Chris Knights

Chris Knights
Personal information
Full name	Chris Knights
Nickname(s)	Knighta, Daya & Knight
Date of birth	25 September 1986 (1986-09-25) (age 25)
Place of birth	Melbourne, Victoria
Original team	Vermont / Eastern Ranges
Draft	56th overall, 2004, Adelaide
Height/Weight	187cm / 88kg
Position(s)	Half-forward
Club information
Current club	Adelaide
Number	21
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2005 –	Adelaide	91 (65)
1 Playing statistics to end of 2011 season .

Chris Knights (born 25 September 1986) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League with the Adelaide Football Club.

Football career

Chris played his junior football with the Waverley Blues Football Club and also the Vermont Football Club before being selected to play for the Eastern Ranges in the TAC Cup.^[1] Knights, a dual Victorian Metropolitan under-18 representative (2003/04),^[2] was selected in the 2004 AFL Draft by the Adelaide Football Club with the 56th selection.^[2]

Knights was eased into the AFL system, playing just two games in the 2005 season and ten in 2006 before cementing his spot in the side in 2007, missing only one game.^[3]

Knights saw more action in 2007, developing into a midfielder and regularly featuring in Adelaide's best players on a regular basis. He racked up a career high 37 disposals in a game against Collingwood in round 15, earning the first Brownlow Medal votes of his career.^[4]

In Round 7 of the 2009 season, Knights made a surprising move to the forward line. This move paid off, with Knights booting three and two goals respectively in losses against the Western Bulldogs and Brisbane Lions, before managing bags of five, four and five in the Crows' impressive victories over Carlton,^[5] Hawthorn and Essendon.^[6]. During this prolific period, Knights became the most accurate goalkicker in the AFL, having booted 21.3 from 24 scoring shots at that point of the 2009 season with an accuracy percentage of 87.5.

References

1. ^ Hard slog pays off for Knights
2. ^ ^{a b} Lovett, Michael, ed (2005). AFL 2005. p. 37. ISBN 0-9580300-6-5. 
3. ^ Quayle, Emma (14 June 2009) Crows flock to Dangerfield
4. ^ Chris Knights's statistics from AFL Tables
5. ^ Adelaide ace Chris Knights gets his kicks in Crows' attack
6. ^ How Chris Knights became goal-den boy

External links

• Chris Knights's profile on the Official AFL Website of the Adelaide Football Club
• Chris Knights's statistics from AFL Tables
• Chris Knights - Selection of Charity Work

Persondata
Name	Knights, Chris
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	25 September 1986
Place of birth	Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death
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