Chloe Scheer
{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use Australian English|date=February 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Chloe Scheer
| image = Chloe Scheer 2019.2.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Scheer playing for Adelaide in January 2019
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|10|07|df=y}}
| birth_place = Gawler, South Australia
| death_date =
| death_place =
| originalteam = {{SANFL NA}} (SANFLW)
| draftpick = No. 37, 2018 AFL Women's draft
| debutdate = Round 1, 2019
| debutteam = {{AFLW|Ade}}
| debutopponent = {{AFLW|WB}}
| debutstadium = Norwood Oval
| height = 165 cm
| weight =
| position = Forward
| currentclub = {{AFLW|Gee}}
| guernsey = 14
| years1 = 2019–2021
| club1 = {{AFLW|Ade}}
| games_goals1 = 17 (13)
| years2 = 2022 (S6)–
| club2 = {{AFLW|Gee}}
| games_goals2 = 32 (41)
| games_goalstotal = 49 (54)
| statsend = the 2023 season
| careerhighlights = *AFLW premiership player: 2019
- AFL Women's All-Australian team: 2022 (S7)
- Mark of the Year: 2022 (S7)
}}
Chloe Scheer (born 7 October 1999) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Geelong Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW).
Early life and state football
Scheer was a talented underage cricketer, classed as a top order batswoman. She played four years for the Gawler Centrals all-boys cricket team, after which she transferred to Northern Jets and played there for six years. Since the age of 12 she played in Grade A teams, and won two Grand Finals. She also represented South Australia's state team in 2010, 2012, and 2015.
Despite being turned away by her club due to her not being male, Scheer stayed determined to play football and joined Salisbury West's under-16 team. With them she won a premiership, and after a year there joined Modbury, where she played her junior football. She won the Rell Smith Medal, the medal given to the under-18 best and fairest in the South Australian Women's Football League (SAWFL), three consecutive times in the years 2015–2017.{{cite web|url=https://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-6951-0-0-0&sID=295615|title=Rell Smith Medal|publisher=Adelaide Footy League|accessdate=10 May 2020}} In 2016, she also won the Dutschke Medal, the medal given to the senior best and fairest in the SAWFL.{{cite web|url=https://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-6951-0-0-0&sID=155648&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=47673515|title=The Village Tavern SAWFL 2016 Dutschke Medal Night|publisher=Adelaide Footy League|date=12 September 2016}} Scheer was also a key player for North Adelaide in the inaugural season of the SANFL Women's League in 2017.{{cite news|url=https://www.barossaherald.com.au/story/5947418/scheer-is-a-joy-to-watch/|title=Scheer is a joy to watch|first=Peter|last=Argent|newspaper=Barossa and Light Herald|date=11 March 2019}} She was one of North Adelaide's best players in the Grand Final, which they lost to Norwood.{{cite web|url=https://www.footyalmanac.com.au/sanfl-redlegs-claim-inaugural-womens-crown/|title=SANFL: Redlegs claim inaugural women's crown|first=Peter|last=Argent|publisher=The Footy Almanac|date=4 April 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.afc.com.au/news/269919/aflw-list-changes|title=AFLW list changes|publisher=Telstra Media|work=Adelaide|date=12 September 2018|quote=Li was drafted to Carlton from Norwood’s SANFLW team with pick No.28 in the 2017 AFLW Draft after being named best on ground in the Club’s 2017 Grand Final win over North Adelaide.}} At the 2017 AFL Women's Under 18 Championships, Scheer represented South Australia and was selected for the initial squad of the All-Australian team.{{cite web|url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/145381/aflw-u18-all-australian-squad-named|title=AFLW U18 All Australian squad named|first=Sarah|last=Black|publisher=Telstra Media|work=Australian Football League|date=18 July 2017|accessdate=10 May 2020}}
AFL Women's career
Scheer was supposed to be drafted in the 2017 AFL Women's draft, but ruptured her left anterior cruciate ligament late in the season. Following rehabilitation, she was drafted by Adelaide with their third selection and thirty-seventh overall in the 2018 AFL Women's draft.{{cite web|url=https://www.afc.com.au/news/55588/pick-no-37-chloe-scheer|title=AFLW: Crows choose Chloe|publisher=Telstra Media|work=Adelaide|date=23 October 2018}}{{cite news|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/messenger/sport/chloe-scheer-overcomes-acl-injury-to-realise-aflw-dream-and-be-selected-by-the-crows/news-story/a005766ee56f04d5f644c8c8f1f2b18a|title=Chloe Scheer overcomes ACL injury to realise AFLW dream and be selected by the Crows|last=Abbracciavento|first=Daniela|date=28 October 2019|work=The Advertiser|publisher=News Corp Australia|accessdate=4 February 2019}} She made her debut in the one point loss to the Western Bulldogs at Norwood Oval in the opening round of the 2019 season.{{cite news|url=https://www.barossaherald.com.au/story/5972901/scheer-grand-final-bound-in-the-zone/|title=Scheer grand final bound|first=Peter|last=Argent|newspaper=Barossa and Light Herald|date=25 March 2019|quote=Scheer debuted in round one of the current season...|access-date=10 May 2020|archive-date=5 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405172825/https://www.barossaherald.com.au/story/5972901/scheer-grand-final-bound-in-the-zone/|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=https://womens.afl/news/15786/teams-injury-hit-docker-finally-locked-in-for-debut|title=TEAMS: Injury-hit Docker finally locked in for debut|last=Black|first=Sarah|date=1 February 2019|work=AFL Women's|publisher=Telstra Media|accessdate=4 February 2019}} In round 5 of the season, she was nominated for the 2019 AFL Women's Rising Star award.{{cite news|url=https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/aflw/crows-forward-chloe-scheer-becomes-the-second-adelaide-forward-to-be-nominated-for-the-2019-womens-rising-star-award/news-story/00cf1cca5777329523b8109550141da9|title=Adelaide forward to be nominated for the 2019 women's rising star award|first=Liz|last=Walsh|newspaper=news.com.au|date=5 March 2019}} Scheer played in the 2019 AFL Women's Grand Final, in which Adelaide claimed their second premiership. During the match, she suffered another anterior cruciate ligament injury, this time to her right knee.{{cite news|url=https://www.barossaherald.com.au/story/5985087/scheers-heaven-and-heartbreak/|title= Scheer's heaven and heartbreak|first=Peter|last=Argent|newspaper=Barossa and Light Herald|date=1 April 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://womens.afl/news/40230/scheer-will-how-adelaide-s-other-grand-final-knee-victim-is-tracking|title=Scheer will: How Adelaide's other Grand Final knee victim is tracking|first=Sarah|last=Black|publisher=Telstra Media|work=AFL Women's|date=30 December 2019}} Following the 2019 season, Adelaide re-signed Scheer on a two-year contract.{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-03/the-hero-football-player-the-public-forgot/11255438|title=The forgotten hero of the AFLW grand final, Chloe Scheer, and her long road back from injury|first=Matthew|last=Smith|newspaper=ABC News|date=3 July 2019}}
Scheer was traded to {{AFLW|Gee}} at the conclusion of the 2021 AFL Women's season.{{cite web |last1=Black |first1=Sarah |title=Tayla a Demon: Mega-trade confirmed with SEVEN players involved |url=https://womens.afl/news/72705/tayla-a-demon-mega-trade-confirmed-with-seven-players-involved |website=AFL.com.au |publisher=Telstra Media |access-date=8 June 2021 |date=8 June 2021 }}
Personal life
Scheer was born in Gawler, South Australia and went to school at Gawler and District College.{{cite web|url=https://www.gdc.sa.edu.au/downloads/2018-11-08_034701_Chloe%20Scheer.pdf|title=Gawler's Very Own Young Gun: Chloe Scheer|publisher=Gawler and District College|date=8 November 2018}} Her older sister, Abbey Scheer plays football for Payneham Norwood Union Football Club.{{cite news|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/messenger/sport/emotions-run-high-at-elizabeth-as-central-district-records-first-ever-win-in-sanflw/news-story/4c85d5f81560808eec1cb3c59420972d|title=Bulldogs break through for maiden victory|newspaper=The Advertiser|date=3 March 2019|quote=Abbey Scheer, the older sister of Crows AFLW midfielder Chloe Scheer...}}
It was revealed that Scheer could move to {{AFLW|Gee}} in the wake of the 2021 AFL Women's season.{{cite web|title=Cats target Crow to kickstart rebuild|url=https://womens.afl/news/72225/cats-target-crow-to-kickstart-rebuild|last1=Beveridge|first1=Riley|work=AFL Women's Media|date=17 May 2021|access-date=17 May 2021}} She officially requested a trade to Geelong on 29 May 2021.{{cite web|title=Sign and Trade Period preview: Flag Crow wants out, star Tiger to join rivals|url=https://womens.afl/news/72471/sign-and-trade-period-preview-flag-crow-wants-out-star-tiger-to-join-rivals|last1=Black|first1=Sarah|work=AFL Women's Media|date=29 May 2021|access-date=30 May 2021}}
References
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External links
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{{Geelong AFL Women's player squad}}
{{2019 Adelaide premiership players (AFLW)}}
{{2022 AFL Women's season 7 All-Australian team}}
{{AFLW Mark of the Year}}
{{Geelong leading goalkickers}}
{{2019 AFL Women's Rising Star nominees}}
{{2018 AFL Women's draft}}
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Category:Adelaide Football Club (AFLW) players