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Michael Prior Personal information Birth 6 September 1973 Recruited from East Perth (WAFL) Height and weight 182cm / 79kg Playing career¹ Debut Round 20, 5 August 1994, Essendon v.
Collingwood, at MCGTeam(s) Essendon (1994–2000)
81 games, 19 goals
West Coast Eagles (2001–2002)
9 games, 1 goal
¹ Statistics to end of 2002 season Career highlights - For the theologian of the same name, see Michael Prior (theologian)
Michael Prior (born 6 September 1973) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the AFL's Essendon Football Club and the West Coast Eagles.
Drafted 3rd overall in the 1992 AFL Draft, he made the unusual choice at the time to remain with his original club, East Perth, for the 1993 season as he felt that playing regular league football in the WAFL would be better for his development. Kevin Sheedy disagreed with this theory but allowed him to do so.
He played 81 games for the Bombers between 1994 and 2000. After the 2000 season, he was dropped by the Bombers and then picked up by West Coast. He spent two seasons with the Eagles and played just 9 games for them due to a devastating knee injury suffered in Round 7 2001, he recovered and continued his tally of games with East Perth in the WAFL when not required and was a member of their 2002 premiership side.
After retiring from AFL football he continued to play with East Perth until the end of the 2003 season. In total he played 69 games for the Royals.
He was colourfully referred to by 3AW commentator Rex Hunt as "prior conviction".
At the end of 2007 he ended his stint as coach of East Perth Colts and is now a skills coach at Fremantle.
References
- "Essendon Football Club Official Website - Draft History", retrieved 10 June 2006.
External links
- Michael Prior's profile on the Official AFL Website of the West Coast Eagles Football Club
- Michael Prior's statistics from AFL Tables
1992 AFL Draft 1. Drew Banfield • 2. Nathan Chapman • 3. Michael Prior • 4. Justin Leppitsch • 5. Jason Spinks • 6. Robert Pyman • 7. Wayne Hernaman • 8. Paul Symmons • 9. Martin Pike • 10. Brett Chalmers • 11. Jonathon Robran • 12. Tony Delaney • 13. Andrew McKay • 14. Nick Holland • 15. Damian Houlihan • 16. Brodie Atkinson • 17. Kym Koster • 18. Leigh Colbert • 19. Lee Walker • 20. Scott Cummings • 21. Shane Bond • 22. Mark Jones • 23. Warren Campbell • 24. Brett Jeffrey • 25. John Barker • 26. Martin McKinnon • 27. Kieran Murrihy • 28. Jamie Tape • 29. Sam Philipou • 30. Paul Ridley • 31. Shane Wakelin • 32. Peter Quill • 33. Corey Robertson • 34. Travis Burton • 35. Scott Robinson • 36. Tim Sherman • 37. Mathew Rogers • 38. David Deighton • 39. Matthew Kluzek • 40. Michael Dunstan • 41. Brook Fogden • 42. Che Cockatoo-Collins • 43. Adrian Whitehead • 44. Chris Gerreyn • 45. Scott Thompson • 46. Mathew Jackson • 47. Dillon Flavell • 48. Andrew Osborne • 49. Jarrad Schofield • 50. Andrew Donnelly • 51. Adam Williamson • 52. Paul Bulluss • 53. Mathew Moon North • 54. Daniel Clark • 55. Matthew Capuano • 56. Matthew Powell • 57. Russell Williams • 58. Chris Peel • 59. Scott Allen • 60. Tim Scott-Branagan • 61. Luke Raynor • 62. Damien Ryan • 63. Mathew McMurray • 64. Tony Godden • 65. Gerard Power • 66. Aaron Lord • 67. Brady Leckie • 68. Travis Miller • 69. Scott Simister • 70. Danny Morton • 71. Mathew Aston • 72. Mathew Wadewitz • 73. Tony Plym • 74. Tim Hargraeves • 75. Chris Batka • 76. Hugh Reimers • 77. Brad Copeland • 78. Damien Crowe • 79. Brett Spinks • 80. Stephen Newport • 81. Michael Murphy • 82. Robert Schaeffer • 83. Jeremy Silcock • 84. Damien Gaspar • 85. Tristan Lynch • 86. Sam Smart • 87. Damien Hardwick • 88. Troy Bond • 89. Hamish Stewart • 90. Scott Burns • 91. Jeremy McVay • 92. Daniel Southern • 93. Adam Shanahan • 94. Rhys Croxford • 95. Scott Direen • 96. Trent Mills • 97. John Howat • 98. Adrian McAdam • 99. Jeff Hilton • 100. Troy Davies • 101. Troy Hull • 102. Jason Bell • 103. Ben Harrison • 104. Andrew Kemp • 105. Julien Waite • 106. Craig Treleven • 107. Gary Barrow • 108. Brian Bienke • 109. David Muir • 110. Jeff Chandler • 111. Michael Gaffney • 112. Ben Careless • 113. Damon Armstrong • 114. Richard Marr • 115. Paul Whelan • 116. Michael Gooden • 117. Vince Cappadona • 118. Scott Spalding • 119. Scott Morrison • 120. Troy Olsen • 121. Ben Ellinghaus • 122. Damon Munt • 123. Martin Christensen • 124. Brayden LyleCategories:- 1973 births
- Living people
- East Perth Football Club players
- Essendon Football Club players
- West Coast Eagles players
- Australian rules footballers from Western Australia
- Australian rules biography, 1970s birth stubs
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