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Dawson Simpson (born 17 February 1989) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played as a ruckman, and was drafted by Geelong from the Murray Bushrangers in the 2007 national draft.

In October 2015, he joined GWS as an unrestricted free agent after only 28 games for Geelong over an eight-year period.[1]

He retired at the conclusion of the 2019 AFL season.[2]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to end of round 5, 2015. Averages are in brackets.[3][4]
Season Team # Games Disposals Kicks Handballs Marks Tackles Goals Behinds
2008 Geelong 16 — — — — — — — —
2009 Geelong 16 — — — — — — — —
2010 Geelong 16 2 14 (7.0) 6 (3.0) 8 (4.0) 7 (3.5) 6 (3.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
2011 Geelong 16 1 9 (9.0) 2 (2.0) 7 (7.0) 4 (4.0) 4 (4.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
2012 Geelong 16 2 8 (4.0) 4 (2.0) 4 (2.0) 3 (1.5) 4 (2.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.5)
2013 Geelong 16 6 59 (9.8) 22 (3.7) 37 (6.2) 21 (3.5) 12 (2.0) 1 (0.2) 1 (0.2)
2014 Geelong 16 13 79 (6.1) 21 (1.6) 58 (4.5) 18 (1.4) 34 (2.6) 3 (0.2) 2 (0.2)
2015 Geelong 16 3 21 (7.0) 6 (2.0) 15 (5.0) 2 (0.7) 9 (3.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
2016 GWS 26 — — — — — — — —
Career totals 27 190 (7.0) 61 (2.3) 129 (4.8) 55 (2.0) 69 (2.6) 4 (0.1) 4 (0.1)

References

  1. ^ Schmook, Nathan (16 October 2015). "Big Cat now a Giant: Simpson signs with GWS as a free agent". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Simpson to Retire at End of 2019". gwsgiants.com.au. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Dawson Simpson statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Dawson Simpson of the Geelong Cats Career AFL Stats". footywire.com. Retrieved 2 May 2015.


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