Steele Sidebottom

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Steele Sidebottom
Steele Sidebottom 2017.6.jpg
Sidebottom playing for Collingwood in June 2017
Personal information
Full name Steele Sidebottom
Nickname(s) Rusty,[1] Bluescope[2]
Date of birth (1991-01-02) 2 January 1991 (age 30)
Place of birth Victoria
Original team(s) Murray Bushrangers (TAC Cup)
Draft No. 11, 2008 National Draft, Collingwood
Height 184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Collingwood
Number 22
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2009– Collingwood 264 (174)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2021 season.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Steele Sidebottom (born 2 January 1991) is a professional Australian rules football player currently playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Sidebottom was selected by Collingwood with selection 11 in the 2008 AFL Draft. Sidebottom had a 10-goal best-on-ground performance in the 2008 TAC Cup Grand Final.[3] He is strong overhead and in one-on-one contests. An AIS/AFL Academy graduate and Vic Country representative in 2008, Sidebottom also was selected in the All-Australian team following the 2008 AFL Under 18 Championships.[4]

Sidebottom made his AFL debut vs St Kilda in Round 7 2009 where St Kilda defeated Collingwood by 88 points.

In the Semi Final vs Adelaide of the 2009 AFL Season, Sidebottom had his first breakthrough where he notched up 25 disposals in a come from behind win.

In 2010 Sidebottom played in all but one game for the Magpies including both the drawn Grand Final and Grand Final replay. At 19-years of age he was the youngest member of Collingwood's 2010 Premiership side.

His older brother Ryan plays cricket for the Victorian Bushrangers.

On 6 October 2017, Sidebottom won the Copeland Trophy.[5]

In the 2018 Brownlow Medal count, Sidebottom finished in second place (his career best).[6]

Statistics[]

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2021 season[7]
Legend
 G  Goals  K  Kicks  D  Disposals  T  Tackles
 B  Behinds  H  Handballs  M  Marks
AFL playing statistics
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2009 Collingwood 22 11 3 3 82 85 167 42 44 0.3 0.3 7.5 7.7 15.2 3.8 4.0 0
2010 Collingwood 22 25 24 13 253 209 462 105 101 1.0 0.5 10.1 8.4 18.5 4.2 4.0 1
2011 Collingwood 22 25 25 13 275 214 489 128 107 1.0 0.5 11.0 8.6 19.6 5.1 4.3 4
2012 Collingwood 22 24 14 13 377 258 635 133 89 0.6 0.5 15.7 10.8 26.5 5.5 3.7 7
2013 Collingwood 22 23 19 10 361 194 555 120 77 0.8 0.4 15.7 8.4 24.1 5.2 3.3 7
2014 Collingwood 22 19 14 14 327 181 508 109 78 0.7 0.7 17.2 9.5 26.7 5.7 4.1 9
2015 Collingwood 22 16 7 8 251 186 437 85 53 0.4 0.5 15.7 11.6 27.3 5.3 3.3 9
2016 Collingwood 22 20 17 7 273 241 514 108 90 0.9 0.4 13.7 12.1 25.7 5.4 4.5 7
2017 Collingwood 22 22 16 9 344 256 600 115 93 0.7 0.4 15.6 11.6 27.3 5.2 4.2 14
2018 Collingwood 22 26 12 14 361 403 764 133 96 0.5 0.5 13.9 15.5 29.4 5.1 3.7 24
2019 Collingwood 22 23 10 7 339 253 592 141 84 0.4 0.3 14.7 11.0 25.7 6.1 3.7 7
2020[a] Collingwood 22 9 5 3 112 101 213 33 38 0.6 0.3 12.4 11.2 23.7 3.7 4.2 6
2021 Collingwood 22 21 8 5 272 228 500 114 62 0.4 0.2 13.0 10.9 23.8 5.4 3.0 0
Career 264 174 119 3627 2808 6435 1366 1012 0.7 0.5 13.7 10.6 24.4 5.2 3.8 95

Notes

  1. ^ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

References[]

  1. ^ McFarlane, Glenn (9 July 2011). "Collingwood's Steele Sidebottom reveals why he loves to return to his band of brothers". Herald Sun.
  2. ^ Timms, Daryl; de Kretser, Chris (13 May 2010). "Beg, borrow or Steele". The Daily Telegraph.
  3. ^ Edmund, Sam (2 October 2008) Steele Sidebottom dominates under-18 final; Herald Sun
  4. ^ Sheehan, Kevin (19 July 2008) Shifter's wrap: Under-18 All-Australian team
  5. ^ McFarlane, Glenn (6 October 2017). "Steele Sidebottom pips Taylor Adams to claim his first Collingwood Copeland Trophy". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia.
  6. ^ "Hawthorn's Tom Mitchell wins 2018 Brownlow Medal". ABC News. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  7. ^ "Steele Sidebottom's player profile". AFL Tables. Retrieved 12 October 2021.

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