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Courtenay Dempsey Personal information Full name Courtenay Dempsey Date of birth 28 August 1987 Original team Morningside Draft #19, 2005 National Draft, Essendon Height/Weight 185cm / 80 kg Position(s) Defender Club information Current club Essendon Number 15 Playing career1 Years Club Games (Goals) 2006– Essendon 54 (13) 1 Playing statistics to end of Round 4, 2011 season .Courtenay Dempsey (born 28 August 1987) is a professional Australian rules footballer for the Essendon Football Club of the Australian Football League.
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Early life
Dempsey has Indigenous Australian heritage and his ancestry can be traced to the Kalkadoon, a tribe from Queensland's South/Central West region.[1]
Dempsey began playing football in Cairns, where he played with the Manunda Hawks in the AFL Cairns competition.
He later moved to Brisbane to play with the Kenmore Bears junior football club while also playing for his school Brisbane Boys' College.
After playing senior football at the Morningside Australian Football Club where he was drafted at pick 19 by Essendon in the 2005 AFL draft.
AFL career
Debuting in 2006, Dempsey impressed with his kicking skills and pace.
Personal life
In March 2008 Dempsey and his girlfriend, Danielle Kaitu welcomed their first child, daughter Chenae Christine Dempsey.
References
- ^ AFL Record. Round 9,2009. Slattery Publishing. pg 75.
External links
Essendon Football Club – current squad 2 Dyson · 3 Gumbleton · 4 Watson (c) · 5 Stanton · 6 Monfries · 7 Jetta · 8 Winderlich · 9 Prismall · 10 McVeigh · 11 Zaharakis · 13 Long · 14 Lonergan · 15 Dempsey · 16 Pears · 17 Melksham · 18 Hurley · 19 Hille · 20 Slattery · 21 Heppell · 22 Carlisle · 23 Myers · 24 Browne · 25 Steinberg · 26 Hooker · 27 Davis · 29 Davey · 30 Ryder · 31 Fletcher · 32 Colyer · 34 Hardingham · 37 Reimers · 38 Ross · 39 Hocking · 40 Howlett · 42 Lovett-Murray · 43 Hibberd · 44 Bellchambers · 45 Crameri
Coach: Hird
* denotes Rookie Listed playersCategories:- Essendon Football Club players
- Morningside Australian Football Club players
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football
- People educated at Brisbane Boys' College
- Australian rules footballers from Queensland
- Australian rules biography, 1980s birth stubs
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