Andrew Tarpey

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Andrew Tarpey

| image =

| fullname = Andrew Tarpey

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|7|25|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| originalteam = Oakleigh District

| debutdate = 21 August 1988

| debutteam = {{AFL Col}}

| debutopponent = {{AFL WC}}

| debutstadium = Subiaco Oval

| height = 196 cm

| weight = 95 kg

| position = Forward

| club1 = {{AFL Col}}

| years1 = 1988–1991

| games_goals1 = 9 (1)

| club2 = Sandringham (VFL)

| years2 = 1991–1992

| games_goals2 =

| club3 = {{AFL Ric}}

| years3 = 1992–1993

| games_goals3 = 0 (0)

| club4 = Sandringham (VFL)

| years4 = 1994–1995

| games_goals4 = 33 (81)

| statsend = 1995

| careerhighlights = * Joseph Wren Memorial Trophy 1989

• Sandringham premiership player 1992, 1994

}}

Andrew Tarpey (born 25 July 1965) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL).

Tarpey joined Collingwood in mid-1988 from Oakleigh District, where he played with his brother Howard, after recovering from ACL Reconstruction back in 1986{{cite web|url=http://www.sportingpulse.com/club_info.cgi?client=1-3909-47838-0-0&sID=66295&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=5295921|title=Andrew Tarpey - Oakleigh District Football Club|publisher=SportingPulse|accessdate=15 October 2013}}

Tarpey didn't play many senior games for Collingwood and only scored one goal, but he did contribute at the reserves level, winning the Joseph Wren Memorial Trophy in 1989.

After leaving Collingwood, at the end of 1991, he joined Sandringham in the Victorian Football League (VFL), winning with them the 1992 premiership.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportingpulse.com/club_info.cgi?client=1-118-10447-0-0&sID=55908&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=4877929|title=Zebras History 1981-2001|publisher=SportingPulse|accessdate=15 October 2013|archive-date=2 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402031932/http://www.sportingpulse.com/club_info.cgi?client=1-118-10447-0-0&sID=55908&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=4877929|url-status=live}} He had been drafted by the Richmond Football Club in the 1992 Mid-Season Draft, but opted to stay with Sandringham and did not play any senior games for Richmond.{{cite web|url=http://oneeyed-richmond.com/forum/index.php?topic=10083.10;wap2|title=Richmond players who never played Senior Football|publisher=One-Eyed Richmond|accessdate=15 October 2013|archive-date=25 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125113524/http://oneeyed-richmond.com/forum/index.php?topic=10083.10;wap2|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://rhettrospective.com/non-senior-richmond-players/|title=Non-senior Richmond players|publisher=Rhettrospective|first=Rhett|last=Bartlett|accessdate=15 October 2013|archive-date=26 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126185928/http://rhettrospective.com/non-senior-richmond-players/|url-status=live}}

Tarpey joined Smithton as a captain coach in 1993.{{cite web|url=http://community.fortunecity.ws/skyscraper/seque/1733/PageT.html|title=Who's who of players who have played football for the Sandringham Football Club, 1929-1996, Page T|publisher=FortuneCity|accessdate=15 October 2013|archive-date=16 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016212428/http://community.fortunecity.ws/skyscraper/seque/1733/PageT.html|url-status=live}} After that he returned to Sandringham in 1994, winning another premiership with the club. In 1995 he only played 3 games before succumbing to injury.

In 1996, Tarpey played for Clayton in the Southern Football League (SFL).