Drew Banfield

Drew Banfield
Banfield at the 2006 AFL Grand Final Parade
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-02-27) 27 February 1974
Original team(s) Subiaco (WAFL)
Debut Round 16, 18 July 1993, West Coast Eagles
vs. Essendon, at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Height 184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 88 kg (194 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1993–2006 West Coast Eagles 265 (76)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2006.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Drew Banfield (born 27 February 1974) is a former AFL football player.

Selected as the number 1 pick in the 1992 AFL Draft, Banfield was recruited to the West Coast Eagles, where he became one of their best clubmen and hardest-working defenders and utility players.

He won the Eagles' Club Champion Award in 1996, as well as playing in the Eagles' 1994 premiership side. He was not the flashiest of players, but his hard-working attributes and constant presence in the team for over a decade qualifies him as a more than worthy number one draft pick. In 2006 the West Coast Eagles were celebrating their 20th anniversary, and a best team from the club's history was chosen. Consideration was based on playing 100 games for the West Coast Eagles, career longevity, finishes in the Club Champion Award, impact and other individual accolades. Drew Banfield was named on the interchange bench in this side and will go down as one of the Eagles' greats.

In 2006, Banfield was struggling for selection and fought his way into the side in Round 9, but remained on the fringes of selection throughout the season. He missed out on the semi-final against the Bulldogs but was recalled for the preliminary final against Adelaide, and retained for the Grand Final against Sydney due to his experience. It was his second AFL premiership, twelve years after his first, and made him the only player to appear in both West Coast's 1994 and 2006 premiership teams. On Friday 6 October 2006, Banfield announced his retirement from AFL football at the West Coast Eagles Club Champion awards, having played 265 games.

Drew is married to Amber Lee-Steere and has four children, three sons, Bailey, Charlie and Harper and a daughter Willow. Drew went to Scotch College, in Perth and still plays games against the Scotch 1st XI, as part of a Scotch tradition which occurs each year.

Statistics

[1]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team No. Games G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
Totals Averages (per game)
1993 West Coast 317225719761490.30.38.12.710.92.01.3
1994 West Coast 6247419211630839460.30.28.04.812.81.61.9
1995 West Coast 6236718017935953480.30.37.87.815.62.32.1
1996 West Coast 6249324022046072480.40.110.09.219.23.02.0
1997 West Coast 62114822917640570530.70.410.98.419.33.32.5
1998 West Coast 62211421714836560510.50.29.96.716.62.72.3
1999 West Coast 6246825917343259180.30.310.87.218.02.50.8
2000 West Coast 6176316213830044400.40.29.58.117.62.62.4
2001 West Coast 6941766914524230.40.18.47.716.12.72.6
2002 West Coast 6221216812329155560.00.17.65.613.22.52.5
2003 West Coast 6223414514228754380.10.26.66.513.02.51.7
2004 West Coast 611201105616642210.20.010.05.115.13.81.9
2005 West Coast 6253219714534290460.10.17.95.813.73.61.8
2006 West Coast 614201068819453270.10.07.66.313.93.81.9
Career 265 76 48 2338 1792 4130 729 524 0.3 0.2 8.8 6.8 15.6 2.8 2.0

References

  1. ↑ Drew Banfield's player profile at AFL Tables
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