Full name Dylan Buckley Height 1.76 m Name Dylan Buckley Parents Jim Buckley | Position(s) Defender Career start 2008 Height/Weight 179cm / 75kg Weight 69 kg | |
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Date of birth (1993-03-16) 16 March 1993 (age 22) Original team(s) Northern Knights (TAC Cup) Similar People Jim Buckley, Mark Whiley, Patrick Cripps, Matthew Kreuzer, Zach Tuohy Profiles | ||
Buckley's brilliant bomb - AFL
Discussions with Dylan | Daniel Gorringe
Dylan Buckley (born 16 March 1993) is an Australian rules footballer, for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League.
Contents
- Buckleys brilliant bomb AFL
- Discussions with Dylan Daniel Gorringe
- Background and junior career
- References
Background and junior career
Buckley played TAC Cup football with the Northern Knights. He was a member of the 2009 AIS-AFL Academy, and he represented Vic Metro in the 2010 AFL Under 18 Championships. He was described by Carlton recruiting manager Wayne Hughes as "a quick midfielder with excellent disposal skills".
Buckley is the only son of Jim Buckley, who was a midfielder for Carlton in the 1970s and 1980s. Jim played 164 games for Carlton, and was a member of the 1979, 1981 and 1982 premiership teams. Because of his father's career, Buckley was eligible to be drafted by Carlton under the Father-Son Rule. The club had informally committed to recruiting Buckley in early 2010, more than eighteen months before he was eligible to be drafted. Buckley was formally recruited under the Father-Son Rule in October 2011, with Carlton able to use its last selection in the 2011 National Draft (a third round selection, No. 62) to recruit him. He was given guernsey number 7.
