Summary
Sam Grimley (born 3 January 1991) is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Hawthorn Football Club and Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League.
| Sam Grimley | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Sam Grimley | ||
| Nickname(s) | Stones | ||
| Date of birth | 3 January 1991 | ||
| Original team(s) | Northern Knights (TAC Cup) | ||
| Draft | No. 39, 2009 national draft | ||
| Debut | Round 9, 2013, Hawthorn vs. Gold Coast, at Melbourne Cricket Ground | ||
| Height | 199 cm (6 ft 6 in) | ||
| Weight | 91 kg (201 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward / Ruckman | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2010–2015 | Hawthorn | 3 (3) | |
| 2016 | Essendon | 4 (5) | |
| Total | 7 (8) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
After Hawthorn won the 2008 premiership, the Hawthorn recruitment officer concentrated on the younger players in the 2009 AFL draft. Grimley was a third-round selection (Hawthorn), No. 39 overall.
The lightly built former junior basketballer came to Hawthorn as a long-term project. After three years of development, the club started seeing good results. Grimley spent much time close to goal in 2012, hoping to set himself up as a forward/ruck option. He played six games in Box Hill's senior team early in the year but suffered a hand injury. Grimley started 2013 showing strong performances for Box Hill and the selectors were watching. Grimley was named as an emergency for the Hawks on a number of occasions in 2013.[1] An ankle injury to David Hale helped open up an opportunity for Grimley to debut against Gold Coast in Round 9 of the 2013 AFL season. His debut started well by taking an early mark and kicking a goal with his first kick in the AFL. He finished with fourteen possessions and 11 hit-outs before being subbed off at three quarter time.[2]
Grimley did not play a senior game in 2014, and spent the whole season playing with Hawthorn's VFL-affiliate, Box Hill. He tied with Port Melbourne's Daniel Connors as the leading goalkicker in the 2014 VFL home-and-away season, kicking 38 goals for the year.[3] Hawthorn delisted Grimley from its senior list at the end at the end of 2014, but resigned him in the rookie draft.[4] In 2015 he again spent the whole season playing for Box Hill, and with 42 goals was again joint-winner of the Frosty Miller Medal.[5]
He was delisted at the conclusion of the 2015 season.[6] He went undrafted and had signed with WAFL club Subiaco; but in February 2016 he instead signed with Essendon as a top-up player due to the club's supplements controversy.[7]
He is the son of Brett Grimley and the grandson of Ken Grimley, who were both accomplished footballers in the Queensland Australian Football League.
Statistics edit
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| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||||
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| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | H/O | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | H/O | |||||
| 2010 | Hawthorn | 35 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 2011 | Hawthorn | 35 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 2012 | Hawthorn | 35 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 2013 | Hawthorn | 35 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 39 | 16 | 2 | 24 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 13.0 | 5.3 | 0.7 | 8.0 | 0 |
| 2014 | Hawthorn | 35 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 | Hawthorn | 35 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 | Essendon | 54 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 6.8 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Career[8] | 7 | 8 | 3 | 40 | 26 | 66 | 26 | 7 | 32 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 9.4 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 4.6 | 0 | ||
Honours and achievements edit
Team
- Minor premiership (Hawthorn): 2013
- VFL premiership player (Box Hill): 2013
- Minor premiership (Box Hill): 2015
Individual
- 2× Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal: 2014, 2015
- 3× Box Hill leading goalkicker: 2013, 2014, 2015
Cited references edit
- ^ "Round 9 squad".
- ^ "Hawks prevail in tough contest".
- ^ "Sunday night wrap: Round 20". Fox Sports Pulse. 24 August 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
- ^ "Hawks make final list change".
- ^ Travis King; Ryan Davidson; Giulio di Giorgio (30 August 2015). "Around the state leagues: Who's firing for your club in this weekend's second tier?". Australian Football League. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ^ "Hawthorn list changes". HawthornFC.com.au. Bigpond. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ "Grimley joins". EssendonFC.com.au. Bigpond. 6 February 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
- ^ "Sam Grimley stats". AFL Tables. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
External links edit
- Sam Grimley's playing statistics from AFL Tables