The 2001 AFL draft consisted of a state draft, a body draft, a pre-season draft and a trade period. The
AFL draft
The Australian Football League draft is the annual draft of unsigned players, especially new nominations, by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League (AFL).
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is the annual draft of players by
Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the
Australian Football League (AFL).
In 2001 there were 83 picks to be drafted between 16 teams in the national draft. The
Fremantle Dockers
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originally received the first pick in the national draft after finishing on the bottom of the ladder in the
2001 AFL season
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but they traded it to
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for
Trent Croad
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During his 222-game AFL career, he achie ...
. The No.1 draft pick was Luke Hodge, who became the first No.1 draft pick in many seasons to play in a premiership side.
The draft is known widely as the "superdraft" due to the recruitment of modern star players such as
Luke Hodge
Luke Hodge (born 15 June 1984) is a former Australian rules football player who played with the Hawthorn Football Club and the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played for the Hawthorn Football Club from 2002 to 2017, ...
,
Luke Ball
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,
Chris Judd
Christopher Dylan Judd (born 8 September 1983) is a former professional Australian rules footballer and captain of both the West Coast Eagles and Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Widely regarded as one of the bes ...
,
Jimmy Bartel
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,
Nick Dal Santo
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,
Steve Johnson,
Sam Mitchell,
Leigh Montagna,
Gary Ablett,
Brian Lake,
Matthew Boyd,
James Kelly,
Dane Swan
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Lewis Roberts-Thomson
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and
David Hale.
All of the aforementioned players have played in at least one
Grand Final
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, all but Dal Santo and Montagna have played in a premiership team and Judd, Mitchell and Hodge (three times) have captained their respective teams to victories in the 2006, 2008, 2013, 2014 and 2015 grand finals. Judd (2004, 2010), Bartel (2007), Ablett (2009, 2013), Swan (2011) and Mitchell (2012) have also won the Brownlow Medal, the award for the best and fairest player in a season, while Judd (2005), Johnson (2007), Hodge (2008 and 2014), Bartel (2011) and Lake (2013) have all won a
Norm Smith Medal
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(awarded to the best player on-field in the AFL Grand Final).
Trades
''In alphabetical order of new clubs''
2001 national draft
Notes
2002 rookie draft
2002 pre-season draft
Honours
Brownlow Medallists:
*Chris Judd: 2004 and 2010
*Jimmy Bartel: 2007
*Gary Ablett, Jr.: 2009 & 2013
*Dane Swan: 2011
*Sam Mitchell: 2012
Norm Smith Medallists:
*Chris Judd: 2005
*Steve Johnson: 2007
*Luke Hodge: 2008, 2014
*Jimmy Bartel: 2011
*Brian Lake 2013
Premierships:
*Lewis Roberts-Thomson: 2005, 2012
*Adam Schneider: 2005
*Chris Judd: 2006
*Mark Seaby: 2006
*Steven Armstrong: 2006
*Ashley Hansen: 2006
*Quinten Lynch: 2006
*Jimmy Bartel: 2007, 2009 and 2011
*Luke Hodge: 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015
*Rick Ladson: 2008
*Campbell Brown: 2008
*James Kelly: 2007, 2009 and 2011
*Gary Ablett, Jr.: 2007, 2009
*Steve Johnson: 2007, 2009 and 2011
*Dane Swan: 2010
*Luke Ball: 2010
*James Podsiadly, 2011
*Martin Mattner: 2012
*Sam Mitchell: 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015
*Brian Lake: 2013, 2014, 2015
*David Hale: 2013, 2014, 2015
*Matthew Boyd: 2016
References
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AFL Draft
The Australian Football League draft is the annual draft of unsigned players, especially new nominations, by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League (AFL).
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Australian Football League draft