Lewis Melican
{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Use Australian English|date=April 2017}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Lewis Melican
| nickname = The Pelican
| fullname = Lewis Melican
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|11|04|df=y}}
| birth_place = Birregurra
| death_date =
| death_place =
| originalteam = Geelong Falcons (TAC Cup)
| draftpick = No. 52, 2015 rookie draft
| debutdate = Round 5, 2017
| debutteam = {{AFL Syd}}
| debutopponent = {{AFL GWS}}
| debutstadium = SCG
| height = 193 cm
| weight = 95 kg
| position = Defender
| currentclub = {{AFL Syd}}
| guernsey = 43
| years1 = 2015–
| club1 = {{AFL Syd}}
| games_goals1 = 68 (1)
| statsend = the 2022 season
| careerhighlights = *AFL Rising Star nominee: 2017
}}
Lewis Melican (born 4 November 1996) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by Sydney with their third selection and fifty-second overall in the 2015 rookie draft.{{cite news|url=http://www.sydneyswans.com.au/news/2014-12-03/swans-finalise-2015-list|title=Swans finalise 2015 list at Rookie Draft|last=Paolucci|first=Tanya|date=3 December 2014|work=SydneySwans.com.au|publisher=Bigpond|accessdate=22 April 2017}} He made his debut in the forty-two point loss against {{AFL GWS}} at the Sydney Cricket Ground in round five of the 2017 season.{{cite news|url=http://www.sydneyswans.com.au/news/2017-04-20/melican-makes-it-six|title=Melican makes it six|date=20 April 2017|work=SydneySwans.com.au|publisher=Bigpond|accessdate=22 April 2017}}
Melican received the AFL Rising Star nomination for round 18 after restricting {{AFL StK}} key forward Nick Riewoldt to ten disposals and one goal in the Swans' forty-two point win at the Sydney Cricket Ground.{{cite web|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-07-24/swans-melican-shutdown-job-rewarded-with-rising-star|title=Swan's shutdown job rewarded with Rising Star|first=Marc|last=McGowan|date=24 July 2017|work=AFL.com.au|publisher=Telstra|accessdate=24 July 2017}} After not playing at all in the 2022 season, Melican returned to the swans senior side in round 13 2023. He has started consistently in the 2024 season.
Statistics
Updated to the end of the 2022 season.{{cite web|url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/L/Lewis_Melican.html|title=Lewis Melican|publisher=AFL Tables|access-date=2022-08-30}}
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|-
| 2015 || {{AFL Syd}} || 43
| 0 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || –
|-
| 2016 || {{AFL Syd}} || 43
| 0 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || –
|-
| 2017 || {{AFL Syd}} || 43
| 17 || 1 || 1 || 112 || 91 || 203 || 62 || 31 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 6.6 || 5.4 || 11.9 || 3.6 || 1.8
|-
| 2018 || {{AFL Syd}} || 43
| 3 || 0 || 0 || 26 || 14 || 40 || 9 || 5 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 8.7 || 4.7 || 13.3 || 3.0 || 1.7
|-
| 2019 || {{AFL Syd}} || 43
| 17 || 0 || 0 || 109 || 66 || 175 || 56 || 36 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 6.4 || 3.9 || 10.3 || 3.3 || 2.1
|-
| 2020{{efn|The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.}} || {{AFL Syd}} || 43
| 9 || 0 || 0 || 52 || 37 || 89 || 21 || 14 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 5.8 || 4.1 || 9.9 || 2.3 || 1.6
|-
| 2021 || {{AFL Syd}} || 43
| 6 || 0 || 0 || 53 || 23 || 76 || 30 || 5 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 8.8 || 3.8 || 12.7 || 5.0 || 0.8
|-
| 2022 || {{AFL Syd}} || 43
| 0 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || –
|-
| 2023 || {{AFL Syd}} || 43
| 8 || 0 || 0 || 47 || 33 || 80 || 19 || 19 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 5.9 || 4.1 || 10 || 2.4|| 2.4
|-
| 2024 || {{AFL Syd}} || 43
| 8 || 0 || 0 || 50 || 22 || 72 || 27 ||14 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 6.3 || 2.8 || 9 || 3.4 || 1.8
|- class=sortbottom
! colspan=3 | Career
! 68 !! 1 !! 1 !! 449 !! 286 !! 735 !! 224 !! 124 !! 0.0 !! 0.0 !! 6.6 !! 4.2 !! 10.8 !! 3.3 !! 1.8
|}
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Honours and achievements
Individual
References
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External links
- {{Sydplayer}}
- {{AFL Tables|ref=L/Lewis_Melican}}
{{Sydney player squad}}
{{2017 AFL Rising Star nominees}}
{{2015 AFL rookie draft}}
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Category:Geelong Falcons players
Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen
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