Alwyn Davey, Jr. (born 15 May 1984) is a former

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er who played for the

Essendon Football Club The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed the Bombers, is a professional Australian rules football club. The club plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the game's premier competition. The club was formed by the McCracken family in their A ...

of the

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(AFL) between 2007 and 2013.

Early life

Davey is of

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descent with tribal ancestry that can be traced to the

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people in South Australia Alwyn was born to mother Lizzie, named after father Alwyn DaveyFlanagan, M., "", ''Real Footy'', 9 May 2007. Retrieved on 9 May 2007. and raised in

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. Davey played his junior football in Darwin. His father died when he was eight years old. Davey moved to

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to play football semi-professionally with

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(SANFL). Davey first attracted the attention of AFL talent scouts after the impressive first and second seasons of his brother

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for the

Melbourne Football Club The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Demons, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. It is based in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, ...

. In the 2006 pre-season, Alwyn was invited to train with his brother at Melbourne, and many believed that the club would take a chance on him. The Demons already had a crumbing forward in Aaron and many clubs were averse to drafting short players. Furthermore, by the time of the draft, Alwyn had turned 22. Most draftees are taken at just 18, making him considered old for the national draft. Most therefore had picked Alwyn Davey to be taken by Melbourne as with a rookie selection. Essendon coach Kevin Sheedy had become particularly interested in the progress of Aaron Davey and since the success of

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, fast indigenous players in general. Davey was drafted by the Bombers in the 3rd round of the

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Career

2007

Davey made his AFL debut in the opening round of the 2007 season, making an immediate impression and played in every game until Round 14. He has featured several times amongst the Bombers' best including an outstanding

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. In his first 5 AFL matches he got an incredible 5 goal of the year nominations including 2 on ANZAC Day. Davey became known for his explosive speed. He has been known to take 2.75 secs to run from 0–20 metres. This is thought to be the fastest in the league, even more than speedster

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 ...

. From debut, Davey became one of the shortest players in the AFL. He quickly earned a cult following at Essendon, gaining the nickname is "Froggy", due to his appearance. During the round 14 game against Geelong, he suffered a broken arm when crashed into while on the ground by

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. The injury forced Davey to miss the rest of the season, and Essendon's form slumped during the period that he was on the sidelines, eventually missing the finals. At the end of the 2007 AFL season, Alwyn won the

AFL Army Award From 2007 until 2009 the Australian Football League produced the AFL Army Award to recognise players who produced significant acts of bravery or selflessness to promote the cause of their team during a game. Examples of such bravery that are not ...

, recognising players who produce act(s) of bravery or selflessness to promote the cause of his team, during a game for his smother and 2nd and 3rd efforts against Hawthorn in round 6. He had 3 of the final 6 nominations in the award.

2008

While running at training after round Four in 2008, Davey twisted and injured his right knee when changing direction, requiring immediate surgery and making him unavailable for the rest of the season because this would require him to miss between 6 and 12 months. Despite the injury, Davey continued to train but coach

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did not risk him.

2009

In 2009, his defensive pressure in the forward line has been a welcome return to the Essendon squad, currently leading the tackle count.

2013

In 2013,

announced that Alwyn Davey would not be offered a contract for the 2014

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season.

Post-AFL

Davey, along with 33 other Essendon players, was found guilty of using a banned performance enhancing substance,

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, as part of Essendon's sports supplements program during the 2012 season. He and his team-mates were initially found not guilty in March 2015 by the AFL Anti-Doping Tribunal, but a guilty verdict was returned in January 2016 after an appeal by the

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. He was suspended for two years which, with backdating, ended in December 2017; as a result, he served approximately seventeen months of his suspension and missed the 2016 winter season and parts of the 2015–16 and 2016-17 summer seasons.

Personal life

Alwyn and

Aaron Davey Aaron Davey (born 10 June 1983) is a professional Australian rules football player of Indigenous Australian heritage. He played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) until he retired from the club at the ...

are cousins of Brownlow medallist

Gavin Wanganeen Gavin Adrian Wanganeen (born 18 June 1973) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club and Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), and also for the Port Adelaide Magpies in ...

. Alwyn was named after his father.

Statistics

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2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

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2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

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2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

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2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

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2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

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2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Davey, Alwyn Essendon Football Club players 1984 births Living people Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football South Adelaide Football Club players People from Darwin, Northern Territory Australian rules footballers from the Northern Territory Northern Territory Football Club players Palmerston Football Club players Bendigo Football Club players Australia international rules football team players