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Aaron Davey
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| Birth | June 10, 1983, Darwin, Northern Territory |
| Recruited from | Palmerston (NT)/Port Melbourne |
| Height/Weight | 177cm / 67kg |
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| Debut | Round 1, March 27, 2004, Melbourne vs. Hawthorn, at Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| Team(s) | Melbourne Football Club (2004-)
64 games, 95 goals |
| ¹ Statistics to end of 2006 season | |
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Aaron Davey (born June 10, 1983) is an Australian rules football player. He currently plays for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League.
Davey, of Torres Strait Islander descent, was born and raised in Darwin, Northern Territory, and was a forward pocket player in the Northern Territory Football League for the Palmerston Football Club before moving to Melbourne in an effort to make it in the top level AFL competition.
Davey was touted as being one of the most exciting junior prospects in the country after an exceptional season with Port Melbourne Borough in the Victorian Football League. Surprisingly he was overlooked by all clubs in the national draft, but caught the eye of Demons talent scouts and made their rookie list.
He is one of few successful top-level footballers to have been elevated from a Rookie List.
Davey debuted in the 2004 Wizard Cup and played a handful of sensational games before debuting in the senior side in round 1 of that year. In his first AFL game, the lightly built forward kicked a goal and totalled an impressive 13 possessions, receiving a nomination for the AFL Rising Star award.
In his next 15 games, Davey won wide acclaim for his blistering acceleration, evasive footwork and goal sense. He was likened to Essendon Football Club player Andrew Lovett, another young indigenous player. In particular, Davey's ability to run down with explosive acceleration, his hard tackling and his one percenter second and third efforts at the ball earned him the respect of coaches across the league.
Davey formed a potent forward line combination, crumbing the likes of Russell Robertson and David Neitz. He quickly became a cult hero, particularly amongst young supporters, and a face of the Melbourne Football Club. "He is regarded as the quickest, toughest and most skillful players of all time" Sam Pfeiffer
Davey played the rest of the season until a hamstring injury in round 16 against the Western Bulldogs at the Telstra Dome put him out for 4 games, but returned and played in a losing final against Essendon.
In 2005, Davey played all 22 games and a losing final against Geelong. He was selected for the International Rules series as one of only 3 Demons players. Davey was selected along with Lovett and several other indigenous players in Kevin Sheedy's handpicked squad. Topping off a sensational season, Davey finished 3rd in the club best and fairest behind Travis Johnstone and Russell Robertson.
In that year, Davey won the AFL Players Association Marn Grook Award for Best Emerging Indigenous Player and was one of 3 indigenous players in the Demons line-up to hail from Darwin, including Matthew Whelan and Shannon Motlop. The three played with each other in the local Darwin junior football. The injection of Byron Pickett into the Demons side has provided Davey with a great football mentor.
In 2006, Davey's versatility and added bulk has seen him used in the forward line, midfield and even at times defence. Initially, football commentators on 3AW, especially Rex Hunt, referred to him as "Jack Davey" - a reference to a former Australian radio quiz show host Jack Davey, whose trademark greeting at the opening of the show was "Hi Ho, everybody!" It is not uncommon to hear 3AW replay a soundbite of Jack Davey saying "Hi Ho, everybody" whenever Davey scores a goal. But more recently (2006), he has been widely referred to as "Flash" by many commentators for his incredible pace and acceleration.
In another exciting season, he achieved a total of 3 Goal of the Year nominations, including back-to-back weeks of soccer style strikes[1]
- ^ "Just give Aaron the car now!" aboriginalfootball.com.au July 12, 2006. URL accessed 7 September 2006