| Andrew McKay | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | (1970-07-14)14 July 1970 (age 55) Adelaide,South Australia, Australia | ||
| Original team | Lucindale/St Peter's College | ||
| Debut | Round 1, 27 March 1993,Carlton vs.Fitzroy, atPrinces Park | ||
| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | ||
| Position | Half-back | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1991–1992 | Glenelg | 40(2) | |
| 1993–2003 | Carlton | 244 (28) | |
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 1993–1999 | South Australia | 6 | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2003. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Andrew Ian McKay (born 14 July 1970) is a formerAustralian rules footballer who played forCarlton Football Club in theAustralian Football League (AFL) andGlenelg Football Club in theSouth Australian National Football League (SANFL).
McKay grew up in south eastern South Australia, and played junior football for Lucindale in theKowree Naracoorte Football League. Recruited bySouth Australian National Football League (SANFL) clubGlenelg, McKay moved to Adelaide in 1991 and played 40 games for Glenelg as a half-back flanker, finishing second in theMagarey Medal in 1992 behindPort Adelaide'sNathan Buckley.[1][2]
McKay was recruited byCarlton Football Club with its first round selection in the1992 AFL draft (No. 13 overall), although he was later fined $10,000 when it emerged that he had contacted four of the AFL's struggling clubs (Sydney,Brisbane Bears,Richmond andFitzroy) and warned them that he would stay in South Australia if one of those clubs drafted him – which contravened the AFL's draft tampering rules.[3] He nevertheless remained eligible to play for Carlton, and he made his debut in Round 1,1993, immediately displaying the outstanding defensive skills that he had displayed at Glenelg. In his first AFL season, McKay was named on the half-back flank in theAll-Australian team. He also representedSouth Australia at State of Origin that season, a feat he repeated in1994 and1995.[4] In 1995, McKay was a member ofCarlton's premiership team, the only premiership in his senior career.[1][2]McKay played 15 of Carlton's 24 matches in the1996 AFL season.[1][2]
Continuing with Carlton, McKay played two more matches for South Australia, and was the winner of theFos Williams Medal before the end of top-level State of Origin football in 1999. He made the All-Australian team as half-back flanker three times consecutively in1999,2000 and2001, bringing his career tally to four. In2003, McKay's final season, he assumed the Carlton captaincy following the mid-season retirement ofBrett Ratten, and also won Carlton'sBest and Fairest award for the only time in his career and McKay announced his retirement from his playing career at the end of the 2003 season.[1][2]
McKay played a total of 244 games and kicked a total of 28 goals forCarlton Football Club from 1993 until 2003. He was also member of Carlton's1995 premiership team.[1][2]
McKay is a life member and Hall of Fame Inductee of the Carlton Football Club.[1][2]In 2007, he was inducted into theSouth Australian Football Hall of Fame.[4]
After retiring from his playing career, McKay joined the newly formed Match Review Panel, set up in2005 as an overhaul of theAFL Tribunal system; from2007 until2009, he served as Chairman of that panel.[5] He has also been involved in the Laws of the Game Committee.[1]
In October 2011, McKay was appointed to the position as General Manager of Football at the Carlton Football Club, when he replaced the outgoingSteven Icke.[6] In August 2018, McKay stepped down from his position as General Manager of Football at the Carlton Football Club.[7][8][9][10] He was replaced byBrad Lloyd.[11][12]
While still playing in 1996, McKay began a degree inveterinary science, studying at theUniversity of Queensland. To balance his study with his football career, McKay trained with theUniversity of Queensland Australian Football Club whilst commuting to Melbourne on most weekends to play matches with Carlton.
Since retiring from his playing career, McKay has practised as aveterinarian. He has three children, all of whom have played football in some capacity. In October 2018, Andrew's daughterAbbie was selected by Carlton with Pick 16 in the2018 AFL Women's Draft and in doing so made history being the first ever father–daughter selection in the Australian Rules Football history.[13] Abbie's sister Sophie was also drafted by Carlton in 2024 with Pick 17, playing every game of the 2025 season and kicking 12 goals en route to the Finals.[14]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 1993 | Carlton | 5 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 223 | 148 | 371 | 72 | 34 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 9.7 | 6.4 | 16.1 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 1994 | Carlton | 5 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 199 | 174 | 373 | 69 | 50 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 8.6 | 7.6 | 16.2 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 3 |
| 1995† | Carlton | 5 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 238 | 163 | 401 | 90 | 31 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 9.5 | 6.5 | 16.0 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 4 |
| 1996 | Carlton | 5 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 97 | 89 | 186 | 36 | 26 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 12.4 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 0 |
| 1997 | Carlton | 5 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 191 | 159 | 350 | 80 | 34 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 8.7 | 7.2 | 15.9 | 3.6 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 1998 | Carlton | 5 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 172 | 164 | 336 | 59 | 27 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 16.8 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 2 |
| 1999 | Carlton | 5 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 269 | 157 | 426 | 95 | 46 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 10.3 | 6.0 | 16.4 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 9 |
| 2000 | Carlton | 5 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 271 | 206 | 477 | 121 | 51 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 10.8 | 8.2 | 19.1 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 8 |
| 2001 | Carlton | 5 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 247 | 176 | 423 | 124 | 33 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 10.3 | 7.3 | 17.6 | 5.2 | 1.4 | 9 |
| 2002 | Carlton | 5 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 171 | 114 | 285 | 77 | 51 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 9.0 | 6.0 | 15.0 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 2 |
| 2003 | Carlton | 5 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 189 | 125 | 314 | 66 | 40 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 8.6 | 5.7 | 14.3 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 4 |
| Career | 244 | 28 | 40 | 2267 | 1675 | 3942 | 889 | 423 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 9.3 | 6.9 | 16.2 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 45 | ||
