Patrick McGinnity (born 18 February 1989) is a former professional
Australian rules football
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er who played for the
West Coast Eagles
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in the
Australian Football League
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(AFL). He was recruited from the
Claremont Football Club in the
West Australian Football League
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(WAFL) with the seventh pick in the
2008 Pre-Season draft, and made his debut for the club in round 15 of the
2009 AFL season
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. He was delisted at the end of the
2016 season, having played 93 games. He is now the current ground manager at Fermoy Estate and resides in sleepy Dunsborough.
Early life
McGinnity was born in
Perth
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to Kevin and Delys (née Whittle) McGinnity. His father played 59 games for the
East Perth Football Club
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, and his maternal grandfather, Alvin Whittle, played 108 games for the
West Perth Football Club
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. McGinnity attended
Trinity College, Perth
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, and also played junior football for the Marist Junior Football Club. He represented the state under-18 team at the
2007 AFL Under 18 Championships
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, and was named on the interchange in the 2007 Under-18
All-Australian team
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.
AFL career
McGinnity was recruited with the seventh pick in the
2008 Pre-Season draft, and made his debut for the West Coast Eagles in
2009
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against
St Kilda, playing 7 games in his debut year and 17 in
2010
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. In round one of the 2010 season, he was one of the Eagles' best, winning 24 disposals and kicking a goal. In 2011 he has continued to play in a tagging role. In August 2011, McGinnity was fined
A$2500 and suspended by the West Coast Eagles for one match after allegations that he had threatened to "rape"
Ricky Petterd
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Petterd was drafted to with the 30th ove ...
's mother during the Eagles'
round 21 match against .
McGinnity is most remembered as the player captain
Nick Maxwell
Nicholas Maxwell (born 3 June 1983) is a former Australian rules football player and former captain of the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Early life
Nick Maxwell was born in Geelong to parents Sue and Do ...
controversially took out of the game through a seemingly illegal shepherd during a NAB Cup match in early 2009. As a result, McGinnity was injured and was out of the side for 10 weeks. For his part, Maxwell was initially suspended for four matches, but his club launched a successful appeal which saw Maxwell exonerated.
McGinnity was delisted at the conclusion of the
2016 AFL season
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The season featured e ...
, having managed only three games during that season.
References
External links
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Patrick McGinnityplayer profile page at WAFL FootyFacts
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1989 births
Claremont Football Club players
Living people
People educated at Trinity College, Perth
Australian rules footballers from Perth, Western Australia
West Coast Eagles players
East Perth Football Club players