Josh Walker (Australian footballer)

For the American football player, see Josh Walker (American football).

Josh Walker
Personal information
Full name	Josh Walker
Date of birth	(1992-11-12) 12 November 1992
Original team(s)	Lara (GFL) Geelong Falcons (TAC Cup)
Draft	No. 23, 2011 Rookie Draft, Geelong
Height / weight	196 cm / 87 kg
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current club	Brisbane Lions
Number	14
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2012–2015 2016– Total	Geelong Brisbane Lions	33 (35) 16 (23) 49 (58)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016.
Career highlights
Brisbane leading goalkicker: 2016

Josh Walker (born 12 November 1992) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL).

AFL career

Walker was recruited by Geelong in the 2011 rookie draft with pick 23. He made his debut in round 16, 2012, against Collingwood at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. He is the grandson of Geelong premiership player Peter Walker.^[1] A strong-marking ruck/forward who found his place in the team limited behind Tom Hawkins and James Podsiadly. Once Podsiadly left for Adelaide he was selected as the second tall forward, he managed 33 games and 35 goals in four seasons.^[2]

He was traded to Brisbane in the 2015 trade period.^[2]

References

↑ "AFL draft prospect Josh Walker hoping to walk in his grandad's footsteps". Geelong Advertiser. 13 November 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
1 2 Ryan, Peter (19 October 2015). "Cats head off to the Lions for future pick". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 19 October 2015.

External links

Josh Walker's profile on the official website of the Brisbane Lions
Josh Walker's statistics from AFL Tables

Brisbane Lions – current squad

1 Keays
2 Harwood
3 Christensen
4 Bastinac
5 Robinson
6 McCluggage
7 Bell
8 Bewick
9 D. Beams (vc)
10 Rich (vc)
11 Hanley*
12 Martin
13 Berry
14 Walker
15 Zorko (vc)
16 Jansen
17 C. Beams
18 Robertson
19 Clayton
20 Cox
21 Skinner
22 Paparone
23 Schache
24 Dawson
25 McStay
26 Cutler
27 Gardiner
28 Taylor
29 Witherden
30 Hipwood
31 Andrews
32 Mayes
33 Close
34 Freeman
35 Lester
36 Mathieson
37 Allison
38 Rockliff (c)
39 Lyons
40 Hammelmann*
41 Eagles*
42 Hinge*
43 Barrett*
44 Smith
45 Frost
46 McInerney*
47 William*
48 Grewar*

Coach: Fagan

* denotes rookie listed players

Brisbane Lions · leading goalkickers

1997: Leppitsch 1998: Leppitsch 1999: Molloy 2000: Lynch 2001: Lynch 2002: Lynch 2003: Lynch 2004: Akermanis 2005: Bradshaw 2006: Bradshaw 2007: Brown 2008: Bradshaw 2009: Brown 2010: Brown 2011: Clark 2012: Brown 2013: Brown 2014: Green 2015: Green 2016: Walker/Zorko

2011 AFL rookie draft

First round	1. Steve Clifton 2. Rhys Cooyou 3. Jonathan Giles 4. Andrew Phillips 5. Jimmi Savage 6. Isiah Stevens 9. Joel Tippett 10. Tim Houlihan 11. Ben Jakobi 12. Josh Jenkins 13. Brad Harvey 14. Daniel Nicholson 15. Timothy Milera 16. Tom Jonas 17. Cameron Pedersen 18. Ed Curnow 19. Sam Menegola 20. Gavin Roberts 21. Max Otten 22. Luke Dahlhaus 23. Josh Walker 24. Tom Curren 25. Thomas Gordon

Second round	27. Anton Hamp 28. Brad Miller 29. Jay Neagle 30. Bart McCulloch 31. Michael Evans 32. Jake von Bertouch 33. Callum Hay 34. Aaron Mullett 35. Rhys O'Keeffe 36. Thomas Schneider 37. Nick Lower 38. Ben Haren 39. Jason Johannisen 40. George Burbury 41. Warrick Andreoli 42. Declan Reilly

Third round	44. Jeremy McGovern 45. Tom Hislop 46. Tyson Slattery 47. Albert Proud 48. Kelvin Lawrence 49. Lachlan Roach 50. Jarrad Irons 51. Wayde Twomey 52. Derick Wanganeen 53. Ben Bucovaz 55. Ed Barlow 56. Jonathan Simpkin 57. Robert Eddy 58. Jack Perham

Fourth round	61. James Webster (NSWSE) 62. Broc McCauley 63. Cameron Johnston 64. Ian Callinan 65. Mitchell Curnow 66. Mitchell Carter 68. Tim Ruffles 70. Mitch Hahn 71. Ryan Bathie 72. Jackson Ferguson (NSWSE) 73. Jye Bolton

Fifth round	75. Robert Campbell 77. Matthew Westhoff 78. Blake Bray (NSWSE)

Sixth round	81. Paul Cribbin 82. Jake Crawford 83. Tom McNamara 84. Sam Martyn (NSWSE) 85. Will Langford (NSWSE)

Seventh round	87. Jack Mahony (NSWSE) 88. Eugene Krueger

2013 AFL national draft

First round	1. Tom Boyd 2. Josh Kelly 3. Jack Billings 4. Marcus Bontempelli 5. Kade Kolodjashnij 6. Matthew Scharenberg 7. James Aish 8. Luke McDonald (F/S) 9. Christian Salem 10. Nathan Freeman 11. Dom Sheed 12. Ben Lennon 13. Patrick Cripps 14. Cam McCarthy 15. Zak Jones 16. Darcy Lang 17. Michael Apeness 18. Luke Dunstan 19. Blake Acres 20. Jack Leslie

Second round	21. Jarman Impey 22. Darcy Gardiner 23. Matt Crouch 24. Billy Hartung 25. Daniel McStay 26. Zach Merrett 27. Sean Lemmens 28. Lewis Taylor 29. Rory Lobb 30. Trent Dumont 31. Malcolm Karpany 32. George Hewett 33. Tom Cutler 34. Nick Robertson 35. Toby Nankervis 36. Jarrad Jansen 37. Alex Pearce 38. Dayle Garlett

Third round	39. Cameron Giles 40. Jay Kennedy-Harris 41. Jake Kolodjashnij 42. Matt Fuller 43. Tom Barrass 44. Aliir Aliir 45. Mitchell Harvey 46. Riley Knight 47. Ben Brown 49. Dylan Main 50. Nathan Gordon 51. Nick Holman 52. Darcy Byrne-Jones 54. Josh Walker (RP) 55. Orazio Fantasia 56. James Sicily

Fourth round	57. Jayden Hunt 58. Brady Grey 59. Jonathon Ceglar (RP) 60. Mitch Honeychurch 61. Jamie Bennell (RP) 62. Jonathan Freeman (Academy selection) 63. George Burbury (RP) 64. Lauchlan Dalgleish (RP) 65. Tom Langdon 66. Sam Lloyd 68. Karl Amon 70. Matt Taberner (RP) 71. Will Langford (RP)

Fifth round	74. Jeremy McGovern (RP) 75. Justin Clarke (RP) 76. Kyle Hartigan (RP) 77. Jonathon Marsh 80. Brandon Jack (RP)

Sixth round	82. Mitch Clisby (RP) 83. Tom Curren (RP) 84. Brett Goodes (RP) 85. Simon Tunbridge (RP) 86. Rory Laird (RP) 87. Sam Dwyer (RP) 89. Ed Curnow (RP) 90. Dane Rampe (RP)

Seventh round	92. Adam Oxley (RP) 93. Ricky Petterd (RP) 94. Tom Bell (RP)

Eighth round	95. Zac Williams (RP)

Ninth round	97. Jake Barrett (NSW Zone)

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