Andrew Martin Siegert (born 18 January 1982) is an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er. He made his debut in 2002 for

Fremantle Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australian vernacular diminutive for ...

in the

Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the gam ...

and was known for his hard approach as a tagger or "run-with" player. Recruited from the

Geelong Falcons The Geelong Falcons is a youth Australian rules football representative club in the NAB League, the Victorian statewide under-18s competition, Victoria, Australia. The club takes in talented junior players from the Geelong, Colac and Warrnamboo ...

in the

TAC Cup The NAB League Boys (also referred to as simply the NAB League and formerly known as the TAC Cup) is an under-19 Australian rules football representative competition held in Australia. It is based on geographic regions throughout country Victo ...

and originally from

Colac, Victoria Colac is a small city in the Western District of Victoria, Australia, approximately 150 kilometres south-west of Melbourne on the southern shore of Lake Colac. History For thousands of years clans of the Gulidjan people occupied the region o ...

, he had a solid debut season in 2002, playing 21 games, but only managed a further 15 games over the next three seasons. At the end of the 2005 season, Fremantle delisted Siegert. He trained with Geelong, but was not picked up by an AFL club in the subsequent pre-season draft. He remained in Western Australia and continued to play for South Fremantle in the

West Australian Football League The West Australian Football League (WAFL) is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The league currently consists of ten teams, which play each other in a 20-round season usually lasting from March to September, ...

(WAFL) until retiring in 2010.

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1982 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Geelong Falcons players Colac Football Club players Fremantle Football Club players South Fremantle Football Club players Sportspeople from Colac, Victoria {{AFL-bio-1980s-stub