Anthony L. "Tony" West (born 11 September 1956) is a former

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er who played for

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in the

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(VFL) during the early 1980s. Originally from the Carlton Reserves, West was a member of the 1980 Brunswick

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Second Division premiership team. He made two appearances with Essendon in 1982 before spending the rest of the year on the sidelines with a broken leg. He kicked bags of four goals with his first two games of the

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, the only goals of his league career. Due to the strength of the Essendon team, West made only played one game in their premiership year of 1984 and instead spent most of his time in the reserves where he won a Best and Fairest. A rover, West resumed at Brunswick in 1985 and participated in another Second Division premiership that year. He was a J. J. Liston Trophy winner in 1986 and had earlier, in 1981, been runner-up to

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References

* *Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing. {{DEFAULTSORT:West, Tony 1956 births Living people Essendon Football Club players Brunswick Football Club players J. J. Liston Trophy winners Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)