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Of Baltic descent, Ramanauskas was selected at no. 12 in the 1998 AFL Draft and was mainly a defender or midfielder. In 2000 he proved a handy player on the wing in Essendon's 2000 premiership season in which they lost just 1 game for the entire year. The 1998 Coca-Cola AFL National Draft was held on November 1, 1998. ...

Cancer scares

In 2003, Ramanauskas was diagnosed with a low grade cancer (fibramatosis) in his neck after Round 3. He missed the next 8 matches and luckily made a quick recovery to play again in 2003. Following this was a solid 2004 season where he played in all of the Bombers' 24 games. The term fibromatosis refers to a group of benign soft tissue tumors which have certain characteristics in common, including absence of cytologic and clinical malignant features, a histology consistent with proliferation of well-differentiated fibroblasts, an infiltrative growth pattern, and aggressive clinical behavior with frequent local recurrence. ...

Ramanauskas had more misfortune in 2005 when he underwent a knee reconstruction after a Round 4 training mishap. After he had completed his recovery, however, in February 2006, a recurrence of the cancer appeared. ^[1] Knees following ACL reconstruction surgery. ...

At the end of 2006, Ramanauskas was delisted by Essendon, who asked for special consideration in placing him on a mature-aged rookie list for the 2007 season. After long deliberation by the AFL Commission on this issue, Essendon were granted permission for this to go ahead. Ramanauskas was re-drafted by Essendon with pick 33 in the 2006 Rookie Draft. ^{[2] [3]} It is also rumoured that Ramanauskas will be ok for the 2008 AFL season. 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 AFL Commission is the official governing body of the Australian Football League, the elite national Australian rules football competition in Australia. ... AFL has a number of references: Football leagues Australian Football League — professional competition in Australian Rules Football. ...

Personal Life

Ramanauskas is married to Belinda Henneman.

References

1. ^ Rohan Connolly/Mike Gleeson, Bomber facing new fight with cancer, The Age, February 11, 2006.
2. ^ Essendon retains ill Ramanauskas, The Australian, November 21, 2006.
3. ^ Rookie list OK for Rama, Sportal, November 21, 2006.

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External links

• Adam Ramanauskas profile on the Official AFL Website of the Essendon Football Club
• Adam Ramanauskas's statistics from AFL Tables