Joel Corey

Joel Corey (born 17 February 1982) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A midfielder, 1.90 metres (6 ft 3 in) tall and weighing 87 kilograms (192 lb), Corey is able to contribute inside or outside while on the ball.

Joel Corey
Personal information
Full name Joel Corey
Nickname(s) Smithy[1]
Date of birth (1982-02-17) 17 February 1982
Place of birth Perth, Western Australia
Original team(s) East Perth (WAFL)
Draft 8th overall, 1999
Geelong
Height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 89 kg (196 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2000–2013 Geelong 276 (79)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2008 Dream Team 1 (0)
International team honours
2004 Australia
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2013.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2008.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Corey is a dual Carji Greeves Medallist, two-time All-Australian, and was part of Geelong's AFL premiership-winning teams in 2007, 2009 and 2011. He was also selected in the Dream Team, a representative Australian rules football team that contested in the AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match, as well as being selected to represent Australia in International rules football.

Corey currently serves as a development coach for the Fremantle Football Club.

Career
Corey being tackled by Hawthorn's Sam Mitchell in round 17, 2008.

Corey was drafted with Geelong's 8th pick in the 1999 draft as a 17-year-old. He has since built a reputation as a tall, consistent, hard-running midfielder with an uncanny ability at clearing the ball from tight, pack situations. Corey is an important cog in the Geelong midfield, and if needed can play a defensive role within the team. Though he often goes unnoticed, Corey consistently gets the job done and because he has such a star-studded midfield around him he does not have the burden of getting the number one tag each week.

Highlights of his career to date include a 2005 Carji Greeves Medal victory, selection in the Australian International Rules team of 2004, and selection as an All-Australian in 2007 and 2008. Corey played an integral part in Geelong's record breaking 2007 Grand Final win. In the same year he was part of the 6-man leadership group at Geelong.

Statistics
[2]
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
2000 Geelong 115223923621180.40.47.84.612.42.21.6
2001 Geelong 1114341023613839260.20.37.32.69.92.81.9
2002 Geelong 11205419816536357610.30.29.98.318.22.93.1
2003 Geelong 11229625015740778700.40.311.47.118.53.53.2
2004 Geelong 112291324217341592750.40.611.07.918.94.23.4
2005 Geelong 1121511292205497120810.20.513.99.823.75.73.9
2006 Geelong 112284298231529107640.40.213.510.524.04.92.9
2007 Geelong 1125793383126501191340.30.413.512.526.04.85.4
2008 Geelong 1125673393917301161380.20.313.615.629.24.65.5
2009 Geelong 1123743063566621061150.30.213.315.528.84.65.0
2010 Geelong 11142315318533851710.10.210.913.224.13.65.1
2011 Geelong 11218525726251977900.40.212.212.524.73.74.3
2012 Geelong 112035189239428541030.20.39.512.021.42.75.2
2013 Geelong 112253170288458721030.20.17.713.120.83.34.7
Career 276 79 80 3173 3023 6196 1099 1139 0.3 0.3 11.5 11.0 22.4 4.0 4.1

Honours and achievements
Corey at Geelong's 2011 premiership victory parade.
Joel Corey as Western Bulldogs midfield coach in February 2017

AFL

Geelong Football Club

U18 Juniors

Milestones:

Personal life

Corey graduated from John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School in 1999. He was a junior Australian representative in baseball when he was younger, but Corey gave baseball up to pursue a football career.[3] Outside of football, Corey is a quiet, humble person who does not particularly enjoy doing interviews saying even in Primary school speaking in front of the class wasn't his forte.[1]

Corey enjoys surfing, in Torquay with teammate Cameron Ling, as he finds it "pretty peaceful, it clears your head". His nickname, Smithy, comes from the fact that his surname is also a popular boys given name. Though Corey still calls Western Australia home, he has no intentions of returning there anytime soon.[4] Corey has two dogs, a Kelpie and a Staffordshire terrier.[1]

References
  1. Hanlon, Peter (6 June 2008). "The power and the Corey". realfooty.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 June 2008.
  2. Joel Corey's player profile at AFL Tables
  3. Bernard, G, "Corey slips under the radar", heraldsun.com.au, 8 April 2006
  4. Sheahan, M, "Corey seeks safety in numbers", heraldsun.com.au, 6 September 2008
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