| Andrew Krakouer | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Andrew James Krakouer | ||
| Date of birth | (1983-02-04)4 February 1983 (age 42) | ||
| Original team(s) | South Fremantle (WAFL) | ||
| Draft | No. 41,2000 national draft | ||
| Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2001–2007 | Richmond | 102 (102) | |
| 2008, 2010 | Swan Districts | 32(48) | |
| 2011–2013 | Collingwood | 35(50) | |
| 2014 | West Perth | 4(8) | |
| Total | 173 (208) | ||
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2010 | WAFL | 1 (1) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2013. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Andrew James Krakouer (born 4 February 1983) is a formerAustralian rules footballer who played for theRichmond Football Club andCollingwood Football Club in theAustralian Football League (AFL).
Andrew now works withFox Footy to callAFLW games.
Krakouer is the son ofJim Krakouer and nephew ofPhil Krakouer. He began playing colts football forSouth Fremantle in the WAFL. He is the cousin of former Gold Coast and Port Adelaide playerNathan Krakouer.
He was drafted with the 41st selection in the2000 AFL draft byRichmond, who had received the draft pick by tradingBen Harrison to theWestern Bulldogs.
Before making his AFL debut, Krakouer played for Richmond's affiliate team theCoburg Tigers in the VFL. He made his debut againstEssendon at the MCG in round 7, 2001 and kicked two goals and was Richmond's only multiple goal scorer in the 46-point loss to the Bombers.
A small crumbing forward with excellent evasive skills, Krakouer finished 2nd in Richmond's goal kicking in 2003, 3rd in 2004 and 4th in 2005 and 2006. Krakouer was also a good tackler and in 2004 he laid 95 tackles which was the highest at Richmond and 9th overall in the AFL for that season.
He, along with his brother Tyrone, was charged with assault causinggrievous bodily harm on 24 December 2006 after an incident inFremantle, Western Australia on 22 December 2006.[1]
Krakouer was delisted by the Tigers on 22 October 2007.[2]
He returned to Western Australia and played in the WAFL forSwan Districts.
He was found guilty in June 2008 of assault with intent to cause bodily harm, an offence that carries a maximum penalty of 20 years' jail.[3] He was sentenced to four years' jail with a minimum non-parole period of 16 months.[4] The sentence was later reduced from 48 to 32 months' jail time.
Krakouer played for theWooroloo Prison team, which participated in theMercantile Football Association.[5] Krakouer was released from prison on parole in August 2009, and signed on to play the 2010 football season for Swan Districts in the WAFL. He performed very well for the Swans, winning theSwan Medal as the fairest and best player at the club and the2010 Sandover Medal as the fairest and best player in the WAFL.[6] He won theSimpson Medal as the best on ground in the Swans' one-point win againstClaremont in the WAFL Grand Final, after amassing 42 disposals and kicking four goals, including the game-winning goal in the 33rd minute of the final quarter.[7] A special analysis of the game showed that Krakouer would have polled 290 Champion Data ranking points (Supercoach points) in the game, more than any player has polled in an AFL game since the statistical technique was implemented in 2004.[8]
On 7 October 2010,Collingwood signed Krakouer. The newly establishedGold Coast Suns agreed to pre-list him as one of its ten uncontracted players, and then immediately trade him (along withJohn Ceglar, and a draft pick from each of the fourth, fifth and sixth rounds) to Collingwood in exchange for its first round selection in the2010 AFL Draft (pick number 25 overall).[9] Krakouer was unable to join his new teammates on the club's pre-season training camp inArizona, as his prior conviction meant he was denied entry to the United States.[10]
Krakouer kicked 35 goals in 23 games in his first season with Collingwood and finished 2nd in the Collingwood goal kicking (behind Travis Cloke - 69 goals), including three goals in the2011 Grand Final loss to Geelong. He won the2011 AFL Mark of the Year, receiving theAlex Jesaulenko Medal and a $10,000 cash prize fromHungry Jack's, for his mark in Round 9 against theAdelaide Crows atEtihad Stadium.
Krakouer ruptured hisanterior cruciate ligament in a pre-season practice match in February 2012, however he returned to AFL later in the 2012 season for the final home and away match against Essendon (kicking 1 goal) and the following week he kicked 4 goals in Collingwood's 38-point loss to theHawthorn Football Club in the Qualifying Final at the MCG.[11]
In early 2012, Krakouer changed his guernsey number to the number three afterJohn McCarthy was delisted. His father,Jim wore this number for most of his career. However, during his rehabilitation from his knee injury he decided to revert to the number 7 he wore successfully in 2011.[12]
Krakouer was delisted at the end of the 2013 season.[13] In November 2013, Krakouer signed on to play forWest Perth for the next 2 years.[14] However, before the beginning of the 2014 season, Krakouer walked away from the contract withWest Perth in favour of an employment opportunity in the mining industry, however the job opportunity didn't eventuate and so Krakouer finished his career off at West Perth playing 4 games.
Krakouer's final League career game and goal tally was 227 games and 271 goals which included:
Krakouer also played in five League Grand Finals in his career and averaged 2.40 goals per game which was an excellent return for a small crumbing forward:
