Has there ever been an Asian AFL football player?

[Mancey]

Devoted his life to afl dreamteam?

Haha, good ole wiki

 

[fishbowl]

IIRC the Pies had an Asian kid by the name of Danny Seow (spelling?) on their list a few years back.

That is the only one I can think of.

 

[awesome wells]

Yep, you're right, he's half man, half amazing.

dont f*ck around

 

[Prem87]

Kerr is Indian.

 

[Stronzo]

Kerr is Indian.

Thats what wikepedia says though you can hardly consider wikipedia a reliable source.

I'm pretty sure hes Inuuit.

 

[mulhollanddrive]

Adelaide had a vietnamese player, Cook i think.

 

[lids2004roar]

Jason (silverback) Dunstall - some Asian rainforrest.

LOL!!

 

[goneloco62]

mid 80's early 90's Danny Seow originally at Collingwont then Melbourne

 

[I'm the Juggernaut]

What is Rodan's background and what abour Mark Merenda who played with the Tigers & WCE, where was he from?

 

[Lidge]

Mark Lee from Richmond - definitely Chinese. 2nd cousin of Bruce.

 

[LVAK]

What is Rodan's background and what abour Mark Merenda who played with the Tigers & WCE, where was he from?

Rodan is Fijian so technically Asian and i think Merenda was of Maltese origin so technically European

 

[Dean3]

Blett Deredio?

 

[wce4premiership]

Peter Bell?
Daniel Kerr?

 

[wce4premiership]

Blett Deredio?

you mean brett dererio?

 

[NikkiNoo]

Sudjai Cook is of Thai descent - I have known his family for quite awhile.

 

[bunsen burner]

Les Fong is a West Perth legend, played about 250 games. Would have played AFL had it existed in the 70's and early 80's.

I remember Les Fong. He was all Kung Fu and chopsticks. He was bad ass. Played a few good SOO games.Was the Robbie Flower/Trevor Barker od West Perth - whilst Menaglio and Ross Gibbs were prety good he was The Cardinals best player for a decade.

 

[Number 10]

So are there any asians on current afl lists who are likely to get a game soon?

Who is Roland Ah Chee, GC?

I vaguely remember Brisbane I think, having a japanese bloke on their team?

 

[Luc]

Is Ranga Ediriwickrama still on Geelong's list?

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/afl/sri-lankan-youngster-set-for-draft/

 

[Chief Ten Beers]

Ranga? LOL

 

[xMichaelx]

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=661269

Sean Yoshiura.

 

[RedFeather]

I can't believe no-one said Sean Yoshuira. Picked up by Brisbane in the 2009 Rookie Draft (pick #74). Not sure if he's still on their rookie list, and don't think he ever played a game. He is Japanese, the first Japanese AFL player ever.

 

[Docker Clint]

Always thought Rick Davies looked like he was Asian when he had the moustache.

 

[millsie]

There was also a bloke who I used to play junior footy with called Keith Goonawardene who was Sri Lankan. Goona was a gun at junior level, won lots of club and league best and fairest awards and was picked up by Melbourne around 1990, but he never played senior footy due to injury. I think he only played under 19/reserve level.

 

[Ochre]

I can't believe no-one said Sean Yoshuira. Picked up by Brisbane in the 2009 Rookie Draft (pick #74). Not sure if he's still on their rookie list, and don't think he ever played a game. He is Japanese, the first Japanese AFL player ever.

he hasnt been mentioned because its a 3 year old thread

 

[RedFeather]

he hasnt been mentioned because its a 3 year old thread

Oh wow, didn't realise. Very awkward for me at the moment.