- Todd Curley
Infobox afl player
firstname = Todd
lastname = Curley
birthdate = Birth date and age|1973|1|14|df=y
birthplace =
originalteam =West Perth Football Club
heightweight =
dead = alive
deathdate =
deathplace =
debutdate = Round 15 2000
debutteam = Collingwood
debutopponent = Footscray
debutstadium =Melbourne Cricket Ground
playingteams = Collingwood (1994)3 games, 1 goal
Western Bulldogs (1996-2001)115 games, 47 goals
coach = yes
coachingteams =West Perth Football Club (2006)
statsend = 2007
careerhighlights =Todd Curley (born 14 January 1973) is a former
Australian Rules Football er, who played for Collingwood and theWestern Bulldogs in theAustralian Football League , and who coachedWest Perth Football Club in theWest Australian Football League .He was drafted in the
1991 AFL Draft , to Collingwood at pick number 41, fromWest Perth Football Club . He didn't make his AFL debut for Collingwood until 1994, and played just 3 games for them in that season, acquiring 13 disposals and scoring a goal. He was delisted at the end of the season, and nominated for the 1995 national draft, in which he was picked up by theWestern Bulldogs at pick number 29 overall.He had a successful career at the Bulldogs, playing a total of 115 games for them across 6 seasons, including playing all games in 1998, 1999 and missing just the one game in 2000 season. In 2001 there was controversy, when he was banned for 4 matches for making contact with an umpire, after a nightmare year. It was halved on appeal, but his football career never recovered and by the end of the year he was back playing for
West Perth (possibly delisted by the bulldogs) [cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/realfooty/news/Rohan-Connolly/Ruling-cold-comfort-for-Curley/2005/06/16/1118869046409.html|title= Ruling cold comfort for Curley|publisher=The Age|date=2005-06-17|accessdate=2007-10-21|] . He finished his AFL career with 118 games, and 48 goals.He continued playing football for West Perth in the
Western Australian Football League , and was announced their captain for the 2005 WAFL season, although decided to retire at the end of that season. He played a total of 147 games for West Perth. In December 2005, he was then announced as the new coach for West Perth, after being selected from a strong list of applicants. [cite news|url=http://www.falconsfc.com.au/news/current/16_12_05_1.php|title=Falcons Announce New Coach|publisher=West Perth Football Club|date=2005-12-16|accessdate=2007-10-21|] . In October 2007, at the club's best and fairest night, it was announced that Todd had signed on for the next two years as head coach [cite news|url=http://www.falconsfc.com.au/news/current/08_10_07_1.php|title= Fleay Wins Back to Back Breckler Medals|publisher=West Perth Football Club|date=2007-10-08|accessdate=2007-10-21|]References
External links
* [http://www.falconsfc.com.au/index.php West Perth Football Club Official Wesbite]
* [http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/T/Todd_Curley.html Todd Curley AFL stats]
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