David Spriggs (footballer)

Australian rules footballer

Fullname David Spriggs

Born (1981-01-25) 25 January 1981 (age 45)

Original team Beaumaris / Prahran U18

Draft 15th overall, 1999
Geelong
49th overall, 2004
Sydney

David Spriggs
Personal information
Full name	David Spriggs
Born	(1981-01-25) 25 January 1981 (age 45)
Original team	Beaumaris / Prahran U18
Draft	15th overall, 1999 Geelong 49th overall, 2004 Sydney
Position	Midfielder
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2000–2004	Geelong	64 (20)
2005	Sydney	5 (0)
Total		69 (20)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2006.
Career highlights
AFL Rising Star nominee 2000
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

David Spriggs (born 25 January 1981) is an Australian rules footballer with the Vermont Football Club in the Eastern Football League, who formerly played for the AFL's Geelong Football Club, Sydney Swans and the Port Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League.

He was recruited as the number 15 draft pick in the 1999 AFL draft from Beaumaris. He made his debut for Geelong in Round 1, 2000 against Fremantle.

He was delisted by the Cats at the end of the 2004 season and nominated himself in the 2004 AFL draft where he was picked up by the Sydney Swans for pick No. 47. He made his debut for Sydney in Round 3, 2005 against the Brisbane Lions.

Spriggs failed to make a single AFL appearance in 2006, and was subsequently delisted by the Swans at the end of that season. He joined Port Melbourne in 2007.

In July 2006, Spriggs posed for Cosmopolitan magazine's Lonsdale Boys With Balls feature for the September 2006 issue.

External links

David Spriggs's playing statistics from AFL Tables

v t e 2000 AFL Rising Star nominees
Rd 1: Hasleby Rd 2: Spriggs Rd 3: Adkins Rd 4: Brown Rd 5: Ramanauskas Rd 6: Fraser Rd 7: Lange Rd 8: Bruce Rd 9: Bolton Rd 10: Cornes Rd 11: Bowyer Rd 12: Perrie Rd 13: McDonald Rd 14: Embley Rd 15: Whelan Rd 16: Moyle Rd 17: Pavlich Rd 18: Scarlett Rd 19: Green Rd 20: Houlihan Rd 21: Fletcher Rd 22: Carr
Italics denote winner

v t e 1999 AFL national draft
First round	1. Josh Fraser 2. Paul Hasleby 3. Aaron Fiora 4. Matthew Pavlich 5. Leigh Brown 6. Damian Cupido 7. Danny Roach 8. Joel Corey 9. Caydn Beetham 10. Luke McPharlin 11. Darren Glass 12. Paul Koulouriotis 13. Robert Murphy 14. Travis Gaspar 15. David Spriggs 16. David Haynes 17. Ezra Bray
Second round	18. Rhyce Shaw 19. Brad Green 20. Paul Wheatley 21. Scott Stevens 22. Ezra Poyas 23. Daniel Foster 24. Jason Blake 25. Brett Johnson 26. Stephen Doyle 27. Cain Ackland 28. Brent Guerra 29. Adam Hunter 30. Jonathan Brown (F/S) 31. Paul Chapman 32. Daniel Giansiracusa 33. Tim Clarke 34. Leon Davis
Third round	35. Patrick Wiggins 36. Rhett Biglands 37. Mitch Hahn 38. Cameron Ling 39. Scott Homewood 40. David Hille 41. Kane Munro 42. Michael Clark 43. Lindsay Gilbee 44. Shane Morrison (F/S) 45. Marcus Pickett 46. Adam Butler 47. Corey Enright 48. Chance Bateman 49. Ben Cunningham 50. Matthew Whelan
Fourth round	51. Ricky O'Loughlin 52. Andrew Mills 53. Clayton Lassock 54. Murray Pitts 55. Tim Hazell 56. Ryan O'Keefe 57. Steven Brosnan 58. Patrick Bowden 59. John Barnes 60. Richard Kelly 61. Mark Ainley 62. Ben Johnson 63. Shannon O'Brien 64. Cameron Bruce 65. Justin Cicolella 66. Ryan Hargrave
Fifth round	67. Robert Shirley 68. Tony Delaney 69. Bill Nicholls 70. Brett Allison 72. Robert Forster-Knight 73. Ryan Houlihan 74. Matthew Burton 75. Dale Baynes 77. Lindsay Smith 78. Ty Zantuck 79. Balraj Singh 80. Jeremy Dukes 81. Troy Makepeace 82. Nick Stone
Sixth round	83. Matthew Shir 86. Trent Hotton 87. Christian Woodley 88. Michael Clark 90. Andrew Merrington 92. Adam Mathews 93. Joe Allen

v t e 2004 AFL national draft
First round	1. Brett Deledio (PP) 2. Jarryd Roughead (PP) 3. Ryan Griffen (PP) 4. Richard Tambling 5. Lance Franklin 6. Tom Williams 7. Jordan Lewis 8. John Meesen 9. Jordan Russell 10. Chris Egan 11. Adam Thomson 12. Danny Meyer 13. Matthew Bate 14. Angus Monfries 15. Lynden Dunn 16. Adam Pattison 17. Andrew McQualter 18. Cameron Wood 19. Ryan Willits
Second round	20. Dean Polo 21. Thomas Murphy 22. Jesse Wells 23. Sean Rusling 24. Nathan van Berlo 25. Adam Hartlett 26. Matt Little 27. Pat Garner 28. Chad Gibson 29. Matt Rosa 30. Andrew Lee 31. Jarred Moore 32. Brent Prismall 33. Cain Ackland 34. James Ezard 35. Fabian Deluca
Third round	36. Luke McGuane 37. Mark LeCras 38. Damien McCormack 39. Travis Cloke (F/S) 40. Ivan Maric 41. Luke Blackwell (F/S) 42. Jesse W. Smith (F/S) 43. Michael Newton 44. Mitch Morton (F/S) 45. Justin Sherman 46. Henry Slattery 47. David Spriggs 48. Nathan Ablett (F/S) 49. Mark McGough 50. Jayden Attard 51. Ben Eckermann
Fourth round	52. Dean Limbach 53. Simon Taylor 54. Stephen Tiller 55. Adam Iacobucci 56. Chris Knights 57. Brad Smith 58. Brad Moran 59. Benet Copping 59. Paul Thomas 60. Heath James 61. Matthew Egan 62. James Gwilt 63. Luke Forsyth
Fifth round	65. Mark Graham 67. Toby Stribling 68. Ben Schwarze 69. Daniel Haines 73. Chris Bryan
Sixth round	74. Daniel Pratt 77. Anthony Raso

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