Andrew Foster (born 31 August 1985) is an Australian rules footballer, who was rookie listed by the

Fremantle Football Club The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Dockers, is a professional Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The team was founded in 1994 to represent the port city of Fr ...

in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was taken with Fremantle's second round pick in the 2007 Rookie Draft (pick 28). He is from the East Fremantle Football Club in the

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(WAFL). In 2006 he played every game for the club, following shoulder reconstructions which kept him out of the side in most of both the 2004 and 2005 seasons. Playing as a midfielder he finished runner up to

Shane Woewodin Shane Woewodin (born 12 July 1976) is a retired Australian rules football player who played 200 games with the Melbourne and Collingwood Football Clubs. He was the recipient of the Brownlow Medal in 2000. He formerly served as the Offensive ...

in East Fremantle's best and fairest award, the Lynn Medal in 2006. During the 2007 season, Foster was elevated to the Fremantle senior list as a replacement for Justin Longmuir, who was placed on the long-term injury list.Freo Foster's rising talent
PerthNow; 15 June 2007 After being named as an emergency for the round 18

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, he finally made his AFL debut the following week against

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. After playing three of the last four games in 2007, Foster has a horror 2008 season, only playing one game for Fremantle and four games for East Fremantle before a back injury ruled him out the remainder of the season in Round 13. On 21 April 2009, it was revealed that Foster and teammate

Clayton Hinkley Clayton Hinkley (born 21 February 1989) is an Australian rules footballer who formerly played for the Fremantle Football Club. He was selected with the 24th selection in the 2007 AFL National Draft. Hinkley was a member of Victoria Country's ...

had conducted

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on teammates whilst dressed up in what was described by Fremantle's development coach Steve Malaxos as Ku Klux Klan costumes. Fremantle were forced to release a photo of the pranksters which showed the players showing no resemblance to the Klan. The players were not sanctioned by the AFL or the Dockers. He was delisted by Fremantle at the end of the 2009 season and despite suggestions that he may have been re-drafted in the Pre-season or rookie drafts, was overlooked in both drafts. He then switched to Claremont in the WAFL for the 2010 season.Freo reject Foster joins Claremont
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WAFL player profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Foster, Andrew 1985 births Living people Fremantle Football Club players East Fremantle Football Club players Claremont Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Western Australia