| Sean Dempster | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Dempster playing forSt Kilda in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Sean Dempster | ||
| Date of birth | (1984-01-20)20 January 1984 (age 41) | ||
| Original team(s) | Gippsland Power (TAC Cup) | ||
| Draft | No. 34,2002 national draft | ||
| Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2005–2007 | Sydney | 54(8) | |
| 2008–2017 | St Kilda | 158 (13) | |
| Total | 222 (21) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2017. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Sean Dempster (born 20 January 1984) is a formerAustralian rules footballer who played for theSydney Swans andSt Kilda Football Club in theAustralian Football League (AFL).
Born in 1984, Dempster grew up in the Victorian town ofMallacoota.[1] As there was no football club in the town, Dempster played junior football with the Snowy Rovers Football Club inOrbost.[2] He later playing withGippsland Power in theTAC Cup before being recruited by theSydney Swans in the2002 national AFL draft under thefather–son rule – his father,Graham Dempster, having played 64 games forSouth Melbourne Football Club between 1972 and 1979.[3]
Dempster played his first AFL game in Round 3, 2005, against theBrisbane Lions wearing guernsey number 26. In the 2005AFL season, he played 22 matches, first as a defender and later on the wing. He was a member of Sydney's2005 AFL Grand Final premiership team. In the following AFL season, he played 18 matches, mostly as a defender, including the Sydney losinggrand final team. He played a total of 54 games for Sydney before being traded to theSt Kilda Football Club withAdam Schneider at the end of the2007 AFL season.
Dempster played 19 games for St Kilda in 2008. He injured his knee in Round 22 and was unable to play in the finals that year.
Dempster played in eight of the 22 matches in the 2009 season's home and away rounds in which St Kilda qualified in first position for the finals series, winning the club'sthird minor premiership.[4]
St Kilda qualified for the2009 AFL Grand Final after qualifying and preliminary finals wins. Dempster played in the grand final in which St Kilda were defeated by Geelong.[5]
Dempster played 14 games in 2010, including four finals matches.
As of the end of the 2010 season, Dempster had played in 13 finals series matches, including five grand finals.
In 2012, Dempster played all 22 matches of St Kilda's season, and demonstrated strong form throughout. Dempster was named on the half-back flank of theAll-Australian team after his impressive season.
In April 2017, Dempster announced his retirement from the AFL, effective immediately. The decision came as a result of a number of concussions Dempster suffered throughout his career, deciding it was too much of a risk to play football again and receive another blow to the head, having started a young family.[6] He was the last remaining player from theSydney Swans'2005 premiership side to retire.[7]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
| 2005 | Sydney | 26 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 91 | 57 | 148 | 42 | 56 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 6.7 | 1.9 | 2.5 |
| 2006 | Sydney | 26 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 82 | 39 | 121 | 41 | 47 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 4.6 | 2.2 | 6.7 | 2.3 | 2.6 |
| 2007 | Sydney | 26 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 91 | 60 | 151 | 52 | 28 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 10.8 | 3.7 | 2.0 |
| 2008 | St Kilda | 24 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 132 | 102 | 234 | 72 | 52 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 6.9 | 5.4 | 12.3 | 3.8 | 2.7 |
| 2009 | St Kilda | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 55 | 43 | 98 | 37 | 32 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 6.1 | 4.8 | 10.9 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
| 2010 | St Kilda | 24 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 91 | 82 | 173 | 73 | 49 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 12.4 | 5.2 | 3.5 |
| 2011 | St Kilda | 24 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 181 | 140 | 321 | 91 | 73 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 7.9 | 6.1 | 14.0 | 4.0 | 3.2 |
| 2012 | St Kilda | 24 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 274 | 115 | 389 | 155 | 43 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 12.5 | 5.2 | 17.7 | 7.0 | 2.0 |
| 2013 | St Kilda | 24 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 200 | 102 | 302 | 113 | 35 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 10.5 | 5.4 | 15.9 | 5.9 | 1.8 |
| 2014 | St Kilda | 24 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 255 | 111 | 366 | 136 | 29 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 11.6 | 5.0 | 16.6 | 6.2 | 1.3 |
| 2015 | St Kilda | 24 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 238 | 134 | 372 | 148 | 36 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.3 | 6.4 | 17.7 | 7.0 | 1.7 |
| 2016 | St Kilda | 24 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 148 | 109 | 257 | 109 | 27 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 7.8 | 5.7 | 13.5 | 5.7 | 1.4 |
| Career | 222 | 21 | 26 | 1838 | 1094 | 2932 | 1069 | 507 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 8.3 | 4.9 | 13.2 | 4.8 | 2.3 | ||
