Winis Imbi (born 26 April 1979 in

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) is an

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er. He is 172cm in height. Imbi was named in the 1997

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team of the year before training with Essendon in 1998. In 1999, Imbi was promoted to the Essendon rookie list and played some promising games in the Bombers' Ansett Cup finals campaign. That year he won the

Essendon Football Club The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed the Bombers, is a professional Australian rules football club. The club plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the game's premier competition. The club was formed by the McCracken family in their A ...

reserves

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. At the end of the season, he was delisted and added to the

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's rookie list where he lasted until the end of the year. Imbi holds the

North Ballarat Rebels The Greater Western Victoria Rebels is an Australian rules football club which plays in the NAB League, the statewide under-18s competition in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. Initially known as the Ballarat Rebels and wearing green an ...

games record with 53 games. He played football in

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in 2002. He continues to play football semi-professionally for the Portland Football Club in the

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, where he was joint winner of the league's best and fairest in 2003.Pair win Aussie rules best and fairest medal – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
/ref> His younger brother, James Imbi, began at the Portland Football Club before trying out with the

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in the

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in 2004, after which he went to the

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in the

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in 2006.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Imbi, Winis Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Papua New Guinean players of Australian rules football Greater Western Victoria Rebels players Portland Football Club players 1979 births Living people