Liam Anthony

Liam Anthony
Personal information
Full name	Liam Anthony
Date of birth	(1987-09-09) 9 September 1987
Original team(s)	East Fremantle (WAFL)
Draft	No. 43, 2008 National Draft, North Melbourne
Height / weight	189cm / 86kg
Position(s)	Midfielder
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2009–2014	North Melbourne	58 (27)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2014.

Liam Anthony (born 9 September 1987) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Originally from Geraldton, Western Australia, he was recruited from the East Fremantle in WAFL to North Melbourne with the 43rd selection in the 2008 AFL Draft.^[1] His career to date has been plagued by injuries, with a stress fracture in his foot delaying his AFL debut until halfway through the 2009 season,^[2] a severed finger tendon interrupting his 2010 pre-season^[3] and dislocating his shoulder during the 2010 season.^[4]

In Anthony's senior AFL debut for North Melbourne in Round 13 2009, he gathered 28 possessions.^[1] He played every game for the rest of the year, averaging 25 disposals per game.^[5]

On 31 October 2014 it was announced that Anthony had been delisted by the North Melbourne Football Club.^[6]

References

1 2 Anthony makes the most of his chance. Theage.com.au (2009-07-20). Retrieved on 2012-08-16.
↑ Stress fractures delay Anthony's debut. News.smh.com.au (2009-03-27). Retrieved on 2012-08-16.
↑ North Melbourne's Liam Anthony to miss two months of ball work after severing a tendon in his finger in a freak accident. Perthnow.com.au (2009-11-18). Retrieved on 2012-08-16.
↑ Magpies storm to big win over Kangaroos. Smh.com.au (2010-05-09). Retrieved on 2012-08-16.
↑ North's Liam Anthony expecting to attract tags. Afl.com.au (2010-02-20). Retrieved on 2012-08-16.
↑ "Liam Anthony, Robbie Nahas among eight Kangaroos cut". Retrieved 31 October 2014.

External links

Liam Anthony's statistics from AFL Tables

2008 AFL national draft

First round	1. Jack Watts 2. Nic Naitanui 3. Stephen Hill 4. Hamish Hartlett 5. Michael Hurley 6. Chris Yarran 7. Daniel Rich 8. Ty Vickery 9. Jack Ziebell 10. Phil Davis 11. Steele Sidebottom 12. Lewis Johnston 13. Tom Lynch 14. Ayce Cordy (F/S) 15. Mitch Brown 16. Ryan Schoenmakers 17. Sam Blease (PP) 18. Luke Shuey (PP)

Second round	19. James Strauss 20. Tom Swift 21. Hayden Ballantyne 22. Jackson Trengove 23. David Zaharakis 24. Nick Suban 25. Jack Redden 26. Jayden Post 27. Sam Wright 28. Shaun McKernan 29. Dayne Beams 30. Dan Hannebery 31. Jordan Roughead 32. Liam Jones 33. Tom Gillies 34. Liam Shiels

Third round	35. Jamie Bennell 36. Ashley Smith 37. Zac Clarke 38. Matthew Broadbent 39. Steven Motlop 40. Mitch Robinson 41. Todd Banfield 42. Mitch Banner 43. Liam Anthony 44. Rory Sloane 45. Jarrad Blight 46. Luke Rounds 47. Rhys Stanley 48. Nick Heyne 49. Taylor Hunt 50. Jordan Lisle

Fourth round	51. Neville Jetta 52. Jordan Jones 53. Michael Walters 54. Jarrad Redden 55. Michael Still 56. Ben Bucovaz 57. Aaron Cornelius 58. Tom Hislop 59. Nathan O'Keefe 60. Tom Lee 61. Campbell Heath 62. Alistair Smith 63. Luke Lowden

Fifth round	64. Rohan Bail 65. Rhys O'Keeffe 66. Glenn Dawson 67. Tyson Slattery 68. Tim Ruffles 69. Bart McCulloch 71. Warren Benjamin 72. Will Young 73. Leigh Brown 74. Paul Cahill 75. Shane Savage

Sixth round	77. Chris Hall 78. Jason Davenport 80. Caleb Tiller 81. Kieran King 83. Colm Begley

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