Beau McDonald (born 3 November 1979) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He was recruited as the number 73 draft pick in the 1997 AFL Draft from Swan Districts. He made his debut for the

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in Round 4, 1998 against

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. Beau McDonald played 91 senior games for the Brisbane Lions including the 2001 and 2002 Grand Final victories however a string of injuries, a dislocated shoulder in the 2002 AFL Grand Final and an ACL knee injury the following year would limit his output to 27 games over the following 5 seasons. In February 2008, McDonald announced his retirement, citing the fact that his body was no longer able to withstand the rigours of AFL football. On 28 October 2008, Beau McDonald replaced

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as ruck coach.

Statistics

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

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1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...

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2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

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, 43 , , 23 , , 7 , , 2 , , 73 , , 65 , , 138 , , 31 , , 34 , , 0.3 , , 0.1 , , 3.2 , , 2.8 , , 6.0 , , 1.3 , , 1.5 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" , style="text-align:center;background:#afe6ba;", 2002† , style="text-align:center;", , 43 , , 15 , , 2 , , 4 , , 40 , , 50 , , 90 , , 30 , , 21 , , 0.1 , , 0.3 , , 2.7 , , 3.3 , , 6.0 , , 2.0 , , 1.4 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , 2003 , style="text-align:center;", , 43 , , 9 , , 1 , , 1 , , 27 , , 21 , , 48 , , 17 , , 8 , , 0.1 , , 0.1 , , 3.0 , , 2.3 , , 5.3 , , 1.9 , , 0.9 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , 2004 , style="text-align:center;", , 43 , , 0 , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , 2005 , style="text-align:center;", , 43 , , 0 , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , 2006 , style="text-align:center;", , 43 , , 8 , , 1 , , 2 , , 23 , , 25 , , 48 , , 16 , , 10 , , 0.1 , , 0.3 , , 2.9 , , 3.1 , , 6.0 , , 2.0 , , 1.3 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , 2007 , style="text-align:center;", , 43 , , 8 , , 0 , , 1 , , 19 , , 23 , , 42 , , 12 , , 10 , , 0.0 , , 0.1 , , 2.4 , , 2.9 , , 5.3 , , 1.5 , , 1.3 , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3, Career ! 91 ! 19 ! 22 ! 311 ! 257 ! 568 ! 183 ! 117 ! 0.2 ! 0.2 ! 3.4 ! 2.8 ! 6.2 ! 2.0 ! 1.3

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McDonald, Beau 1979 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Western Australia Brisbane Lions players Brisbane Lions Premiership players Swan Districts Football Club players Two-time VFL/AFL Premiership players