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Liam Jungarrayi Jurrah (born 22 September 1988) is an Australian rules footballer who formerly played with the Melbourne Football Club. Jurrah is also known as "Jungarrayi",〔Lalor, Peter.(Across the culture gap, Jurrah makes his mark ) The Australian 22 August 2009〕 an initiated member of the Warlpiri people who are based in Yuendumu, a small and remote Indigenous Australian community 300 km north-west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. He is the first indigenous person from a remote community in Central Australia to play senior football in the Australian Football League.〔('Dreams come true' for Indigenous AFL player ); ABC News〕 Since 2012 Jurrah has been charged with legal offences on several occasions. ==Early life== Jurrah was born in Yuendumu to mother Corrina〔Stevens, Mark. (Liam Jurrah to debut for Melbourne Demons ) Herald Sun. 18 June 2009〕 and father Leo Japaljarri Jurrah (a legend in Yuendumu football).〔Flanagan, Martin. (Melbourne's Warlpiri warrior ) The Age. 3 February 2009〕 Amongst many others, as per Warlpiri tradition, his Grandmother Cecily was also instrumental in his upbringing. During his childhood Jurrah grew up speaking four different indigenous Australian dialects as well as learning English and had never swum in the ocean.〔 Jurrah began playing Australian rules football from a very young age, playing most of his football at the local red dirt Yuendumu oval and at Football carnivals throughout the Central Australian desert (Sports Weekends) against other remote communities such as Papunya, Lajamanu (home of his cousin Liam Patrick) and Hermannsburg. In his mid-teens he began following his father 600 kilometres each week to play for Yuendumu in the Alice Springs Central Australian Football League. Jurrah was involved in the 2005 Under 17, 2005,07,08 A Grade premiership seasons with the Yuendumu Magpies. Also during his mid-teens Jurrah began acting as a volunteer with the Mt Theo Program under its Jaru Pirrjirdi youth development program, which saw him helping to run youth activities such as sport, bush trips and discos for Yuendumu youth Jurrah was first brought to Melbourne in 2007 as a guest of a Collingwood coterie group called the Industrial Magpies when he watched his first match at the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground.〔Flanagan, Martin (15 August 2007) (Magpies spread their wings )〕 He returned to Melbourne in 2008 where he was played by Collingwood in the Victorian Football League for four games and showed great athleticism and talent.〔Jellett, Carley (5 May 2008) (Cats' big finish grounds Magpies ); Realfooty.com.au〕 Later that year he represented Victoria (VFL) against South Australia (SANFL). His stay in Melbourne was cut short by his need to return to Yuendumu for family responsibilities to support a dying friend.〔 In September 2008 he won the Everingham Medal as the best player in the inaugural combined competition CAFL Grand Final, with his four first-quarter goals helping to set up Yuendumu's premiership victory.〔Bennett, Max (23 Sep 2008) (Jurrah seals historic win )〕 This historic premiership was in the new combined competition of the 'town' and 'country' sides who had previously played separately in Alice Springs. It also marked the culmination of a great era in Yuendumu football having won Senior 'Ngurratjuta Country Cup' premierships in 2003-04-05 and 2007 before the combined comp CAFL premiership in 2008. Following the CAFL season Jurrah also played for Nightcliff in the Northern Territory Football League〔Aloia, Andrew (16 December 2008) (Jurrah set for life-changing AFL draft day )〕 where he kicked five goals in his last game and AFL talent scouts first identified him – Aaron Davey also noticed him at this time and spoke to Melbourne recruiting staff. Jurrah returned to Melbourne in December, where he was pursued by numerous AFL clubs including the North Melbourne Football Club where he trained〔Broad, Ben (Roos in hunt for top top-end prospect ) afl.com.au Fri 12 December 2008〕 Jurrah was later nominated for the AFL Pre-season Draft by former Collingwood player Rupert Betheras, and was given special dispensation to nominate, despite not nominating for the previous National Draft.〔Flanagan, Martin (3 February 2009) (Marlbourne's Warlpiri Warrior ); Realfooty.com.au〕〔Stevens, Mark (18 June 2009)>(Liam Jurrah to debut for Melbourne Demons ); Herald Sun〕 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「Liam Jurrah」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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