Dion Woods (born 25 January 1982) is a former professional

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er who played for the

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in the

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(AFL) between 2001 and 2005. Woods was drafted from

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in the

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(WAFL) as the 51st selection in the 2000 AFL draft and played mainly as a defender. Tall and athletic, Woods showed much promise in his first year, winning the Fremantle's Beacon Award in 2001 for the best young player and also being nominated for the

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award. His career peaked in 2003 playing in 21 matches, including Fremantle's first ever finals match, as a key member of the "no-name defence". However he struggled to maintain his form and spent most of the 2005 season playing for Perth before being delisted at the end of that season. He has since continued to play in the WAFL. Woods is a cousin of the McGrath family (

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and

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), all of whom are former or current AFL players.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Woods, Dion 1982 births Fremantle Football Club players Perth Football Club players Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football Living people Australian rules footballers from Western Australia