaco Height/Weight 181 cm / 76 kg Playing career1 Years Club Games (Goals) 1993
1995-2000
Total -West Coast Eagles
Adelaide3 (0)
96 (28)
99 (28)1 Playing statistics to end of 2000 season .Matthew Connell (born 3 August 1972) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League for the Adelaide Crows and West Coast Eagles. Educated at Newman College, he has now returned there as a teacher.
Connell did not have a big impact playing for West Coast but when he moved to Adelaide he had a brilliant season winning the Crows Best and Fairest and a position in the Western Australian State of Origin side. In 1996 Connell had a thigh injury early in the season and when he came back he was not at the level he was in 1995. He played in both of Adelaide's Premierships in 1997 and 1998 but never hit the form he had in 1995 again.
He coached the GB Bulldogs Australian rules football team in the 2005 International Cup, held in Melbourne, guiding the team to a 6th place finish.
Honors
- 1995 Adelaide Best-and-Fairest
- 1997 Premiership Player
- 1998 Premiership Player
External links
- Matthew Connell's statistics from AFL Tables
- Matthew Connell's profile on the Official AFL Website of the West Coast Eagles Football Club
Preceded by
Shaun RehnAdelaide Best and Fairest winner
1995Succeeded by
Matthew LiptakAdelaide Football Club 1997/1998 AFL Premiers Coach: BlightMalcolm Blight Medal • Adelaide Football Club Best and Fairest Winners 1991: Mickan • 1992: McDermott • 1993: McGuinness • 1994: Rehn • 1995: Connell • 1996: Liptak • 1997: McLeod • 1998: Ricciuto • 1999: Hart • 2000: Goodwin • 2001: McLeod • 2002: Hart • 2003: Ricciuto • 2004: Ricciuto • 2005: Goodwin • 2006: Goodwin • 2007: McLeod • 2008: Bock • 2009: Vince • 2010: Douglas • 2011: Thompson1991 AFL Draft 1. John Hutton • 2. Marcus Seecamp • 3. Darren Kowal • 4. Andrew McGovern • 5. Jason Norrish • 6. Paul Burton • 7. Jeremy Guard • 8. Michael Symons • 9. Stephen O'Reilly • 10. Andrew Lamprill • 11. Leigh Willison • 12. Rob Malone • 13. Shane Crawford • 14. Fabian Francis • 15. Kieran O'Dwyer • 16. Daniel Metropolis • 17. Anthony Cole • 18. Matthew Hogg • 19. Phil Gilbert • 20. Brett Cook • 21. Willie Dick • 22. Simon Crawshay • 23. Mathew McKay • 24. Kane Morphett • 25. Steven Davies • 26. Ben Herrald • 27. Terry Board • 28. Cale O'Keefe • 29. Matthew Connell • 30. Kane Purcell • 31. Hayden Kilmartin • 32. Micah Berry • 33. Paul Morrish • 34. Tim Leng • 35. Darryl Donald • 36. Jason Dullard • 37. Ryan O'Connor • 38. Jamie Rundle • 39. Richard Taylor • 40. Nick White • 41. Todd Curley • 42. Peter Freeman • 43. David Strooper • 44. Brett Sholl • 45. Gary Barrow • 46. Bruno Italiano • 47. Glenn Manton • 48. Kevin Mitchell • 49. Todd Hawes • 50. Bruce Hando • 51. Shaun Brooker • 52. Mathew Henderson • 53. Alistair Gray • 54. Leigh Snooks • 55. Glenn Hoffman • 56. Andrew Dunkley • 57. Anthony McDonald • 58. Justin Pickering • 59. Greg Turner • 60. James Billington • 61. Michael Addison • 62. Peter Maclean • 63. Brendan Bower • 64. Chris Barrett • 65. Heath Shephard • 66. Nick Roney • 67. Shane Ellen • 68. Mathew Bell • 69. Brad Sholl • 70. Jon Lister • 71. Luke Chambers • 72. Michael Shields • 73. Cameron Burke • 74. Brendan Krummel • 75. Travis Edmonds • 76. Matt Rendell • 77. Jay Burton • 78. Mathew Dickson • 79. Bevan Smillie • 80. Damian Ryan • 81. Brendan Barrows • 82. Scott Morrison • 83. Peter Jacks • 84. Alistair Burke • 85. John Kennedy • 86. Jamie Madigan • 87. Sam Jones • 88. Aiden Bussell • 89. Paul DimattinaCategories:- West Coast Eagles players
- Adelaide Football Club players
- Subiaco Football Club players
- Malcolm Blight Medal winners
- Australian rules footballers from Western Australia
- 1972 births
- People educated at Newman College, Perth
- Living people
- Australian rules biography, 1970s birth stubs
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