Malcolm Karpany (born 1 June 1995) is a former professional

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 West Coast Eagles in the

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(AFL). He was raised in

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and Moonta,

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. He is

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; his family are predominantly

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and he is related to

Gavin Wanganeen Gavin Adrian Wanganeen (born 18 June 1973) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club and Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), and also for the Port Adelaide Magpies in ...

and

Michael O'Loughlin Michael Kevin O'Loughlin (born 20 February 1977) is a former professional Australian rules footballer, who played his entire Australian Football League career with the Sydney Swans. O'Loughlin was named a member of the Indigenous Team of t ...

. During his high schooling, Malcolm moved to Adelaide and attended Rostrevor College. He was drafted by the West Coast Eagles with their second selection and thirty-first overall in the 2013 national draft. He made his debut in the nineteen point loss against in round 19, 2016 at the

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. Karpany signed a one-year contract extension at the end of the 2017 season, but was delisted the following year.

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* 1995 births Living people People educated at Rostrevor College West Coast Eagles players Woodville-West Torrens Football Club players East Perth Football Club players Australian rules footballers from South Australia Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football {{AFL-bio-1990s-stub