Adam Cooney

Adam Cooney
Personal information
Full name Adam Cooney
Date of birth (1985-09-30) 30 September 1985
Place of birth Adelaide, South Australia
Original team(s) West Adelaide (SANFL)
Draft No. 1 (PP), 2003 National Draft
Height / weight 187 cm / 83 kg
Position(s) Forward / Midfielder
Club information
Current club Essendon
Number 17
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2004–2014
2015–2016
Total		 Western Bulldogs
Essendon		 219 (186)
031 0(16)
250 (202)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2008 Dream Team 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2008.
Career highlights

Adam Cooney (born 30 September 1985) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Western Bulldogs and Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He won the Brownlow Medal in 2008, with 24 votes becoming the tenth Western Bulldogs player to win the award.

Early life

Cooney attended Flagstaff Hill R-7 Schools, Blackwood High School and later Aberfoyle Park High School and played for the Flagstaff Hill Football Club.[1]

AFL career

Cooney was recruited from West Adelaide in the SANFL to the Western Bulldogs with the number one pick in the 2003 National Draft as a priority pick. He is a pacey player who can kick goals on the run from outside the 50-metre arc as well as snap kicks near the goal posts. He had a vastly improved 2005 season: he played every game, averaged 20 possessions a game and kicked 21 goals. He was ranked second for clearances in the Bulldogs team.

Cooney progressed to the elite of the competition, four seasons after being selected as the number one draft pick. His threat as a goalkicking midfielder grew as he pushed into the upper bracket of ball winners, while maintaining his average of more than a goal per game and also directly assisting in many scores.

Cooney was rewarded for a strong 2008 season by winning the Brownlow Medal. He polled 24 votes, beating Brisbane Lions midfielder Simon Black by one vote.[2] Cooney is the first No. 1 draft pick (and the first player taken as a priority draft pick) to win the award.[3]

In 2009, he featured in the official advertisement for the AFL, brushing off tacklers including a bull in a bullfighting ring.

In October 2014, Cooney was traded to Essendon.

In August 2016, Cooney announced he would retire after the round 22 match against Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium.[4][5]

Personal life

On 24 October 2009, Cooney married Haylea McCann.[6] He proposed to her with a burger ring.

Statistics

[7]

Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team # Games G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
Totals Averages (per game)
2004 Western Bulldogs 17 19 11 12 119 105 224 44 30 0.6 0.6 6.3 5.5 11.8 2.3 1.6
2005 Western Bulldogs 17 22 21 13 236 198 434 93 56 1.0 0.6 10.7 9.0 19.7 4.2 2.5
2006 Western Bulldogs 17 24 30 19 242 216 458 128 60 1.3 0.8 10.1 9.0 19.1 5.3 2.5
2007 Western Bulldogs 17 22 28 21 262 207 469 112 79 1.3 1.0 11.9 9.4 21.3 5.1 3.6
2008 Western Bulldogs 17 25 23 6 311 326 637 98 65 0.9 0.2 12.4 13.0 25.5 3.9 2.6
2009 Western Bulldogs 17 23 14 15 277 340 617 81 58 0.6 0.7 12.0 14.8 26.8 3.5 2.5
2010 Western Bulldogs 17 20 9 12 263 252 515 79 60 0.5 0.6 13.2 12.6 25.8 4.0 3.0
2011 Western Bulldogs 17 13 9 8 156 129 285 38 40 0.7 0.6 12.0 9.9 21.9 2.9 3.1
2012 Western Bulldogs 17 14 9 6 162 131 293 38 37 0.6 0.4 11.6 9.4 20.9 2.7 2.6
2013 Western Bulldogs 17 19 19 11 264 221 485 82 44 1.0 0.6 13.9 11.6 25.5 4.3 2.3
2014 Western Bulldogs 17 18 13 6 190 164 354 67 59 0.7 0.3 10.6 9.1 19.7 3.7 3.3
2015 Essendon 13 11 10 4 123 64 187 33 25 0.9 0.4 11.2 5.8 17.0 3.0 2.3
2016 Essendon 17 20 6 14 259 198 457 116 57 0.3 0.7 13.0 9.9 22.8 5.8 2.8
Career 250 202 147 2864 2551 5415 1009 670 0.8 0.6 11.5 10.2 21.7 4.0 2.7

Honours and achievements

Brownlow Medal votes
Season Votes
2004 3
2005 12
2006 4
2007 9
2008 24
2009 3
2010 8
2011 2
2012 3
2013 7
2014 7
2015 -
2016 -
Total 83
Key:
Green / Bold = Won

References

  1. ↑ "2003 Draft Full List". AFL.com.au. 25 November 2003. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
  2. ↑ "Cooney a shock Brownlow winner". FoxSports.com.au. 2008-09-22. Retrieved 2008-09-22.
  3. ↑ "Mum...a non-believer". AAP. 2008-09-23. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
  4. ↑ Lerner, Ronny (16 August 2016). "Essendon Bombers veteran Adam Cooney announces his retirement". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  5. ↑ Navaratnam, Dinny (25 August 2016). "Cooney officially done, number of others set to call it quits". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  6. ↑ Moo, Kathpin (24 October 2009). "Adam Cooney marries childhood sweetheart, Haylea MacCann". Sunday Mail. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  7. ↑ "Adam Cooney". AFL Tables. Retrieved 8 July 2014.

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