Ebony O'Dea

Ebony O'Dea (born 15 November 1998) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Collingwood in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She was drafted by Greater Western Sydney in the 2018 national draft. Delisted after one season, she was re-drafted by Collingwood in the 2019 national draft and made her professional debut in round 2 of the 2020 season.

Ebony O'Dea
Personal information
Full name Ebony O'Dea
Nickname(s) Ebs[1]
Date of birth (1998-11-15) 15 November 1998
Place of birth Springton, South Australia
Original team(s) Norwood (SANFLW)
Draft No. 71, 2018 national draft
No. 89, 2019 national draft
Debut Round 2, 2020, Collingwood
vs. Carlton, at Ikon Park
Height 167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Defender / Midfielder
Club information
Current club Collingwood
Number 50
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2019 Greater Western Sydney 0 (0)
2020– Collingwood 6 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 2, 2021.
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Personal life

O'Dea grew up in Springton, South Australia. In Year 12 she studied chemistry the University of Adelaide, travelling in from her town, and started playing football there.[1] She played a key role, helping the university reach the SAWFL Grand Final.[2] As well as football, she is accomplished at unicycling,[3] holding the World Record in Unicycling for "Platform Long Jump"[4] and the Australian women's record for "Platform High Jump".[5][2][6]

State football

O'Dea played for South Australian National Football League club Norwood under coach Stephen Symonds.[7] With Norwood she won the premiership in the 2017 season and was named amongst the best players in the 2018 Grand Final.[8]

AFL Women's career

Greater Western Sydney

O'Dea was drafted by Greater Western Sydney with pick 71.[2][9][10] At the end of the season she was delisted after not making an appearance for the club.[11][12] After her delisting she was selected for Greater Western Sydney's inaugural VFL Women's squad, together with five more recently delisted players, so as to strengthen their chances to be re-drafted.[13] This squad played only invitational games not counted for points or ladder position during teams' bye rounds.[14]

Collingwood

The following season O'Dea was drafted by Collingwood with pick 89, re-joining coach Symonds who was her coach when she played at Norwood.[8] She made her debut in round 2, 2020, in a match at Ikon Park against Carlton.[7][15]

Statistics
Statistics are correct to the end of the 2020 season.[16]
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
2019 Greater Western Sydney 200——————————————
2020 Collingwood 50400716230240.00.01.84.05.80.06.0
Career 4 0 0 7 16 23 0 24 0.0 0.0 1.8 4.0 5.8 0.0 6.0

References
  1. "Pocket Profile: Ebony O'Dea". Greater Western Sydney Giants. Telstra Media. 21 December 2018.
  2. Miller, Ryan (23 October 2018). "GIANTS Welcome Eight AFLW Draftees". Greater Western Sydney Giants. Telstra Media.
  3. Bollen, Fiona (23 January 2019). "Ebony O'Dea comes from unicycling to AFLW". The West Australian.
  4. "IUF World Records". International Unicycling Federation. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  5. "Australian Records". Australian Unicycle Society. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  6. "Ebony O'Dea Player Bio". Collingwood. Telstra Media. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  7. Mullan, Alanna (13 February 2020). "AFLW: Pies finalise side to face Blues". Collingwood. Telstra Media.
  8. Mullan, Alanna (22 October 2019). "AFLW: Five new Pies added to the nest". Collingwood. Telstra Media.
  9. Abbracciavento, Daniela (6 November 2018). "Ebony O'Dea is heading to GWS after the Giants selected her with their final pick at the AFLW draft". The West Australian.
  10. Argent, Peter (30 October 2018). "Four Barossa women drafted to AFLW". Barossa Herald.
  11. "AFLW Trade and Signing Period wrap: Saints and Suns swoop on last day". AFL Women's. Telstra Media. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  12. "Updated AFLW 2020 lists". The Women's Game. 26 April 2019.
  13. Arnold, Caitlin (7 May 2019). "GIANTS announce inaugural VFLW squad". AFL NSW/ACT. Due to AFLW rules requiring squads to be reduced to 22 players ahead of this year’s NAB AFLW Draft, recently delisted Delma Gisu, Tait Mackrill, Ebony O’Dea, Britt Perry, Renee Tomkins and Lisa Whiteley will play to strengthen their chances of being re-drafted.
  14. Black, Sarah (20 December 2018). "Giants to play five VFLW games in 2019". AFL Women's. Telstra Media.
  15. Beveridge, Riley (16 February 2020). "Match report: Undefeated Pies power past Blues". AFL Women's. Telstra Media.
  16. "Ebony O'Dea - Player Stats By Season". Australian Football. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
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