Stewart Crameri

Stewart Crameri
Personal information
Full name Stewart Crameri
Date of birth (1988-08-10) 10 August 1988
Original team(s) Bendigo Bombers (VFL)
Draft No. 44, 2009 Rookie Draft, Essendon
No. 75 (RP), 2011 National Draft, Essendon
Height / weight 190 cm / 96 kg
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current club Western Bulldogs
Number 8
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2010–2013
2014–
Total		 Essendon
Western Bulldogs		 57 0(96)
40 0(69)
97 (165)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016.
Career highlights

Stewart Crameri (born 10 August 1988) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early life

Crameri was selected by Essendon with the forty-third pick in the 2009 AFL Rookie Draft. After spending three seasons with the Bendigo Bombers, Crameri was finally given a chance at senior football after strong rumors in 2008 that he would be drafted by Essendon.

In 2009, he was one of the few shining lights in a very dark year for the Bendigo Bombers who went through the season rooted to the bottom of the ladder and winless.[1] He originally played for Maryborough Football Club in the Bendigo Football League, and unlike most Victorians in the AFL, did not play in the TAC Cup as a junior.[2]

AFL career

Crameri made his AFL debut for Essendon against Collingwood in Round 20 of the 2010 AFL season.[3]

Crameri has had a great 2011 season up forward for Essendon, kicking 34 goals and was the club's leading goalkicker. At the Crichton Medal, Essendon FC Best & Fairest, he was awarded the Matthew Lloyd Leading Goal Kicking Award, and was the Essendon Football Club Most Improved player for 2011.

For the 2012 season, Crameri has inherited the #12 guernsey formerly worn by Andrew Welsh, who retired at the end of the 2011 season.[4]

The Goldfields Region Sports Association awarded Crameri the Jack Worrall Medal for the region's most outstanding sportsperson for 2011.

On Thursday 24 October 2013, it was announced that Crameri had been traded from Essendon to the Western Bulldogs in exchange for pick number 26 in the National Draft.

On 12 January 2016 Crameri was named as one of 34 past and present Essendon players found guilty over their use of illegal supplements during the 2012 AFL season. As a result, Crameri was suspended for twelve months, effective from November 2015, which meant he missed the entire 2016 AFL season.[5]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2012 season.[6]
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)
2010 Essendon 45 3 0 1 20 33 53 8 6 0.0 0.3 6.7 11.0 17.7 2.7 2.0
2011 Essendon 45 20 34 22 167 156 323 104 48 1.7 1.1 8.4 7.8 16.2 5.2 2.4
2012 Essendon 12 18 32 29 132 116 248 75 40 1.8 1.6 7.3 6.4 13.8 4.2 2.2
Career 41 66 52 319 305 624 187 94 1.6 1.3 7.8 7.4 15.2 4.6 2.3

References

  1. ↑ afl.com.au (15 December 2009). "What the clubs said". afl.com.au. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
  2. ↑ CRAMERI'S IN – Former Magpie and Bendigo Bomber to make AFL debut
  3. ↑ "No contest as Magpies dominate". Smh.com.au. 2010-08-14. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
  4. ↑ "Crameri handed Welsh's No.12". AFL.com.au. 2012-01-22. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
  5. ↑ Travis King (12 January 2016). "Guilty: court bans the Essendon 34 for 2016". Australian Football League. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Stewart Crameri statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
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