Brett Spinks
Brett Spinks (born 7 November 1973) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the West Coast Eagles and Geelong in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the 1990s.
| Brett Spinks | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Brett Spinks | ||
| Date of birth | 7 November 1973 | ||
| Original team(s) | South Fremantle | ||
| Draft | 79th, 1992 AFL Draft | ||
| Height | 194 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Weight | 110 kg (243 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1994–1997 | West Coast | 21 (14) | |
| 1998 | Geelong | 19 (35) | |
| Total | 40 (49) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1998. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Spinks, who spent an entire season with South Fremantle after being drafted, made his AFL debut in 1994. He played 14 games in the home and away season as well as a qualifying final. For his performance against Fitzroy early in the season, which included 10 marks, he received a 1994 AFL Rising Star nomination. A heavily built key forward, he could only manage a further six games in his next three seasons but topped Perth's goal-kicking in 1997. At the end of the 1997 season he was traded to Geelong for Pick 13, which West Coast used to select Callum Chambers.[1]
He started well at Geelong in 1998, kicking 17 goals in his first four games, including a bag of six goals against Hawthorn at Kardinia Park.[2] His eventual season tally of 35 goals were enough to share the club's goal-kicking honours with Ronnie Burns. Injuries kept him out of the seniors in 1999 and he wasn't able to work his way back into the AFL.[3]
References
- "Brett Spinks Player Profile bio". West Coast Eagles Football Club. Archived from the original on 29 July 2010.
- "Brett Spinks". AFL Tables.
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.