This article is about the annual Australian rules football draft. For the historical American Football League draft, see American Football League Draft. The AFL Draft is the annual draft of young talent by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League. The American Football League (AFL, 1960 - 1969) stocked its teams in two ways: 1) Signing free agents (players whose contracts in other professional football leagues had expired, or who had no professional experience). ...
A (sports) draft is the process by which professional sports teams select players not contracted to any team, often from colleges or amateur ranks. ...
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History
When the competition was known as the Victorian Football League (VFL), the league introduced the first incarnation of a draft system in 1981, where teams had two selections each of interstate players determined by reverse finishing position order. [1] This was introduced as an equalisation strategy in response to the increasing transfer fees and player salaries at the time, which in combination with declining attendances, threatened to derail the league. It was also a result of the failure of country zoning, introduced in the late 1960s, which had led to a systematic inequality whereby the clubs with the best zones, like Carlton and Hawthorn, could dominate over clubs with poorer zones like Melbourne. In Australian Rules football, country zoning refers to a system whereby clubs in a competition are given parts of the rural area and the football clubs within that area as exclusive zones for the recruitment of players. ...
Carlton Football Club, nicknamed The Blues, is the sixth oldest Australian rules football club and the third oldest club in the Australian Football League. ...
Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed The Hawks, are an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). ...
Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League, based in Melbourne, Victoria. ...
In 1986, the first VFL Draft was held. The draft saw players tied to zones based on their location of residence, with each club having first call on players falling within that zone. The West Coast Eagles received access to all West Australian players, while the Brisbane Bears received 6 concessionary picks before the other clubs. The 1986 VFL Draft was the first formal draft to provide recruitment opportunities to clubs participating in Australian rules footballs elite Victorian Football League. ...
West Coast Eagles Football Club is an Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League. ...
The Brisbane Bears Football Club was the first Queensland-based club in the Victorian Football League. ...
Detail In the AFL Draft, clubs receive picks based on the position in which they finish on the ladder during the season. The draft is held in November, with a pre-season draft in December. The pre-season draft is a draft conducted in the AFL following the AFL Draft. ...
Priority draft pick rule See Priority draft pick. The Priority draft pick is a term used in the Australian Football Leagues AFL Draft. ...
Father-son rule See father-son rule. The Father-son rule is a drafting rule in the sport of Australian rules football whereby the sons of former players can bypass the standard draft or zone requirements and play for the same club as their father. ...
Eligibility Currently to be eligible for the draft, a player must be at least 17 years of age on or before April 30 in the year in which they are drafted. This has been slowly increased over the past few years due to concerns about school age players potentially having to leave home to play football in another state.[1] is the 120th day of the year (121st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Number 1 draft picks The number 1 draft pick is awarded to the bottom-placed team, though in some cases it is traded.
Number 1 draft picks:
Martin Leslie (born November 17, 1962) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Bears during the early 1990s. ...
Anthony Banik is a former Australian rules football player who played in the AFL between 1990 and 1994 for the Richmond Football Club. ...
John Hutton (born ) was an Australian rules football player in the VFL/AFL with the Brisbane Bears and the Fremantle Football Club. ...
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Jeff White is an Australian rules football player who plays for the Melbourne Demons. ...
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Michael Gardiner (born July 5, 1979) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. ...
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Des Headland (born January 21, 1981) is an Australian rules footballer. ...
Josh Fraser (born January 5, 1982) is an australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. ...
Nick Riewoldt (born October 17, 1982) was the captain of the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League for the 2005 season before being replaced by Luke Ball in 2006. ...
Luke Hodge (b. ...
Brendon Goddard (born May 20, 1985) is a midfielder for St Kilda in the Australian Football League. ...
Adam Cooney (born September 30, 1985) is an Australian rules footballer, playing for the Western Bulldogs in the AFL. As a solid midfielder, he was picked up as the number one draft pick in 2003 AFL Draft as a priority pick. ...
Brett Deledio (born April 18, 1987 in Kyabram, Victoria) is an Australian rules football player currently playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League. ...
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Rookie draft - See also: Rookie list
Held at the same time as the pre-season draft, the rookie draft is a chance for clubs to recruit players under 23 for their Rookie list. The Rookie List is a means for Australian Football League clubs to maintain additional players outside of the 38-man primary list. ...
International rookies Rookies are also available to be selected from overseas countries and players on the list do not count towards the salary cap. An example of this is Irish players Setanta O'hAilpin, Colm Begley and Martin Clarke. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
Setanta Ó hAilpÃn (born March 18, 1983) is an Irish sportsman, born of an Irish father and Fijian mother. ...
Colm Begley is a former Irish Gaelic footballer who now plays Australian rules football for the Brisbane Lions Australian Football League team. ...
Martin Marty Clarke (born November 13, 1987) is a Collingwood footballer in the Australian Football League. ...
In 2006, the AFL introduced a new scheme where clubs can maintain 2 international rookies (excluding Irish players) outside of the regular rookie list. [2]
This article is about the national league in Australian rules football. ...
The 1986 VFL Draft was the first formal draft to provide recruitment opportunities to clubs participating in Australian rules footballs elite Victorian Football League. ...
The 1987 VFL Draft was the second draft to provide recruitment opportunities to clubs participating in Australian rules footballs elite Victorian Football League. ...
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1995 AFL Draft Category: ...
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The AFL Draft is the annual draft of talented players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League. ...
The 1998 Coca-Cola AFL National Draft was held on November 1, 1998. ...
National Draft Trades See also WikiProject AFL for more AFL information Official AFL Draft page Category: ...
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The 2001 AFL Draft consisted of a pre-season draft, a national draft, a trade period and a rookie elevation. ...
The 2002 AFL Draft consisted of a pre-season draft, a national draft, a trade period and a rookie elevation. ...
The 2003 AFL Draft consisted of a pre-season draft, a national draft, a trade period and a rookie elevation. ...
See also WikiProject AFL for more AFL information Official AFL Draft page Categories: | ...
National Draft In total there were 76 picks in the 2005 AFL Draft. ...
The 2006 AFL Draft is the most recent national draft of the Australian Football League. ...
The 2007 AFL Draft consists of a pre-season draft taking place before the 2007 season, as well as the National Draft, to be held in November 2007 following the conclusion of the 2007 season. ...
External links
References - ^ The draft blows in, Emma Quayle, The Age, November 17, 2006.
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