Liam Anthony (born 9 September 1987) is an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who played for the

North Melbourne Football Club The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos, is a professional Australian rules football club. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW). The Kangaroos also ...

in the

Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the gam ...

(AFL). Originally from

Geraldton, Western Australia Geraldton (Wajarri: ''Jambinu'', Wilunyu: ''Jambinbirri'') is a coastal city in the Mid West region of the Australian state of Western Australia, north of the state capital, Perth. At June 2018, Geraldton had an urban population of 37,648. ...

, he was recruited from the

East Fremantle East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fac ...

in WAFL to North Melbourne with the 43rd selection in the 2008 AFL Draft.Anthony makes the most of his chance
Theage.com.au (2009-07-20). Retrieved on 2012-08-16. His career to date has been plagued by injuries, with a

stress fracture A stress fracture is a fatigue-induced bone fracture caused by repeated stress over time. Instead of resulting from a single severe impact, stress fractures are the result of accumulated injury from repeated submaximal loading, such as running or ...

in his foot delaying his AFL debut until halfway through the 2009 season, a severed finger tendon interrupting his 2010 pre-season and dislocating his shoulder during the 2010 season. In Anthony's senior AFL debut for North Melbourne in Round 13 2009, he gathered 28 possessions. He played every game for the rest of the year, averaging 25 disposals per game. On 31 October 2014 it was announced that Anthony had been delisted by the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Anthony, Liam 1987 births North Melbourne Football Club players Living people East Fremantle Football Club players North Ballarat Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Geraldton