Paul Wheatley

DOB: 12 April 1981

Debut: Round 2, 2000 against Kangaroos at MCG
Last Game: Round 22, 2009 against St. Kilda at MCG

From: North Heidelberg/Northern Knights, Selection #20, 1999 National Draft

Number: 31 (2000-2009)

Honours:
Sandringham premiership player - 2006
Life Member - 2009

Games: 135
Goals: 34
Career Statistics

Wins	Draws	Losses	Winning %
62	0	73	45.92

Statistical Categories Lead
Equal most uncontested possessions in a game : 33 - Round 20, 2008

A former Reserves top-up player for Collingwood (four games) and North Melbourne (one game), Wheatley attracted Melbourne's attention with his performances in the 1999 Under-18 national championships. Drafted at the end of 1999, he played 12 games in his rookie season but missed finals due to a hamstring injury. The next year he played another 16, and a further 18 in 2002, despite another hamstring injury costing him six weeks.

Renowned as one of the longest kicks in the competition, Wheatley kicked the first 9 point goal under modified pre-season cup rules. His 2003 season was otherwise short on highlights, playing just five games while battling form issues and two separate hamstring injuries. Wheatley returned as a regular in 2004 and 2005 but was back down to seven games in 2006, a year in which he played in the Sandringham premiership side.

Wheatley left Melbourne at the end of 2009, after playing just three games for the season. He played for Palmerston in the Northern Territory, and was a playing assistant coach at Port Fairy in 2011.

Year	Games	Goals	Brownlow
2000	12	4	0
2001	16	5	0
2002	18	11	0
2003	5	1	0
2004	20	2	0
2005	21	3	0
2006	7	1	0
2007	14	4	2
2008	19	2	5
2009	3	1	0

Tribunal Record

Match	Charge	Sanction
Round 16, 2002	Wrestling	$1200 fine
Round 20, 2002	Charging	Not Guilty
Round 16, 2006	Melee	$1500 fine

Lists
9 Point Goals

Links
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