Josh Simpson (Australian footballer)

Josh Simpson
Personal information
Full name	Josh Simpson
Date of birth	(1994-02-09) 9 February 1994
Original team(s)	East Fremantle (WAFL)
Draft	#17, 2012 National Draft, Fremantle
Height / weight	184 cm / 73 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2013–2014	Fremantle	2 (1)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2014.

Josh Simpson (born 9 February 1994) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Football career

Originally from the small town of Yalgoo in the Murchison region of Western Australia, he represented West Australia at the 2012 AFL Under 18 Championships.^[1]

He was drafted to Fremantle with their first selection (number 17 overall) in the 2012 AFL Draft.^[2]

After spending the most of the 2013 season playing for East Fremantle in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), Simpson was one of ten players brought into the Fremantle side in the final round of the 2013 AFL season against St Kilda at Etihad Stadium, when many senior players were rested ahead of the finals matches.^[3]

Simpson was delisted at the conclusion of the 2014 AFL season after only playing one AFL game for the year.^[4] He was twice fined by the club during the season and sent to complete a personal development program after failed to board a flight to Sydney with the team in April.

References

↑ Quartermaine, Braden (17 November 2012). "Yalgoo's draft gem Josh Simpson set to sparkle". The Sunday Times.
↑ Quartermaine, Braden (22 November 2012). "Fremantle Dockers draft exciting wingman Josh Simpson". PerthNow.
↑ Rynne, Nick (30 August 2013). "Lyon defends weakened team". The West Australian.
↑ Malcolm, Alex (21 October 2014). "Dockers dump troubled young midfielder Josh Simpson". Retrieved 21 October 2014.

External links

Josh Simpson's profile on the official website of the Fremantle Football Club
Josh Simpson's statistics from AFL Tables
WAFL Statistics

2013 Indigenous All-Stars team

Ah Chee Anderson Armstrong Bennell Betts Christensen Aaron Davey Alwyn Davey Dempsey Edwards Ellis-Yolmen Frank Franklin Goodes Griffin Hampton Harbrow Hartman B. Hill J. Hill L. Jetta N. Jetta Johncock Jones Lovett-Murray (c) May McGrath Milera Motlop Neade Newman Petrenko Ryder Simpson Stevens Thomas Ugle Wellingham Williams Wilson Wingard

Coach: O'Loughlin

2012 AFL national draft

First round	1. Lachie Whitfield 2. Jonathan O'Rourke 3. Lachie Plowman 4. Jimmy Toumpas (Comp) 5. Jake Stringer 6. Jackson Macrae (Comp) 7. Oliver Wines 8. Sam Mayes 9. Nick Vlastuin 10. Joe Daniher (F/S) 11. Troy Menzel 12. Kristian Jaksch 13. Jesse Lonergan (Comp) 14. Aidan Corr (Comp) 15. Taylor Garner 16. Jackson Thurlow 17. Josh Simpson 18. Brodie Grundy 19. Ben Kennedy 20. Tim Broomhead (Comp) 21. Nathan Hrovat 22. Dean Towers 23. Marco Paparone (Comp)

Second round	24. Nathan Wright 25. Spencer White 26. Jack Viney (F/S) 27. James Stewart 28. Tim O'Brien 29. Tom Clurey (Comp) 30. Mason Shaw (Comp) 31. Kamdyn McIntosh (Comp) 32. Michael Close 33. Liam McBean 34. Jason Ashby 35. Tom Temay 36. Tanner Smith 37. Ben Jacobs 38. Jackson Ramsay 39. Max Duffy 40. Brodie Murdoch 41. Mason Wood 42. Matthew McDonough 43. Josh Saunders 44. Harrison Marsh

Third round	45. Brant Colledge 46. Tim Membrey 47. Mitchell Wilkins 48. Dean Kent (Comp) 49. Lachie Hunter (F/S) 50. Joshua Prudden (Comp) 51. Dylan Van Unen 52. Matt Jones 53. Martin Gleeson 54. Nick Graham 55. Tim Sumner 56. Daniel Currie 57. Kyal Horsley (RP) 58. Clay Cameron 59. Adam Carter 60. Mark Hutchings (Comp) 61. Taylor Hine 62. Sam Siggins 64. Matthew Dick

Fourth round	66. Kaiden Brand 68. Dean Terlich 70. Michael Osborne 71. Daniel Nicholson (RP) 72. Michael Evans (RP) 73. Nick Kommer 75. Lewis Pierce 76. Sam Gibson (RP) 77. Brad Hartman 78. Clancee Pearce (RP) 79. Brad Dick (RP) 81. Rory Atkins

Fifth round	83. Sam Frost (RP) 85. Tom Jonas (RP) 86. Jack Crisp (RP) 88. Sean Gregory 89. Levi Casboult (RP) 90. Sam Dunell (RP) 91. Aaron Mullett (RP) 92. Jesse Stringer (RP) 92. Lee Spurr (RP) 94. Marley Williams (RP) 95. Ian Callinan (RP)

Sixth round	97. Andrew Phillips (RP) 98. Tom Campbell (RP) 99. Niall McKeever (RP) 102. Zach Tuohy (RP) 103. Majak Daw (RP)

Seventh round	105. Jason Johannisen (RP) 106. Mark Baguley (RP) 107. Harry Cunningham (RP)

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