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Dawson Simpson

b. 1989

Australian rules footballer

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Born 1989. Dawson Simpson is an australian rules football player.

Dawson Simpson (born 17 February 1989) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played as a ruckman, and was drafted by Geelong from the Murray Bushrangers in the 2007 national draft.

In October 2015, he joined GWS as an unrestricted free agent after only 28 games for Geelong over an eight-year period.

He retired at the conclusion of the 2019 AFL season.

Statistics Statistics are correct to end of round 5, 2015. Averages are in brackets.

+ Season Team # Games Disposals Kicks Handballs Marks Tackles Goals Behinds 2008 16 2009 Geelong 16 2010 Geelong 16 2 14 (7.0) 6 (3.0) 8 (4.0) 7 (3.5) 6 (3.0) (0.0) (0.0) 2011 Geelong 16 1 9 (9.0) 2 (2.0) 7 (7.0) 4 (4.0) 4 (4.0) (0.0) (0.0) 2012 Geelong 16 2 8 (4.0) 4 (2.0) 4 (2.0) 3 (1.5) 4 (2.0) (0.0) 1 (0.5) 2013 Geelong 16 6 59 (9.8) 22 (3.7) 37 (6.2) 21 (3.5) 12 (2.0) 1 (0.2) 1 (0.2) 2014 Geelong 16 13 79 (6.1) 21 (1.6) 58 (4.5) 18 (1.4) 34 (2.6) 3 (0.2) 2 (0.2) 2015 Geelong 16 3 21 (7.0) 6 (2.0) 15 (5.0) 2 (0.7) 9 (3.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)2016GWS26 Career totals 27 190 (7.0) 61 (2.3) 129 (4.8) 55 (2.0) 69 (2.6) 4 (0.1) 4 (0.1)

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Who is Dawson Simpson?

Australian rules footballer

When was Dawson Simpson born?

Dawson Simpson was born on 17 February 1989.

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Dawson Simpson is an australian rules football player.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Dawson Simpson

· Wikidata: Q5242678

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MLA: "Dawson Simpson." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/dawson-simpson/.

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