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Aaron Sandilands
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Personal information |
| Birth |
6 December 1982 (1982-12-06) (age 27) |
| Recruited from |
East Fremantle |
| Height and weight |
211cm / 125kg |
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Playing career¹ |
| Debut |
Round 1,30 March 2003, Fremantle. vs. Adelaide., at Football Park |
| Team(s) |
Fremantle (2003-)
135 games, 47 goals
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| ¹ Statistics
to end of 2009 season |
| Career
highlights |
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Aaron Sandilands (born 6 December 1982) is an
Australian rules footballer.
At 211 cm (6' 11") tall and weighing 125 kg (275 lb), he is the
equal tallest[1] player
in the history of the game. Sandilands plays as a ruckman for the Fremantle Football Club.
Fremantle
career
Originally from the small town of Mt Barker in the Great Southern region of Western Australia,
Sandilands was selected by Fremantle in the rookie draft prior to
the 2002 season. He spent the entire 2002 year playing for East Fremantle in the WAFL, before being
elevated to the senior list prior to the 2003 season.
Playing in 19 games in his first season, the highlights were
being nominated for the AFL Rising Star and earning a Brownlow Medal
vote for a dominant display against the reigning premiers, Brisbane Lions in
Round 14[2] and
playing in Fremantle's first ever finals match. Despite Essendon
being convincing winners, Sandilands was one of the few to perform
well, with 41 hitouts.[3]
As ruckmen are generally considered to peak in their late
20s,[4]
Sandilands has impressed many to rank 6th or 5th in total hitouts
in each of his first three seasons in the AFL, improving to 2nd
(with the highest average) in 2006 [5].
Despite this dominance in hitouts, it doesn't always result in
Fremantle winning the clearances.[6]
In 2006 Sandilands suffered a broken jaw in the round 6 Western Derby in a
clash with West Coast Eagles ruckman Mark Seaby.[7]
Following an investigation by the AFL, no charges were laid over
the incident.[8]
Sandilands has twice been named in the All-Australian Team, on the interchange
bench in 2008[9] and as
the only ruckman in the 2009 team.[10]
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