Josh Simpson (Australian footballer)
{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Josh Simpson
| image =
| fullname = Josh Simpson
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|02|9|df=yes}}
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| originalteam = East Fremantle (WAFL)
| draftpick = #17, 2012 National draft, {{AFL Fre}}
| height = 184 cm
| weight = 73 kg
| position =
| statsend = 2014
| years1 = 2013–2014
| club1 = {{AFL Fre}}
| games_goals1 = 2 (1)
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Josh Simpson (born 9 February 1994) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Football career
Originally from the small town of Yalgoo in the Murchison region of Western Australia, he represented West Australia at the 2012 AFL Under 18 Championships.{{cite news|url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/afl/yalgoos-draft-gem-josh-simpson-set-to-sparkle/story-e6frg1xu-1226518772028|title=Yalgoo's draft gem Josh Simpson set to sparkle|date=17 November 2012|work=The Sunday Times|first=Braden|last=Quartermaine}}
He was drafted to {{AFL Fre}} with their first selection (number 17 overall) in the 2012 AFL draft.{{cite news|title=Fremantle Dockers draft exciting wingman Josh Simpson|first=Braden |last=Quartermaine |work=PerthNow |date=22 November 2012|url=http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/fremantle-dockers-draft-exciting-wingman-josh-simpson/story-fngexzp4-1226522305874}}
After spending most of the 2013 season playing for East Fremantle in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), Simpson was one of ten players brought into the Fremantle side in the final round of the 2013 AFL season against St Kilda at Etihad Stadium, when many senior players were rested ahead of the finals matches.{{cite news|url= http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/afl/18717375/lyon-defends-weakened-team/|first=Nick |last=Rynne|title=Lyon defends weakened team|work=The West Australian|date=30 August 2013}}
Simpson was delisted at the conclusion of the 2014 AFL season after only playing one AFL game for the year.{{cite web|title=Dockers dump troubled young midfielder Josh Simpson|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-10-21/dockers-dump-simpson|access-date=21 October 2014|first=Alex|last=Malcolm|date=21 October 2014}} He was twice fined by the club during the season and sent to complete a personal development program after failed to board a flight to Sydney with the team in April.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{AFL Tables}}
- {{AustralianFootball}}
- {{WAFL FootyFacts}}
- [http://www.wafl.com.au/players/view/4795 WAFL Statistics]
{{2013 Indigenous All-Stars squad}}
{{2012 AFL national draft}}
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Category:Fremantle Football Club players
Category:East Fremantle Football Club players
Category:Peel Thunder Football Club players
Category:Australian rules footballers from Western Australia
Category:Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football
Category:21st-century Indigenous Australian people