Michael Hurley

Michael Hurley (footballer)

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Michael Hurley
Hurley Kicking at goal against Fremantle in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Michael Hurley
Date of birth	(1990-06-01) 1 June 1990 (age 21)
Original team	Northern Knights (TAC Cup)
Draft	#5, 2008 National Draft, Essendon
Height/Weight	193cm / 92 kg
Position(s)	Key Defender/Forward
Club information
Current club	Essendon
Number	18
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2009–	Essendon	52 (55)
¹ Playing statistics to end of Round 8, 2012 season .

Michael Hurley (born 1 June 1990) is an Australian rules footballer for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A key position utility, 1.93m (6 ft 4 in) tall and weighing 92 kilograms (200 lb), Hurley predominately played in the forward and backline in his AFL career to date.^[1]

Contents

1 Junior career
2 AFL career: 2009–present
3 Statistics
4 References
5 External links

Junior career

A good junior cricketer and footballer, Hurley entered top-level football early, joining the TAC Cup competition for the Northern Knights.^[1] His accomplishments as a junior included selection as full-back in the All-Australian TAC Cup Team of the Year sides in 2007 and 2008. Despite concerns about his gall bladder—consequently removed in January—and a lack of pace, Hurley was selected with Essendon's first pick, and fifth overall, in the 2008 AFL Draft.^[1]^[2]^[3]

AFL career: 2009–present

Hurley made his AFL debut in 2009, winning the AFL Rising Star nomination in round 20,^[4] but played only nine regular season matches because of a quad strain and broken wrist.^[5] In round 22, nine matches into his career, Hurley scored four goals, in a match-winning performance against Hawthorn. In the following week, former Brisbane Lions coach Leigh Matthews said, "Very few young talls have the physical maturity to match it with their older and stronger opponents, which is why the brilliant early form of young Bomber Michael Hurley is quite amazing."^[6]

On 25 September 2009 Hurley was arrested after a drunken altercation with a taxi driver, after the driver demanded payment for the fare when Hurley asked him to stop at a fast food drivethrough. Hurley was later charged with multiple counts of assault; it is alleged that he punched the driver and kicked him in the groin.^[7]^[8]

As of season 2010, Hurley has inherited the No.18 jumper left vacant by the retired Matthew Lloyd.

On the 22nd March 2012, Michael Hurley re-committed to the Essendon Football club until 2017 after agreeing to a new 5-year deal.^[9]

Statistics

Statistics are correct as of 15 March 2012 (End of season 2011).^[10]^[11]

Michael Hurley's career playing statistics
Season	Team	#	Games	D	K	H	M	T	G	B	D	K	H	M	T	G	B
Season	Team	#	Totals								Averages (per game)
2009	Essendon	22	10	144	83	61	62	15	10	5	14.4	8.3	6.1	6.2	1.5	1.0	0.5
2010	Essendon	18	19	308	176	132	98	17	12	7	16.2	9.3	7.0	5.2	0.9	0.6	0.4
2011	Essendon	18	18	260	161	99	94	24	27	22	14.4	8.9	5.5	5.2	1.3	1.5	1.2
Career			47	712	420	292	254	56	49	34	15.1	8.9	6.2	5.4	1.2	1.0	0.7

Legend
D	Disposals	K	Kicks	H	Handballs	M	Marks	T	Tackles	G	Goals	B	Behinds

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Anderson, Jon (2 April 2009). "Michael Hurley's neighbourhood". Melbourne Herald Sun. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/afl/story/0,26576,26024095-19742,00.html. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
^ "Hurley becomes a Bomber". Essendon Football Club. 29 November 2008. http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/news.asp?nid=6190. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
^ "VIC dominate draft". AFL Victoria website. 2 December 2008. http://www.aflvic.com.au/index.php?id=14&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=501&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=4&cHash=2ca6f4f7e1. Retrieved 2 December 2008.
^ "Hurley wins rising star nomination". The Age (Melbourne). 18 August 2009. http://www.theage.com.au/news/rfnews/hurley-wins-rising-star-nomination/2009/08/18/1250362067768.html. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
^ "Hurley sidelined with broken wrist". Essendon Football Club. 25 May 2009. http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/news.asp?nid=6652. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
^ "Hurley is the find of the season". Australian Football League. 2 April 2009. http://www.afl.com.au/tabid/208/default.aspx?newsid=84005. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
^ "Essendon player believed to be Micheal Hurley arrested after altercation with taxi driver on Hoddle st". Herald Sun. Australia. 25 September 2009. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/essendon-player-believed-to-be-michael-hurley-arrested-after-altercation-with-taxi-driver-on-hoddle-st/story-e6frf7jo-1225779431981. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
^ "Essendon Bomber Michael Hurley on Assault Charge". Herald Sun. Australia. 5 December 2009. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/essendon-bomber-michael-hurley-on-assault-charge/story-e6frf9jf-1225807170810. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
^ "Hurley signs new five year deal". 22 March 2012. http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/a/Hurley-signs-new-five-year-deal/8956.
^ "Michael Hurley of the Essendon Bombers Career AFL Stats". http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/pc-essendon-bombers--michael-hurley. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
^ "Michael Hurley statistics". AFL Tables. http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/M/Michael_Hurley.html. Retrieved 15 March 2012.

External links

Michael Hurley (footballer)'s statistics from AFL Tables

Essendon Football Club – current squad

2 Dyson
3 Gumbleton
4 Watson (c)
5 Stanton
6 Monfries
7 Jetta
8 Winderlich
9 Prismall
10 McVeigh
11 Zaharakis
12 Crameri
13 Long*
14 Lonergan
15 Dempsey
16 Pears
17 Melksham
18 Hurley
19 Hille
20 Slattery
21 Heppell
22 Carlisle
23 Myers
24 Browne
25 Steinberg
26 Hooker
27 Davis
28 Kavanagh
29 Davey
30 Ryder
31 Fletcher
32 Colyer
33 Merrett
34 Hardingham
35 O'Brien
36 Dalgleish*
37 Reimers
38 Ross
39 Hocking
40 Howlett
41 Lee*
42 Lovett-Murray
43 Hibberd
44 Bellchambers
45 Hunter*
46 Baguley*
47 Dell'Olio

Coach: Hird

* denotes Rookie Listed players

v t e 2009 AFL Rising Star nominees

Rd 1: Rich Rd 2: Zaharakis Rd 3: Dangerfield Rd 4: Barham Rd 5: Moss Rd 6: Hill Rd 7: Ziebell Rd 8: Geary Rd 9: Otten Rd 10: Walker Rd 11: Dick Rd 12: Joseph Rd 13: Pears Rd 14: Grimes Rd 15: Jurrah Rd 16: Masten Rd 17: Beams Rd 18: Ward Rd 19: Brown Rd 20: Hurley Rd 21: Suban Rd 22: White

v t e 2010 AFL Rising Star nominees

Rd 1: Yarran Rd 2: Hannebery Rd 3: Bastinac Rd 4: Naitanui Rd 5: Jack Trengove Rd 6: Banfield Rd 7: Scully Rd 8: Melksham Rd 9: Fyfe Rd 10: Martin Rd 11: Gysberts Rd 12: Reid Rd 13: Rockliff Rd 14: Stratton Rd 15: Redden Rd 16: Davis Rd 17: Grant Rd 18: Hurley Rd 19: Garlett Rd 20: Jackson Trengove Rd 21: Wright Rd 22: Morabito

v t e 2008 AFL National Draft

First round	1. Jack Watts 2. Nic Naitanui 3. Stephen Hill 4. Hamish Hartlett 5. Michael Hurley 6. Chris Yarran 7. Daniel Rich 8. Tyrone Vickery 9. Jack Ziebell 10. Phil Davis 11. Steele Sidebottom 12. Lewis Johnston 13. Tom Lynch 14. Ayce Cordy (F/S) 15. Mitchell Brown 16. Ryan Schoenmakers 17. Sam Blease (PP) 18. Luke Shuey (PP)

Second round	19. James Strauss 20. Tom Swift 21. Hayden Ballantyne 22. Jackson Trengove 23. David Zaharakis 24. Nick Suban 25. Jack Redden 26. Jayden Post 27. Sam Wright 28. Shaun McKernan 29. Dayne Beams 30. Daniel Hannebery 31. Jordan Roughead 32. Liam Jones 33. Thomas Gillies 34. Liam Shiels

Third round	35. Jamie Bennell 36. Ashley Smith 37. Zac Clarke 38. Matthew Broadbent 39. Steven Motlop 40. Mitch Robinson 41. Todd Banfield 42. Mitchell Banner 43. Liam Anthony 44. Rory Sloane 45. Jarrad Blight 46. Luke Rounds 47. Rhys Stanley 48. Nicholas Heyne 49. Taylor Hunt 50. Jordan Lisle

Fourth round	51. Neville Jetta 52. Jordan Jones 53. Michael Walters 54. Jarrad Redden 55. Michael Still 56. Ben Bucovaz 57. Aaron Cornelius 58. Tom Hislop 59. Nathan O'Keefe 60. Tom Lee 61. Campbell Heath 62. Alistair Smith 63. Luke Lowden

Fifth round	64. Rohan Bail 65. Rhys O'Keeffe 66. Glenn Dawson 67. Tyson Slattery 68. Tim Ruffles 69. Bart McCulloch 71. Warren Benjamin 72. Will Young 73. Leigh Brown 74. Paul Cahill 75. Shane Savage

Sixth round	77. Chris Hall 78. Jason Davenport 80. Caleb Tiller 81. Kieran King 83. Colm Begley

Persondata
Name	Hurley, Michael
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	1 June 1990
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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