Blaine Boekhorst

Blaine Boekhorst (born 2 September 1993) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Blaine Boekhorst
Boekhorst in March 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-09-02) 2 September 1993
Original team(s) Swan Districts, (WAFL)
Draft No. 19, 2014 National Draft,Carlton
Height 184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2015–2017 Carlton 25 (15)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2017.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Boekhorst was raised in Port Hedland, in northern Western Australia. His mother was born in India, while his father is a third-generation Australian of Dutch descent.[1] Boekhorst played his colts football for Swan Districts in the West Australian Football League. He progressed through the minor grades to the seniors at Swan Districts, and cemented a regular senior place in the team in 2014. Boekhorst played a total of 44 games for Swans between 2011 and 2014.[2]

Boekhorst was drafted at age 21 to the AFL by Carlton with its first-round selection in the 2014 National Draft (pick No. 19 overall).[3] He made his senior debut against St Kilda[4] in Round 4 of the 2015 season.

After the end of the 2017 season, Carlton informed Boekhorst he would not be offered a new contract with the club.[5]

Statistics
Statistics are correct to the end of 2017 Season.[6]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2015 Carlton 121159766213824260.450.826.915.6412.552.182.36
2016 Carlton 1273353419427140.430.437.575.8613.433.862
2017 Carlton 127717739116312110.14115.5716.574.433
Career 25 15 13 206 142 348 82 61 0.63 0.46 8.49 5.69 14.18 3.49 2.45

References
  1. "Boekhorst proud of Indian (भारतीय) heritage", Carlton Football Club, 5 August 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  2. "Blaine Boekhorst (Swan Districts)". West Australian Football League. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  3. "Blaine Boekhorst red-faced after tweet comes back to haunt", The Age, 28 November 2014
  4. Hanlon, Peter (25 April 2015), "Mick Malthouse burdened by focus on record", The Age
  5. "Blues continue list changes". 31 October 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  6. "Blaine Boekhorstt". AFL Tables. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.