Draft #37, 2013 Rookie Draft Number 24 Career start 2013 Weight 89 kg | Position(s) Defender Height 1.89 m Height/Weight 189 cm / 89 kg Name Dane Rampe | |
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Date of birth (1990-06-02) 2 June 1990 (age 25) Role Australian Rules Footballer Profiles | ||
Dane rampe big tackle earns his first goal in afl footy
Dane Rampe (born 2 June 1990) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL).
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- Dane rampe big tackle earns his first goal in afl footy
- Swanstv dane rampe interview august 13 2015
- Early life
- Football career
- Statistics
- References
Swanstv dane rampe interview august 13 2015
Early life
Rampe was born in Sydney and grew up in Clovelly, New South Wales. His grandparents & father had migrated to Sydney from Estonia. He was educated at Newington College where he played basketball and football. He was 17 when he first played Australian football.
Football career
After school he spent three seasons in the Victorian Football League (VFL) with Williamstown. He was twice invited to train with the Western Bulldogs in the preseason but returned to Sydney shortly after playing in the 2011 VFL grand final. In 2012 he played for UNSW-Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs in the Sydney AFL and won the Phelan medal as the best player in the league for the season. Rampe's standout game for 2013 was against the Adelaide Crows where he had 18 disposals (11 kicks, 7 handballs) along with 4 marks and 4 tackles in his sides impressive 127 to 50 victory. In March 2017, Rampe injured himself while out jogging. He fell and broke his arm. On 24 May 2017, it was announced that he would wear number 50 on his jersey, rather than his usual 24, for the round 10 Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round game against Hawthorn. This was to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1967 referendum which recognised Indigenous Australians in the census.
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