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Aaron Davey (born 10 June 1983) is a professional Australian rules football player of Indigenous Australian heritage. He played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) until he retired from the club at the end of the 2013 season. Davey finished runner-up to the AFL Rising Star in 2004. He is one of few successful top-level footballers to have been elevated from the rookie list. Davey's representative honours include twice playing for Australia against Ireland in 2005 and 2006. Davey was a cult figure at the Melbourne Football Club and a highly popular player with young Demons fans. Davey's achievements at Melbourne include a Best and Fairest for an outstanding 2009 season. Davey is also a recognised leader of Melbourne's young indigenous group of players. ==Early years== Davey, of Indigenous Australian ancestry with tribal ancestry that can be traced to the Kokatha in South Australia,〔AFL Record. Round 9,2009. Slattery Publishing. pg 75.〕 was born to mother Lizzie〔http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/aaron-davey-considers-leaving-melbourne/story-e6frf9jf-1225780945073〕 and father Alwyn Davey〔Flanagan, M., "( The Davey pacesetters )", ''Real Footy'', 9 May 2007. Retrieved on 9 May 2007.〕 with siblings Alwyn (named after his father who died when Aaron was nine〔) and Bronwyn. The boys were raised in Darwin in the Northern Territory. Davey started playing football as a forward pocket player in the Northern Territory Football League for the Palmerston Football Club. He moved to Melbourne to further his prospects of an Australian rules career, and trialled with the Port Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). After an exceptional debut season in the VFL, Davey was voted the VFL player most likely to succeed AFL level. In 2003, Sandringham Coach Graeme Yeats believed "Davey is the fastest VFL-listed player in the competition" Surprisingly he was overlooked by all clubs in the 2003 AFL Draft. However, he caught the eye of Melbourne Football Club talent scouts and was selected at Pick #3 in the rookie draft. When later asked on Before the Game, why Davey was not selected in the AFL Draft, Melbourne's former coach Neale Daniher responded by postulating that clubs were not on the lookout for short indigenous players after the possessionless display of Leon Davis in the 2002 Grand Final.〔Before the Game〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aaron Davey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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