Greg Broughton (born 29 September 1986) is a former professional

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er who played for 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 ...

and

Gold Coast Football Club The Gold Coast Suns is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club is based on Queensland's Gold Coast in the suburb of Carrara. The club has been playing in the AFL since th ...

in the

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(AFL). After playing in Subiaco's 2006, 2007 and 2008 WAFL premiership winning teams and winning the 2008 Tom Outridge Medal as Subiaco's best and fairest player, Broughton was drafted to Fremantle in the 2009 Rookie Draft with Fremantle's final selection, number 74 overall. After displaying good form as a small defender during the 2009 pre-season, he was elevated to Fremantle's senior list as a nominated rookie, along with

Matt de Boer Matthew de Boer (born 10 March 1990) is an Australian rules footballer with the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL). After representing Western Australia at the 2008 AFL Under 18 Championships and being named ...

. Broughton made his AFL debut for Fremantle in Round 3 of the

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against

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. In 2009, Broughton averaged 23 possessions with a high of 37 against

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in Round 19. In December 2006, before he was drafted by Fremantle, Broughton suffered a fractured eye socket in a nightclub incident allegedly involving Fremantle players Jeff Farmer and

Steven Dodd Steven Dodd (born 20 June 1983) is a former Australian rules footballer who primarily played as a backman for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League. He was drafted with the 51st selection in the 2003 AFL Rookie Draft ...

. Farmer retired from AFL football a few months before Broughton was drafted to Fremantle, but Dodd was a teammate of Broughton's. No charges were laid following the incident. Broughton's father, who is part Maori, was from

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in New Zealand and moved to Australia when he was 20 years old. Following the end of the

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, Broughton was traded from Fremantle to . He announced his retirement in September 2015, effective after the round 23 match against .

Statistics

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2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

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2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

, , 6 , , 17 , , 2 , , 0 , , 210 , , 203 , , 413 , , 95 , , 57 , , 0.1 , , 0.0 , , 12.4 , , 11.9 , , 24.3 , , 5.6 , , 3.4 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

, , 6 , , 21 , , 5 , , 5 , , 246 , , 213 , , 459 , , 86 , , 84 , , 0.2 , , 0.2 , , 11.7 , , 10.1 , , 21.9 , , 4.1 , , 4.0 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

, , 6 , , 15 , , 6 , , 3 , , 129 , , 141 , , 270 , , 62 , , 79 , , 0.4 , , 0.2 , , 8.6 , , 9.4 , , 18.0 , , 4.1 , , 5.3 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

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 ...

, , 36 , , 17 , , 2 , , 0 , , 145 , , 152 , , 297 , , 68 , , 47 , , 0.1 , , 0.0 , , 8.5 , , 8.9 , , 17.5 , , 4.0 , , 2.8 , - ! 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 ...

, , 36 , , 20 , , 2 , , 4 , , 154 , , 195 , , 349 , , 84 , , 73 , , 0.1 , , 0.2 , , 7.7 , , 9.8 , , 17.5 , , 4.2 , , 3.7 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! 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 ...

, , 36 , , 5 , , 0 , , 0 , , 16 , , 33 , , 49 , , 9 , , 10 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 3.2 , , 6.6 , , 9.8 , , 1.8 , , 2.0 , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3, Career ! 110 ! 19 ! 14 ! 1053 ! 1128 ! 2181 ! 499 ! 397 ! 0.2 ! 0.1 ! 9.6 ! 10.3 ! 19.8 ! 4.5 ! 3.6

References

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WAFL Player Profile and Statistics
{{DEFAULTSORT:Broughton, Greg 1986 births Living people Fremantle Football Club players Subiaco Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Western Australia Australian people of Māori descent Gold Coast Football Club players