Matthew Egan

Matthew Egan
Matt Egan

Matt Egan
Personal information
Full name Matthew Egan
Date of birth 10 July 1983 (1983-07-10) (age 28)
Original team Geelong (VFL)
Height/Weight 194cm / 97kg
Position(s) Centre Half Back
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2005 – 2009 Geelong 59 (1)
1 Playing statistics to end of season .
Career highlights

AFL

  • All-Australian (2007)

Geelong Football Club

  • Best First Year Player (2005)
  • Best Clubman (2007)

VFL

  • VFL Team of the Year (2004)

Matthew Egan (born 10 July 1983) is a former Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

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Career

Egan is a tall centre half-back who Geelong have often used to shut down some of the opposition's top forwards, namely Nick Riewoldt, Barry Hall, Matthew Lloyd, Fraser Gehrig, Jonathan Brown, Matthew Pavlich and Quinten Lynch amongst others.

Early career

He took up football in his late teens after having been a promising junior tennis player, having once been ranked fifth for juniors in Victoria. As a sentiment to this he is known for his trademark "Forehand punch" as he swings it like a tennis Forehand. Geelong drafted Egan with their final pick in the 2004 AFL Draft, after he had played in the VFL with the club. Egan was named Geelong's best first-year player for 2005.

2007

Egan had a spectacular third season in the AFL, playing 22 matches, with 257 disposals, achieving several honours such as All-Australian selection, and celebrated his 50th AFL game with a win over the Sydney Swans, even though he did only manage nine disposals.

Round 14 saw a medium effort in the team's 50-point win over Essendon, with 12 disposals, and receiving an Army Award nomination for a courageous goal-saving, diving smother. He was declared the round's winner with 44% of the public vote, but ultimately lost out in the selection of the final shortlist of the year's weekly winners.

Against the Brisbane Lions in Round 22, Egan fractured the navicular bone in his right foot during a marking contest with Jonathan Brown, requiring emergency surgery to insert screws into his foot. This injury saw Egan forced out of the finals, missing both the AFL and VFL's victorious premiership sides.

Egan capped off an excellent season with selection in the 2007 All-Australian Team as the Centre Half-Back in a squad that contained nine Geelong players. He was also named Geelong's Best Clubman for 2007.[1][2][3]

2008

In November 2008, Geelong admitted it was unlikely that Egan would play AFL again, as a result of the foot injury he sustained in 2007.[4]

2009

On 26 August 2009, Geelong announced that they would delist Egan, but that they remained hopeful he would play again in the AFL and they also retired the number 19 for season 2010 in honour of Egan. He worked that year as an assistant coach at the Cats VFL team and continued to work for the club as an assistant in 2010.[5]

Statistics

Statistics are correct as of end of 2008 season (September 27, 2008)[6]
Season Team No. Games Goals Behinds Kicks Marks Handballs Disposals
2005 Geelong 19 15 0 1 67 49 65 132
2006 Geelong 19 22 1 0 102 82 130 232
2007 Geelong 19 22 0 0 115 80 142 257
2008 Geelong 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 Geelong 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 59 1 1 284 211 337 621

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Awards
Preceded by
Kane Tenace
Geelong F.C. "Best first-year player" award
2005
Succeeded by
Brent Prismall
Preceded by
Tom Harley
Geelong F.C. "Best clubman" award
2007
Succeeded by
Tom Harley

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