Darren McAsey (born 16 June 1965), also known as Harry McAsey, is a former
Australian rules football
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er who played with the
Sydney Swans
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in the
Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL).
Career
McAsey, the son of 1950s
Footscray player
Alan McAsey, played his junior football at
Spotswood, but was residentially tied to the Swans, which recruited him into the Under 19s in 1982.
He kicked 60 goals for the Under 19s in his first season and captained the side in 1983.
During this time he was also a Victorian
Teal Cup
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representative.
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He played reserves football in 1984, then made his senior debut in the opening round of the ]1985 VFL season
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The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 23 March until 28 September, and comprised a ...
and made a total of 11 league appearances that year.[
The 1986 season didn't begin for McAsey until round 20, when he called into the side to play ]Richmond
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at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
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.[ He kicked three goals in a 48-point win, which he followed up with four goals from a forward pocket when Sydney defeated St Kilda in round 21.][ His final two games of the season were both against ]Fitzroy Fitzroy or FitzRoy may refer to:
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, the second in a semi-final.[
A back injury caused McAsey to miss the entire season in 1987 and he played only two league games in 1988.][ He managed 10 games in 1989, then four in 1990, before being delisted.][ Sydney however redrafted in the 1991 pre-season and he added a further three games to his tally.][
In six seasons of league football he had four different numbers on his guernsey over the source of his career, 46, 12, 33 and 50.][
Before retiring, McAsey played a season with ]Strathmerton
Strathmerton is a town in Victoria, Australia.
It is located in the Shire of Moira local government area on the Murray Valley Highway and Goulburn Valley Highway, about west of Cobram. At the , Strathmerton had a population of 1072.
History
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, which were coached by one of his former teammates David Bolton.[
McAsey ran the Alexandria Hotel in Sydney until 2015.]
References
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1965 births
Australian rules footballers from New South Wales
Sydney Swans players
Living people