Billy Longer is a former

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 who played for the

Brisbane Lions The Brisbane Lions is a professional Australian rules football club based in Brisbane, Queensland, that plays in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club was formed in late 1996 via a merger of the Melbourne-based 1883 foundation VFL c ...

and St Kilda in the

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(AFL).

AFL career

Longer was recruited with pick 8 in the 2011 national draft by the

from the

Northern Knights The Northern Knights is an Australian rules football club playing in the NAB League, the top statewide under-18 competition in Victoria, Australia. They are based in Preston, representing the northern suburban area of Melbourne. The Knights a ...

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 ...

under 18s where he played as a ruck. Longer made his debut for Brisbane in round 3 of the

2012 AFL season The 2012 AFL season was the 116th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured eig ...

, against . After two years and nine senior games with Brisbane, Longer announced that he wanted to return to Melbourne to live near family and friends and sought a trade. There was considerable interest from Melbourne-based clubs Hawthorn and St Kilda. Hawthorn dropped their interest after St Kilda traded their ruckman,

Ben McEvoy Ben “Big Boy” McEvoy (born 11 July 1989) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Early career McEvoy is an Austr ...

, for draft picks. Seeing the ruck opening, Longer agreed to be traded to St Kilda. Longer played his first game for St Kilda in round 4 of the

2014 AFL season The 2014 AFL season was the 118th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured ei ...

against the

Adelaide Football Club The Adelaide Crows (officially the Adelaide Football Club) are a professional Australian rules football team based in Adelaide, South Australia. Founded in 1990. The Crows has fielded a men's team in the Australian Football League (AFL) since ...

. After playing 34 out of 44 games in 2014 and 2015, Longer lost his place and form and failed to play a senior game in 2016. He returned to senior football in 2017 and set a new St Kilda club record for hit outs in the

2017 AFL season The 2017 AFL season was the 121st season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season feature ...

of 656 at an average of 38.59 from 17 games. Longer retired at the end of the 2019 season after experiencing concussion issues during the year.

Statistics

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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 ...

, , 5 , , 4 , , 0 , , 1 , , 11 , , 17 , , 28 , , 6 , , 13 , , 70 , , 0 , , 0.3 , , 2.8 , , 4.3 , , 7 , , 1.5 , , 3.3 , , 17.5 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

, , 18 , , 16 , , 1 , , 1 , , 40 , , 76 , , 116 , , 17 , , 63 , , 414 , , 0.1 , , 0.1 , , 2.5 , , 4.8 , , 7.3 , , 1 , , 3.9 , , 25.9 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

, , 18 , , 18 , , 1 , , 0 , , 67 , , 100 , , 167 , , 43 , , 48 , , 525 , , 0.1 , , 0 , , 3.7 , , 5.6 , , 9.3 , , 2.4 , , 2.7 , , 29.2 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

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2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

, , 18 , , 17 , , 2 , , 2 , , 24 , , 135 , , 159 , , 27 , , 68 , , 656 , , 0.1 , , 0.1 , , 1.4 , , 7.9 , , 9.4 , , 1.6 , , 4 , , 38.6 , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3, Career ! 60 ! 4 ! 4 ! 163 ! 344 ! 507 ! 104 ! 207 ! 1778 ! 0.1 ! 0.1 ! 2.7 ! 5.7 ! 8.5 ! 1.7 ! 3.5 ! 29.6 , -

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Longer, Billy 1993 births Living people St Kilda Football Club players Brisbane Lions players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Northern Knights players Sandringham Football Club players