Height 2.00 m Height/Weight 200 cm / 104 kg Weight 104 kg | Position(s) Ruckman Career start 2012 Name Orren Stephenson Spouse Whitney Stephenson | |
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Date of birth 15 July 1982 (age 41) ( 1982-07-15 ) Draft No. 78, 2011 National Draft, Geelong Parents Jackie Stephenson, Mark Stephenson Playing career Nationality Australian Similar Brad Ottens, Nathan Vardy, Dawson Simpson Profiles | ||
Roosters senior best fairest 3rd place ryan mckenzie orren stephenson
Orren Stephenson (born 15 July 1982) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
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- Roosters senior best fairest 3rd place ryan mckenzie orren stephenson
- VFL RD15 Orren Stephenson Highlights
- Early life
- VFL career
- AFL career
- References
He was originally drafted by the Geelong Football Club in the 2011 AFL Draft at the age of 29, the oldest first-time draftee in AFL draft history.
VFL RD15 Orren Stephenson Highlights
Early life
Stephenson grew up in the southern New South Wales towns of Albury, Wagga Wagga and Griffith. He mainly played rugby league as a junior, before he met his wife Whitney. It was at the Mangoplah Cookardinia United Eastlakes football club where Stephenson first got his taste of senior Australian rules football. In 2002 Stephenson moved his young family to Ballarat in central Victoria where his wife Whitney's family lives. He started playing football for the Redan Football Club and after 2 premiership wins in 2002 and 2003 and then winning their best and fairest award in 2004, Stephenson joined the North Ballarat Football Club in 2005.
VFL career
Stephenson has been a member of four VFL premiership teams: three with North Ballarat in 2008, 2009 and 2010, and one with Geelong in 2012; he won the Norm Goss Medal as the best player on the ground in the 2009 Grand Final. He was named in four VFL teams of the year and represented the VFL twice in interstate matches.
AFL career
Stephenson was selected by Geelong in the 2011 AFL national draft, to replace the retiring Brad Ottens. He played his first AFL game against Fremantle in round one of 2012 due to injuries to Nathan Vardy and Dawson Simpson. Stephenson was subsequently delisted by Geelong following the 2012 AFL Season. Stephenson was then drafted to the Richmond Tigers with pick no. 36 in the 2013 Rookie Draft. On 11 March 2014, Stephenson was elevated to the club's senior list.
Stephenson was delisted at the conclusion of the 2014 AFL season.