| Andrew Purser | |||
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 Purser in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Andrew Douglas Purser | ||
| Date of birth | (1958-10-31)31 October 1958 (age 66) | ||
| Original team(s) | East Fremantle (WAFL) | ||
| Draft | No. 1,1982 interstate draft | ||
| Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Ruckman | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1978–1982 | East Fremantle | 85 (29) | |
| 1983–1987 | Footscray | 112 (16) | |
| 1988 | West Perth | 2(1) | |
| Total | 199 (46) | ||
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 1983–1985 | Western Australia | 3 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1988. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Andrew Douglas Purser (born 31 October 1958) is a formerAustralian rules footballer who played for theFootscray Football Club in theVictorian Football League (VFL) and for theEast Fremantle Football Club andWest Perth Football Club in theWestern Australian Football League (WAFL).
Purser began his football career in 1978 withEast Fremantle Football Club in theWestern Australian Football League (WAFL). He played 85 games for East Fremantle over five seasons, where he was a member of the1979 premiership team[1] and won the club's fairest and best award in 1981.[2]
Purser was drafted No. 1 by theFootscray Football Club in the1982 VFL draft.[3] He debuted for Footscray in 1983 and played 112 VFL games over five seasons.[4] He was awarded theCharles Sutton Medal in 1984 as the club's best and fairest[3] and in 1985 he helped the club reach the preliminary final, where they lost toHawthorn by 10 points.[5] He also representedWestern Australia football in1983,1984 and1985.[6]
Purser returned to Western Australia in 1988 and played two games forWest Perth Football Club in the WAFL before retiring from football at age 28[2] to pursue a career in the finance industry.[5]
Purser played as aruckman. At 193 cm (6 ft 4 in), he was considered undersized for the position.[5] He was bound by a Footscray club rule to not enter theforward 50 and to always remain a kick behind play.[5]
Purser and his wife, Jenny, have two children.[5] His son,Ben, is a basketball player.[7]
