Aaron Davey

Davey, who is of Indigenous Australian ancestry with roots in the Kokatha people of South Australia,AFL Record. Round 9, 2009. Slattery Publishing. pg 75. was raised in Darwin, Northern Territory. He is one of five siblings, including his brother Alwyn, who played for Essendon.

Davey began playing football in the Northern Territory Football League for the Palmerston Football Club.{{Cite web |title=Aaron Davey - Legend {{!}} AFL Northern Territory |url=https://www.aflnt.com.au/about/hall-of-fame/2019/aaron-davey-legend |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=www.aflnt.com.au |language=en}} He later moved to Melbourne to pursue an AFL career and trialed with the Port Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League.

In 2003, Davey was selected by the Melbourne Football Club with Pick No. 3 in the rookie draft. He began his AFL career in 2004.

Davey made his AFL debut for Melbourne in the 2004 season. In his first match, he scored a goal and 13 possessions. He earned an AFL Rising Star nomination, but a hamstring injury sidelined him for four games before returning for the finals.

At the end of the season, he won the AFLPA best first year player.{{Cite web |date=2013-08-20 |title=Aaron Davey timeline |url=https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/724420/aaron-davey-timeline |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=melbournefc.com.au |language=en}}

In 2005, Davey played 22 games and represented Australia in the International Rules Series. He finished third in Melbourne's Best and Fairest award and won the AFLPA Marn Grook Award for Best Emerging Indigenous Player.

Davey played across multiple positions, including forward, midfield, and backline. He earned three Goal of the Year nominations, including two consecutive, soccer-style goals."[https://web.archive.org/web/20060819142313/http://aboriginalfootball.com.au/jul06.html Just give Aaron the car now!]" aboriginalfootball.com.au 12 July 2006. URL accessed 7 September 2006

In 2007, Davey was suspended for two games for striking.{{cite news |last=Matthews |first=Bruce |date=17 July 2007 |title=Strike costs Davey two matches |url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22085505-11088,00.html |work=Herald Sun}} He was injured in 2008, and then moved into the midfield under new coach Dean Bailey in 2009. In 2009 he won Melbourne's Best and Fairest award, the Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal. In 2010, Davey finished fourth in Melbourne's Best and Fairest and was Melbourne's equal leading vote-getter at the Brownlow Medal.

Davey announced his retirement on 20 August 2013 and played his final AFL game on 1 September 2013 against the Western Bulldogs.

:[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/A/Aaron_Davey.html Aaron Davey Player Profile at AFL Tables] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422052805/http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/A/Aaron_Davey.html |date=22 April 2016 }}

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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2004

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Mel}}

| 36 || 19 || 28 || 20 || 131 || 50 || 181 || 21 || 50 || 1.5 || 1.1 || 6.9 || 2.6 || 9.5 || 1.1 || 2.6 || 0

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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2005

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Mel}}

| 36 || 23 || 30 || 32 || 198 || 81 || 279 || 49 || 71 || 1.3 || 1.4 || 8.6 || 3.5 || 12.1 || 2.1 || 3.1 || 0

|- style="background:#eaeaea;"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2006

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Mel}}

| 36 || 22 || 37 || 15 || 253 || 74 || 327 || 79 || 63 || 1.7 || 0.7 || 11.5 || 3.4 || 14.9 || 3.6 || 2.9 || 2

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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2007

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Mel}}

| 36 || 18 || 24 || 13 || 200 || 58 || 258 || 57 || 70 || 1.3 || 0.7 || 11.1 || 3.2 || 14.3 || 3.2 || 3.9 || 2

|- style="background:#eaeaea;"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2008

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Mel}}

| 36 || 15 || 11 || 10 || 164 || 73 || 237 || 48 || 44 || 0.7 || 0.7 || 10.9 || 4.9 || 15.8 || 3.2 || 2.9 || 0

|-

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2009

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Mel}}

| 36 || 22 || 9 || 8 || 357 || 147 || 504 || 60 || 90 || 0.4 || 0.4 || 16.2 || 6.7 || 22.9 || 2.7 || 4.1 || 6

|- style="background:#eaeaea;"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2010

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Mel}}

| 36 || 20 || 8 || 9 || 289 || 98 || 387 || 45 || 75 || 0.4 || 0.5 || 14.5 || 4.9 || 19.4 || 2.3 || 3.8 || 10

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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2011

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Mel}}

| 36 || 11 || 5 || 7 || 127 || 50 || 177 || 29 || 31 || 0.5 || 0.6 || 11.5 || 4.5 || 16.1 || 2.6 || 2.8 || 0

|- style="background:#eaeaea;"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2012

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Mel}}

| 36 || 8 || 7 || 3 || 51 || 33 || 84 || 13 || 37 || 0.9 || 0.4 || 6.4 || 4.1 || 10.5 || 1.6 || 4.6 || 0

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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2013

|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Mel}}

| 36 || 20 || 15 || 12 || 162 || 53 || 215 || 39 || 42 || 0.8 || 0.6 || 8.1 || 2.7 || 10.8 || 2.0 || 2.1 || 2

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• Individual
• Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal: 2009
• AFL Rising Star Runner-up: 2004
• AFL Rising Star Nominee: 2004 (Round 1)
• Australian Representative Honours in International Rules Football: 2005, 2006, 2013
• Harold Ball Memorial Trophy: 2004
• AFLPA Marn Grook Award: 2005
• Indigenous All-Stars Representative Honours: 2007, 2009, 2013

Davey made an appearance on the AFL Players Revue of the Grand Final edition of The AFL Footy Show doing a Michael Jackson impersonation.

Davey is a frequent panelist on The Marngrook Footy Show.

Davey is the older brother of Alwyn Davey, who played for Essendon, and is related to Brownlow Medallist, Gavin Wanganeen, and NBA player Patrick Mills.{{cite web|url=http://www.lions.com.au/News/NewsArticle/tabid/5085/Default.aspx?newsId=62177 |title=Lions News |access-date=15 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716052257/http://www.lions.com.au/News/NewsArticle/tabid/5085/Default.aspx?newsId=62177 |archive-date=16 July 2011 }}

His sister, Bronwyn, was part of the first AFL Women's Draft, playing for the Melbourne Football Club's women's team recruited from Greenacres, South Australia.{{cite news|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-05-16/daisy-plucked-first|title=Pearce the first pick in AFL's inaugural women's draft|first=Callum|last=Twomey|date=15 May 2013|access-date=12 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112214633/http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-05-16/daisy-plucked-first|archive-date=12 January 2018|url-status=dead}}

In 2005, Davey became an ambassador for The Fred Hollows Foundation.{{Cite web|date=2013-10-16|title=Davey set to trek for awareness|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/east/former-melbourne-demons-footballer-aaron-davey-to-trek-50km-for-fred-hollows-foundation/news-story/7bfd3c01ed5e5578a1a115bdba0e1e92|access-date=2020-07-28|website=www.heraldsun.com.au|language=en}} In 2013, he participated in Coastrek, running 50km to raise funds for the foundation and to raise awareness about the health issues affecting Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islander communities.

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