Paul Duffield
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Paul Duffield | ||
| Date of birth | 5 February 1985 | ||
| Original team(s) | South Fremantle, WAFL | ||
| Draft | 2004 Rookie Draft | ||
| Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2003–2015 | Fremantle | 171 (33) | |
| International team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2010 | Australia | 2 | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2015.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2010.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Paul Duffield (born 5 February 1985) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He plays mainly as a half back flanker and began his football career at South Fremantle Football Club in the West Australian Football League.
Selected in the rookie draft at the 2003 AFL Draft, he is a medium-sized defender who spent the 2004 and 2005 seasons on the rookie list, playing for South Fremantle. The nephew of The West Australian newspaper sports journalist Mark Duffield, he was a member of South Fremantle's 2005 premiership team. His father, Wayne and uncles Brett and Mark, were all successful country footballers.
Due to the AFL rules restricting rookies to a maximum of two years before being elevated or delisted, Duffield was delisted at the end of the 2005 season. However, Fremantle reselected him in the 2005 rookie draft. Duffield made his AFL pre-season debut against Collingwood in the quarter-final and also played in the semi final loss to Geelong.
On 19 April 2006, it was announced that Duffield had been elevated to the senior list as a replacement for Daniel Haines, who had injured his achilles tendon the previous weekend playing for Peel Thunder. Duffield then made his debut a week later against St Kilda in the controversial game at Aurora Stadium in Launceston, Tasmania.
At Fremantle he was allocated guernsey number 41.
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