Josh Drummond (born 19 April 1983) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League who is currently serving as the defensive coach of the

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 the ...

. He was a rebounding defender and occasional wingman, with a long and accurate left-foot kick.

Early life

Dummond was born and raised on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland.

AFL career

He was recruited by 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 ...

through the 2003 rookie draft from the Northern Eagles, after two dominant seasons at centre half back. He won the Eagles Best & Fairest in 2003. He was elevated to the

senior list in Round 8, 2005 when he made his debut against

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. After missing the early part of 2007 through injury, he became one of the Lions' most important players in 2007, with an impressive ability to hit targets from the kick out. Josh Drummond's left foot kicks were recognised among the most penetrating and damaging in the AFL. Repeated soft tissue injuries, particularly to his

quadriceps The quadriceps femoris muscle (, also called the quadriceps extensor, quadriceps or quads) is a large muscle group that includes the four prevailing muscles on the front of the thigh. It is the sole extensor muscle of the knee, forming a large ...

, hampered Drummond's career. He also missed a significant amount of football after rupturing his

anterior cruciate ligament The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of a pair of cruciate ligament Cruciate ligaments (also cruciform ligaments) are pairs of ligaments arranged like a letter X. They occur in several joints of the body, such as the knee joint and th ...

during the 2010 season necessitating LARS surgery. Ongoing struggle with injury forced Drummond into an early retirement at the end of the 2012 season.''2012 retirements, delistings and trades''
AFL.com. Retrieved 6 December 2018.

References

External links

Josh Drummond at the Brisbane Lions website
* 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from the Sunshine Coast Australian rules footballers from Queensland Brisbane Lions players Zillmere Eagles Australian Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1980s-stub