Has there ever been an Asian AFL football player?

[romeoh]

Mike Fitzpatrick? I always thought he looked a bit Asiatic -no?

 

[darcytiger]

SE Asians typically don't have the right shaped bodies for contact sport

 

[tonk]

Probably already mentioned but Les Fong was a champion rover for West Perth in the 80's.

 

[PykeDream]

Roland Ah Chee (formerly GC) and Brendon Ah Chee (Port) both have Chinese heritage. 2011 Pick #64 from the Crows, Cameron Ellis-Yolmen has one Indigenous and one Papua New Guinean parent.

Also Daniel Kerr, has an Anglo-Indian father, Alex Silvagni an Anglo-Indian mother.
Paul Medhurst is Malaysian.
Clancee Pearce is Indian.
Andrew Embley and Trent Dennis-Lane both have Burmese heritage.
James Gwilt is Papua New Guinean
Matthew Stokes partly Filipino.

If Wikipedia is to be believed.

 

[Provost_]

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In the Southern Football League there is a team with at least 80% asians.
The Southern Dragons, these lads are bulked up too.

 

[Call Me Cake]

Cameron Ling.

 

[Ron The Bear]

Roland Ah Chee (formerly GC) and Brendon Ah Chee (Port) both have Chinese heritage.

Both Ah Chee's are/were listed in the AFL Record Season Guide as indigenous.

 

[seysearles]

Im pretty sure Cameron Ling is from Mongolia

 

[finders]

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

They DONT play 'AFL" they play Australian Football FFS - The AFL is a League not the Game itself!!!

 

[shifty mp]

They DONT play 'AFL" they play Australian Football FFS - The AFL is a League not the Game itself!!!

... well said !!!

Sad thing is so many people would battle to understand your point ...
a bit like soccer rebranding itself as football & a compliant press went along with it. Duds like Whately !!

Played a bit of school footy with Asian guys who had absolutely nil interest in making a career of it.

 

[CF]

Geelong had an Indian lad rookied a few years back but he never made it to senior level due to injury

Don't think I have ever seen a SE Asian type play at AFL level (ie apart from the hybrids who didn't look that Asian)

ohh and people from the pacific islands are not Asians just FYI

 

[Provost_]

They DONT play 'AFL" they play Australian Football FFS - The AFL is a League not the Game itself!!!

Not according to the AFL these days

 

[Dogs_r_barking]

Lin Jong is of Korean origins, and had his first hit out yesterday, seemed raw but went OK. Hopefully see him as a regular in a few more years.

 

[Paul Kersey]

SE Asians typically don't have the right shaped bodies for contact sport

How did you conclude that? The national sport of Thailand is Muay Thai, arguably the toughest sport of all.

 

[zetz]

Lin Jong is of Korean origins, and had his first hit out yesterday, seemed raw but went OK. Hopefully see him as a regular in a few more years.

I thought he was Taiwanese/East Timorese origin..

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/archive...ong-blazes-trail/story-fn4hg9de-1226221120034

 

[Ron The Bear]

How did you conclude that? The national sport of Thailand is Muay Thai, arguably the toughest sport of all.

According to this source, the average height of males between 20-30 is

179.0 Australia
174.2 South Korea
172.7 Taiwan
172.1 Hong Kong
171.8 China
170.8 Singapore
169.0 Thailand
166.1 North Korea
165.0 Vietnam
164.2 Philippines
163.0 Indonesia
162.5 Cambodia

Of course in these populous countries there are large numbers of people who buck the averages, but as a rule of thumb the stereotype holds true - Asians are smaller than westerners. It doesn't help that football isn't quite the game for all shapes and sizes that it once was.

 

[zetz]

Footy needs its own Jeremy Lin!

 

[Chewy]

Never quite made the grade, but Korean-born Kim Doo Thee had a few tryouts with St Kilda

 

[lock33]

Trent Dennis Lane from the Swans 'TDL' is Burmese.

 

[Provost_]

Roland Ah Chee (formerly GC) and Brendon Ah Chee (Port) both have Chinese heritage. 2011 Pick #64 from the Crows, Cameron Ellis-Yolmen has one Indigenous and one Papua New Guinean parent.

Also Daniel Kerr, has an Anglo-Indian father, Alex Silvagni an Anglo-Indian mother.
Paul Medhurst is Malaysian.
Clancee Pearce is Indian.
Andrew Embley and Trent Dennis-Lane both have Burmese heritage.
James Gwilt is Papua New Guinean
Matthew Stokes partly Filipino.

If Wikipedia is to be believed.

VFL/AFL players with international backgrounds
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


This is a listing of Australian Football League players with international and multicultural backgrounds. As the families of all non-indigenous Australians are originally from elsewhere, this list goes back a maximum of one generation. Countries are listed in alphabetical order.

The following criteria are used for this list:
player must have played at least one senior match
player must have been born in a country outside Australia OR have at least one of their parents born outside Australia.
Similar criteria were used for the inaugural Multicultural Cup which was held by Aussie Rules International, a competition in which players who had a parent or grandparent born overseas were allowed to play for that country.

Albania

Adem Yze

Austria

Alex Jesaulenko (Born in Salzburg to a Ukrainian father, Russian mother)

Barbados

Joshua Gibson

Brazil

Harry O'Brien (Congolese father, Brazilian mother)

Burma

Andrew Embley
Trent Dennis-Lane
Joseph Daye

Canada

Mike Pyke

Chile

Jose Romero

China

Dannie Seow
Wally Koochew
Roland Ah Chee

Congo, Democratic Republic of

Harry O'Brien (See above Brazil)

Cook Islands

Karmichael Hunt

Croatia

Anthony Banik
Adrian Barich
Tony Begovich
Alan Didak
Jon Dorotich
Marc Dragicevic
Gordon Fode
Darren Gaspar
Travis Gaspar
Damien Gaspar
Brent Grgic
Ilija Grgic
Allen Jakovich
Glen Jakovich
David Johnson
Mark Johnson
Stephen Jurica
Judd Lalich
Matthew Liptak
Addam Maric
Ivan Maric
Jack Mihocek
Tony Modra
Matthew Pavlich
Val Perovic
Matthew Richardson
Alex Ruscuklic
Steven Salopek
Craig Starcevich
Peter Sumich
Jacob Surjan
Andrew Ukovic
Scott Watters
Lukas Markovic

Cyprus

Andrew Demetriou (Greek Cypriot parents)

Czechoslovakia

Paul Vinar

England

Daniel Kerr (See below India)
Paul Medhurst (English Father, Malaysian Mother)
Brad Moran
Brian Mynott
Clive Waterhouse

Fiji

David Rodan
Setanta Ó hAilpín (See below Ireland & Northern Ireland )
Aisake Ó hAilpín (See below Ireland & Northern Ireland )
Alipate Carlile
Nic Naitanui

Germany

Carl Ditterich
Harry Frei
Fraser Gehrig
Matthew Kreuzer
Stewart Loewe
David Mensch
David Neitz
Jack Riewoldt
Nick Riewoldt
Andrew Schauble
Adam Schneider
David Schwarz
Wayne Schwass
Jason Snell
Carl Steinfort
Tyson Stenglein
Michael Voss
Brett Voss
Mark Weideman
Murray Weideman
Justin Westhoff
Matthew Westhoff

Greece

Luke Beveridge
Paul Bulluss
Ang Christou
James Condos
Peter Daicos (Aegean Macedonian, parents born in Greece)
Andrew Demetriou (See above Cyprus)
Josh Francou
Gary Frangalas
John Georgiades
John Georgiou
Con Gorozidis
Athas Hrysoulakis
Peter Kanis
Arthur Karanicolas
Paul Koulouriotis
Spiro Kourkoumelis
Anthony Koutoufides (Greek father, Italian mother)
Angelo Lekkas
Stephen Malaxos
Spiro Malakellis
Tony Malakellis
Alex Marcou (Aegean Macedonian, parents born in Greece).
Daniel Metropolis
Russell Morris
Albert F. Pannam
Alby Pannam
Charlie H. Pannam
Charlie E. Pannam
Chris Pavlou
Phil Poursanidis
Lou Richards
Ron Richards
John "Spiro" Rombotis
Tony Spassopoulos
Jason Traianidis
Zeno Tzatzaris
Vasil Varlamos
David Zaharakis

Hungary

Patrick Veszpremi

India

Daniel Kerr (Anglo-Indian father)
Jordan McMahon
Clancee Pearce
Fred Pringle
Alex Silvagni (Anglo-Indian Mother)

Irish Republic and North

Dermott Brereton
Adam Cooney
Martin Clarke
Sean Denham
Paul Earley
Tadhg Kennelly
Ryan Houlihan
Stuart Magee
Kieran McGuinness (Irish father from Dublin)
Dermot McNicholl
Robin Mulholland
Setanta Ó hAilpín (Irish father, Fijian mother)
Brian Stynes
Jim Stynes
Sean Wight (See below Scotland)
Colm Begley
Zach Tuohy
Michael Quinn

Israel

Mordy Bromberg
Ezra Poyas
Ian Synman

Italy

Steven Alessio
Mark Arceri
Ron Barassi, Sr.
Ron Barassi Jr.
Mario Bortolotto
Peter Bevilaqua
John Benetti
Bert Boromeo
Scott Camporeale
Matthew Capuano
Blake Caracella
Andrew Carrazzo
Domenic Cassisi
Vin Catoggio
Gavin Crosisca
Frank Curcio
Nick Dal Santo
Steven Da Rui
Ron De Iulio
Danny Del-Re
Brett Deledio
Andrew Dimattina
Paul Dimattina
Robert DiPierdomenico
Alex Fasolo
Brendan Fevola
Michael Firrito
Silvio Foschini
Anthony Franchina
Cyril Gambetta
Daniel Giansiracusa
Brent Guerra
Adam Iacobucci
Len Incigneri
Anthony Koutoufides (See above Greece )
Andrew Leoncelli
Tony Liberatore
Paul Licuria (Italian father, Spanish mother)
Stan Magro
Phil Manassa
Albert Mantello
Gerald Marchesi
Al Martello
Peter Matera
Phillip Matera
Wally Matera
Mark Mercuri
Mark Merenda
Joe Misiti
Leigh Montagna
Anthony Morabito
Romano Negri
Peter Pianto
Dean Polo
Paul Puopolo
Simon Prestigiacomo
Peter Riccardi
Mark Ricciuto
Matt Riggio
Guy Rigoni
Michael Rischitelli
Anthony Rocca
Saverio Rocca
Peter Russo
Laurie Serafini
Renato Serafini
Alex Silvagni
Sergio Silvagni
Stephen Silvagni
Kane Tenace
Shane Valenti

Latvia

Arnold Briedis

Lebanon

Bachar Houli
Milham Hanna
Robin Nahas

Lithuania

Adam Ramanauskas

Macedonia

Peter Daicos (See above Greece)
John Gastev
Mark Nicoski
Nick Malceski
Alex Marcou (See above Greece)

Malaysia

Paul Medhurst (see above England)

Malta

Jayden Attard
Tony Buhagiar
David Calthorpe
John Formosa
Blake Grima
Adam Saliba

Netherlands

Matt de Boer
Robbert Klomp
Paul van der Haar
Richard Vandenberg
Nathan Van Berlo
Jay van Berlo
Luke Dahlhaus

New Zealand

Paul Bower
Adam Campbell
Trent Croad
Donald Dickie
Aaron Edwards (New Zealand father, Samoan mother)
Dustin Martin
Daniel McAlister
Brett Peake
Shane Savage
Wayne Schwass
Nathan Van Berlo
Jay van Berlo

Papua New Guinea

Mal Michael
James Gwilt (Welsh father, Papua New Guinean mother)

Philippines

Mathew Stokes

Poland

Brian Sierakowski
David Sierakowski
David Wojcinski
James Podsiadly
Justin Koschitzke
Mark Majerczak
John Pitura

Russia

Bohdan Jaworskyj
Alex Jesaulenko (See above Austria)

Samoa

Aaron Edwards (See above New Zealand)
Karmichael Hunt

Scotland

Thomas Leather
Sean Wight (Scottish born, Irish parents)
Roy Cazaly (Scottish mother, Elizabeth Jemima née McNee)
Bill Morris(Scottish father)
Keith Ross Miller (Scottish paternal and maternal grandparents)
Andrew McLeod (Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Scottish descent)
Ewan Thompson (Scottish born)
Dave Bryden (Scottish father)
Alex Lang (Scottish father)
John Bell (Scottish parents)
Stan Reid (Scottish parents)
Alex Barlow (Scottish born)
Bob Edmond (Scottish born)
Henry McPetrie (Scottish born)
Jim Edmond (Scottish born)
Alex Robertson (Scottish parents)
Les Primrose (descended from Edinburgh family)
Bruce Sloss (Scottish father)
Jimmy Gordon (Scottish father)
Stan McKenzie (Scottish mother)
Hugh Plowman (Scottish father)
Andrew Dougall (Scottish parents)
Ramsay Anderson (Scottish born)
George Sutherland (Scottish born)

Serbia

Brian Kekovich
Sam Kekovich
Lazar Vidovic
Ray Gabelich
Peter Berbakov

Slovenia

Rene Kink
Nic Suban

South Africa

Damian Cupido
Ian Muller

South Korea

Peter Bell (Korean mother, American father)

Spain

Paul Licuria (See above Italy)

Sweden

Kris Massie

Switzerland

Henri Jeanneret
Matthew Leuenberger

Thailand

Sudjai Cook

Turkey

Sedat Sir

Tuvalu

Scott Harding

Ukraine

Jason Daniltchenko
Alex Ishchenko
Bohdan Jaworskyj
Alex Jesaulenko (See above Austria)
Steven Kolyniuk
Steven Kretiuk
Jared Petrenko
Jason Porplyzia
Justin Staritski
Shane Woewodin

United States of America

Sanford Wheeler
Don Pyke
Peter Bell (See above South Korea)

Wales

John McCarthy
James Gwilt (See above Papua New Guinea)

Zimbabwe

Stephen Lawrence
Tendai Mzungu
Ian Perrie

 

[lock33]

^^ youd get a pretty decent team from the Italians

 

[Ron The Bear]

Tuvalu

Scott Harding

If correct, it's amazing that more wasn't made of this. Previously known only for having a dodgy internet domain.

 

[Costanza_]

(I'm sure this is days too late, cbf reading the thread)

Nick Dal Santo by the looks of things...

 

[ilikepotatoes]

Sean Yoshiura
Lin Jong
Andrew Embley

 

[PAFC_1870]

Wow, thanks for that list, never knew about Francou (though thinking now yeah Cypriut I presume?) and Lou Richards!

Also for that matter, Daniel Metropolis.

Geez, feel a bit shocked now.