Isaac Quaynor (born 15 January 2000) is a professional

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er with

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descent who plays for the

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in the

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(AFL).

Early life

Quaynor participated in the

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program at

Doncaster East, Victoria Doncaster East is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 20 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Manningham local government area. Doncaster East recorded a population of 30,926 at the 2021 cen ...

. He played junior football with the

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with future Collingwood teammate Tom Phillips. He then joined

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, where he was coached by Anthony Phillips, Tom's father. Quaynor played junior football for the Templestowe Football Club and for Bulleen-Templestowe Football Club in the

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. In 2018, Quaynor was runner-up for Oakleigh Chargers best and fairest award, which was won by Jack Ross. He represented Vic Metro at the 2018 AFL Under 18 Championships and was selected for the All-Australian team, despite missing the match against Vic County due to a

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. Quaynor played 10 games for Collingwood's

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before his AFL debut, averaging 19.1 disposals and 3.6

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AFL career

Quaynor was part of Collingwood's Next Generation Academy and won the goal kicking test at the Draft Combine. The club drafted him to their AFL squad with the 13th draft pick of the

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. As Collingwood's first pick of the draft, he wore the number 35 guernsey in his first season. Quaynor made his AFL debut in Collingwood's loss against

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in the 16th round of the

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. In the 17th round of the

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, Quaynor was nominated for the

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award.

Statistics

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Honours and achievements

Individual * AFL Rising Star nominee: 2020 (round 17)

Personal life

Quaynor was born in

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and grew up in Doncaster East, supporting Collingwood since young, idolising

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, and even sitting behind the Cheer Squad during the 2018 AFL Grand Final. His father, Yaw, is of

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from

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, where his mother, Kate, met him during a music trip. He is the oldest of six siblings and went to school at Doncaster Gardens Primary School and

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, despite

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offering him a scholarship. Quaynor has also played

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and

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. He modelled his game on

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player

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and

defender

Neville Jetta Neville Jetta (born 12 February 1990) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Jetta was drafted by Melbourne with the 51st selection in the 2008 national dr ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Quaynor, Isaac 2000 births Living people Collingwood Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Australian people of Ghanaian descent People from Doncaster, Victoria