Aaron Sandilands

Personal Info
Birth	December 6, 1982,
Recruited from	East Fremantle
Height/Weight	211cm / 124kg
Playing Career¹
Debut	Round 1,March 30, 2003, Fremantle. vs. Adelaide., at Football Park
Team(s)	Fremantle (2003-) 91 games, 26 goals Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 336 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (769 × 1372 pixel, file size: 169 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... December 6 is the 340th day of the year (341st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Home ground: East Fremantle Oval, Moss Street, East Fremantle Formed: 1898 Colours: Royal Blue and White Nickname: Sharks (originally known as Easts, Blue and Whites or Blue and White Angels, then known as Old Easts to distinguish them from East Perth) // Short history The East Fremantle Football Club was formed... is the 89th day of the year (90th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 2003 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed The Dockers and known unofficially as the Fremantle Dockers and informally as Freo, is one of 16 teams in the Australian Football League. ... Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed The Crows, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League, based in Adelaide, South Australia. ... AAMI Stadium, formerly known as Football Park, is the home of Australian rules football in South Australia. ... Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed The Dockers and known unofficially as the Fremantle Dockers and informally as Freo, is one of 16 teams in the Australian Football League. ...
¹ Statistics to end of Rd 14, 2007 season
Career Highlights
AFL Rising Star nominee Round 14, 2003. Named in the WA State of Origin Team, 2006

Aaron Sandilands (born 6 December 1982) is an Australian rules footballer. At 211 cm (6ft 11in) tall and weighing 124 kg (273 lbs), he is the equal tallest and the heaviest player in the history of the Australian Football League (and the preceeding Victorian Football League).[1] Sandilands plays as a ruckman for the Fremantle Football Club. This article needs to be wikified. ... West Australian State of Origin guernsey. ... December 6 is the 340th day of the year (341st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... High marking is a key skill and spectator attribute of Aussie Rules Precise field and goal kicking using the oval shaped ball is the key skill in Aussie Rules Football Australian rules football, also known as Australian football, Aussie rules, or simply football or footy is a code of football... The Australian Football League (AFL), formerly known as the Victorian Football League, and sometimes known as the VFL/AFL, is the elite Australian national competition in the sport of Australian rules football. ... In the sport of Australian rules football, each of the eighteen players in a team are assigned to a particular named position on the field of play. ... Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed The Dockers and known unofficially as the Fremantle Dockers and informally as Freo, is one of 16 teams in the Australian Football League. ...

Originally from the small town of Mt Barker in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, Sandilands was selected by Fremantle in the rookie draft prior to the 2002 season. He spent the entire 2002 year playing for East Fremantle in the WAFL, before being elevated to the senior list prior to the 2003 season. Mount Barker (postcode 6024) is a town of about 5000 people in the Shire of Plantagenet in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. ... The Great Southern region is one of the nine regions of Western Australia. ... Home ground: East Fremantle Oval, Moss Street, East Fremantle Formed: 1898 Colours: Royal Blue and White Nickname: Sharks (originally known as Easts, Blue and Whites or Blue and White Angels, then known as Old Easts to distinguish them from East Perth) // Short history The East Fremantle Football Club was formed... The West Australian Football League (WAFL) (pronounced waffle) is the premier state based Australian rules football league in Western Australia. ...

Playing in 19 games in his first season, the highlights were being nominated for the AFL Rising Star and earning a Brownlow Medal vote for a dominant display against the reigning premiers, Brisbane Lions in Round 14 and playing in Fremantle's first ever finals match. Despite Essendon being convincing winners, Sandilands was one of the few to perform well, with a personal record 41 hitouts. This article needs to be wikified. ... The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal and colloquially as Charlie, is the medal awarded to the best and fairest player in the Australian Football League during the regular season (ie not including finals matches) as decided upon by umpires. ... Brisbane Lions Australian Football Club (the trading name for the Brisbane Bears-Fitzroy Football Club) are an Australian Football League club based in Brisbane, Queensland. ...

As ruckmen are generally considered to peak in their late 20s, Sandilands has impressed many to rank 6th or 5th in total hitouts in each of his first three seasons in the AFL, improving to 2nd (with the highest average) in 2006 [2]. Despite this dominance in hitouts, it doesn't always result in Fremantle winning the clearances[3].

In 2006 Sandilands suffered a broken jaw in the round 6 Western Derby in a clash with West Coast Eagles ruckman Mark Seaby.[4] Following an investigation by the AFL, no charges were laid over the incident.[5] The Western Derby (pronounced Der-bee) is the name given to the Australian Football League match between the Fremantle Dockers and West Coast Eagles football clubs. ... West Coast Eagles Football Club is an Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League. ... Mark Seaby (born May 1, 1984) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. ...

External links

• Aaron Sandilands profile on the Official AFL Website of the Fremantle Football Club
• Aaron Sandilands's statistics from AFL Tables