Lewis Young (Australian footballer)

Lewis Young
Young in August 2018
Personal information
Full name Lewis Young
Date of birth (1998-12-20) 20 December 1998 (age 25)
Original team(s) Sturt (SANFL)
Draft No. 49, 2016 national draft
Debut Round 17, 2017, Western Bulldogs vs. Carlton, at Etihad Stadium
Height 201 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Weight 88 kg (194 lb)
Position(s) Key defender
Club information
Current club Carlton
Number 33
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2017–2021 Western Bulldogs 24 (1)
2022– Carlton 43 (2)
Total 67 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2024 season.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Lewis Young (born 20 December 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by the Western Bulldogs with their third selection and forty-ninth overall in the 2016 national draft.[1] He made his debut in the twenty point win against Carlton at Etihad Stadium in round seventeen of the 2017 season. [2]

Statistics

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Statistics are correct to the end of the 2020 season[3]
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2017 Western Bulldogs 33 7 0 0 48 42 90 38 12 0.0 0.0 6.9 6.0 12.9 5.4 1.7
2018 Western Bulldogs 2 2 0 0 14 5 19 4 8 0.0 0.0 7.0 2.5 9.5 2.0 4.0
2019 Western Bulldogs 2 5 0 0 47 14 61 21 4 0.0 0.0 9.4 2.8 12.2 4.2 0.8
2020[a] Western Bulldogs 2 1 0 1 3 1 4 3 0 0.0 1.0 3.0 1.0 4.0 3.0 0.0
Career 15 0 1 112 62 174 66 24 0.0 0.1 7.5 4.1 11.6 4.4 1.6

Notes

  1. ^ 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.

References

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  1. ^ Homfray, Reece (26 November 2016). "Lewis Young excited to move to AFL premier Western Bulldogs". The Advertiser. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  2. ^ Homfray, Reece (17 July 2017). "Adelaide 18-year-old Lewis Young has the footy world frothing over his AFL debut with the Western Bulldogs". The Advertiser. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Lewis Young". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
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