Paul Maher (footballer)

Paul Maher
Personal information
Date of birth	(1976-06-11) 11 June 1976
Original team(s)	Perth (WAFL)
Debut	Round 15, 1998, Fremantle vs. Sydney, at Subiaco
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1998–2000	Fremantle	5 (5)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2006.

Paul Maher (born 11 June 1976) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle in the Australian Football League (AFL) and Perth in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).

After having player his junior career with Perth, Maher was the 21st selection in the 1997 AFL rookie draft.

Maher was elevated from the rookie list midway through the 1998 AFL season, but suffered a bad knee injury in his third AFL game, Round 17, 1998 against Adelaide at Subiaco Oval. Maher would play two more AFL games late in 1999 but could not regain his form and was delisted after not playing an AFL game in 2000.^[1] In 2008 and 2009 Maher was the reserves coach at the Perth Football Club in the WAFL.

References

↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2002). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (4th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 398. ISBN 1-74095-001-1.

External links

Paul Maher's statistics from AFL Tables
Paul Maher's profile from AustralianFootball.com
WAFL playing statistics

1998 AFL rookie draft

First round	1. Luke Williams 2. Stephen Jurica 3. Dean Rioli 4. Chris Bossong 5. Brad Dodd 6. Simon Fletcher 7. George Bakoulas 8. Barnaby French 10. Mark Brown 11. Conrad Chambers 12. Paul Lindsay 13. David Round 14. Lincoln Reynolds 15. Lachlan Brown 16. Ben Marsh

Second round	17. Jamie Cann 18. Glen Bowyer 19. Winis Imbi 20. Greg Tivendale 21. Paul Maher 22. Damian Lang 23. Mark Matthews 25. Anthony Sheehan 27. Brad McMahon 28. Chad Fletcher 29. Chris Hemley 30. Craig Folino 31. Shaun Tinsley 33. Tim Davis

Third round	34. Ben Beams 35. Robert Di Rosa 36. Ben Hollands 37. Cameron Jackson 38. Scott Freeborn 39. Tarkyn Lockyer 42. Jason McPherson 43. Laurie Bellotti 44. Shaun Baxter 45. Julian Kirzner 48. Sudjai Cook

Fourth round	49. Peter Walsh 51. Lachlan Oakley 53. John Neesham 54. Shane Flynn 55. Adam Collings 59. Heath Younie 61. Wade Kingsley 64. Steven Hall 65. Matthew Bishop

Fifth round	67. Mark Johnson 70. Cameron Blight 71. Frankie Dimmatina 74. James Byrne 75. Todd Nener

Sixth round	81. Daniel Ward 86. Clint Evans 87. Marcus Barham 89. Tate Day 90. Mark Livy 91. Trent Simpson

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