Dee Heslop

Dion-Maree Heslop (born 30 July 2001) is an Australian rules footballer who has played for and in the AFL Women's (AFLW).

Early life Heslop was born in Auckland, New Zealand and moved to the Gold Coast at 10 years of age. She attended Helensvale State High School throughout her upbringing and her first sporting interest was netball where she was a junior state representative for Queensland. She later tried Australian rules football for the Southport Sharks and was signed up to the Gold Coast Suns Academy and subsequently quit netball to pursue a career in the AFLW. She was selected for numerous junior football state representative teams and joined the top level Yeronga Devils in the lead up to her draft year.

AFLW career Heslop was drafted by Gold Coast with the 69th pick in the 2019 AFL Women's draft. She made her AFLW debut against Greater Western Sydney in round 1 of the 2020 AFL Women's season. In June 2022, Heslop was delisted by Gold Coast.

In June 2022, Heslop was drafted by Brisbane with the 57th pick. She played 22 games across four seasons before being delisted at the end of the 2025 season.

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