Has there ever been an Asian AFL football player?

[Killer eagle]

Im sure quite a few asians play AFL in the local leagues.

 

[Trump]

Jason Akermanis is from a little known country in Asia called ****astan

 

[tigertiger]

Vanders cried like one when he retired

 

[WheresGroomgone]

Shauny B.
In port lincoln theres hell aboriginals as most know, theres also a big wharf where hell asians work.back in the day the aboriginals use to go down there and sleep some beautiful asian girls. Eventually one of the asians got pregnant and gave birth to a half cast. Which in generations gave birth to more half casts. These are the burgoynes ancestors. I know some others will have heard this story on here before because it is true. No wonder he's such a freak, he's like an aborignal ninja! Hayaa!

AAAhhh no it's not!

Settle down fella, that's a story straight out of Broome, when were the Asians working on the Lincoln wharf ? according to your dicey story during the 1950s or 60s, nope didn't happen.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Im sure quite a few asians play AFL in the local leagues.

Local leagues aren't AFL. The AFL is one league, albeit the undisputed major one, involved in the sport of Australian Football.

 

[scorpion2466]

What about Sedat Sir from the Doggies?

He was of Turkish origin.

 

[danny rooboy]

I reckon we might have some Indian footballers in the future if they get involved in the game. Recently I've made a few Indian friends from Punjab (near Pakistan) and they are all big lads and love their sport. I played kick to kick with them and they really got into it and some looked naturals.

 

[scorpion2466]

Bachar Houli.

Also Mil Hanna. Both of Lebanese decent.

 

[pharro]

I assume you mean SE Asian, Asia is a big continent.

Indeed and so Bachar Houli qualifies I believe.

 

[pharro]

Cameron Ling

Cameron Ling's father is Chinese, mother is Anglo, and the milkman had red hair. You do the math.

 

[HFC082]

Michael Nguyen used to play for Prahran Dragons a few years ago...never got drafted and is now the Multicultural Officer for the Hawthorn Football Club.

http://www.hawthornfc.com.au/Community/HawksHelp/MulticulturalProgram/tabid/9777/Default.aspx

Also,

http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/dragons-break-down-barriers/2007/06/23/1182019432073.html

 

[mrbehemoth]

Vanders cried like one when he retired

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[since82eags]

Peter Bell Korean background?

 

[nathansb]

So you stand for hours in front of that big pull-down map o' the world that geography teachers love so much, hands on hips shaking your head in amazement?

I hope so, coz that's the mental picture I've got.

All right! That's good stuff!

 

[Rod Stroker]

Burma? No such country. It's Myanmar people!

 

[Mancey]

Right O .. i've read this whole thread & what i really wanna know is what the hell is Daniel Kerr's heritage ??? u guys have him down as mauritian... indian.. sri lankan & now burmese... which one is it ??

Roger Kerr, Daniels Father, is definately Indian. Dunno where those other theories came from.

Wiki said he was Sri Lankan for ages, which is a load of cobblers.

Half Indian-Half anglo is Daniel.

 

[Ill Nino]

Oh'Ailpin's mother is Fijian

 

[South of the Yarra]

Buddha Hocking- MONGOLIA

 

[awesome wells]

what about Jordan Lewis??.... hes got the same features like my mate with the asian-looking eyes, and hes half-singaporean.. u cannot look like that and be full aussie... hes got to be half-something...

 

[92 94 06]

Peter Bell s Korean born



funny story one day when he was at north...and the runner was sent out to find Bell to deliver a message...the runner came back and said he couldnt spot bell.....the coach replied hes the only 5ft 7 KOREAN looking player out there ...(or something like that...sure somome will correct it )

 

[AFL4ME]

Embley has Burmese heritage from his Fathers side.

 

[Beau_Waters for PM]

Burma? No such country. It's Myanmar people!

Correct. But they're still called Burmese. Not Myanmar-ese or whatever.
Burmese people are from Myanmar. Its true.

 

[yulong]

dont go yao ming on me i go for the rockets , anyways how many 7 ft asian guys are there that can run and has the endurance yao has?

would be a awesome ruckman get him to collingwood!

Come to north China, there are plenty of tall athletic blokes. The stereotypical short Chinese comes from the Cantonese that were the most prolific travellers in the past, in the north they are much bigger than you'd expect.

And Yao Ming in Central China. Still a freak though.

 

[xxxWillxxx]

Nick Stone from Collingwood, Hawthorn and StKilda spole fluent mandarin so he might have been asi... Hang on we're talking about blokes who could play afl football

 

[DavoMuir'sShirtfront]

Anthony Wok?