Full name Courtenay Dempsey Name Courtenay Dempsey Height 1.85 m | Weight 80 kg Height/Weight 187 cm / 85 kg Career start 2006 | |
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Date of birth (1987-08-28) 28 August 1987 (age 28) Draft #19, 2005 National Draft Role Australian Rules Footballer Profiles | ||
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Courtenay Dempsey (born 28 August 1987) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
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- Early life
- AFL career
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Courtenay dempsey 2015 children s day ambassador culture
Early life
Dempsey has Indigenous Australian heritage and his ancestry can be traced to the Kalkadoon, a tribe from Queensland's South/Central West region.
Dempsey began playing football in Cairns, where he played with the Manunda Hawks in the AFL Cairns competition. He later moved to Brisbane to play with the Kenmore Bears junior football club while also playing for his school Brisbane Boys' College.
AFL career
Dempsey's professional footballing career has been dogged by injuries. In 2008 he suffered a leg stress fracture and in 2011 he tore his knee anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in round four and needed a knee reconstruction.
In May 2013, he was suspended from the main playing group for breaching team rules, and was forced to train with the VFL team. In August, he tore his hamstring tendon and missed the remainder of the season.
At the conclusion of the 2016 season, he was delisted by Essendon.