Adam Simpson

Adam Simpson
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**Adam** **Simpson**
Personal information

Birth	16 February 1976 (1976-02-16) (age 32), Victoria, Australia
Recruited from	Eltham/Northern U18
Height and weight	185cm / 88kg
Playing career¹
Debut	Round 18 1995, Kangaroos vs. West Coast Eagles, at Princes Park
Team(s)	Kangaroos (1995-) 285 games, 75 goals
¹ Statistics to end of PF1-2007 season
Career highlights
Premiership sides 1996, 1999 Best and fairest 2002 3rd best and fairest 2001, 03, 04 All-Australian 2002 Pre-season Premiership side 1998 International Rules Series 2002, 2003 AFL Rising Star 1996 Captain 2004-Present

Adam Simpson (born 16 February 1976) is an Australian rules footballer who is captain of the Kangaroos. Married his high-school sweetheart, who he met in Year 11. Has three children Milla, Allie and Owen.

The skipper and star midfielder only narrowly missed recording a fifth consecutive top-three finish in the Best and Fairest of 2005 finishing 4th-a single vore behind 3rd and 2 votes shy of second. Missed two games with a puncutred lung in 2005, but still racked up more than 400 disposals in his typically industrious way.

Early career

Debuting in 1995, he has won two premierships, a best and fairest and All-Australian selection in his career. Simpson played every game in their 1999 premiership season.He is a great fello

Captaincy (2004-2008)

He received the club captaincy in the 2004 season and led the Kangaroos into the finals the following year.

In one of his best games of his career, in Round 5 2007 against Geelong at Skilled Stadium, Simpson racked up a game high 41 possessions in the Roos 16 point win. He also kicked a goal.

Played his 250th game against Carlton at Carrara a Kangaroos home game at the Gold Coast. Kangaroos won the game 22-13-147 to 20-10-130. Simpson had 20 disposals from the game. When he played his 200th game his fellow players forgot to chair him off the field, they didn't make the same mistake for his 250th.

Simpson has only missed 7 games. He is one of only seven players to reach the 250 mark for the club.

On the 5th of November, Adam Simpson announced he was stepping down as captain but would continue on playing in season 2009. A new captain will be announced before the year ends.

External links

Adam Simpson profile on the Official AFL Website of the Kangaroos Football Club
Adam Simpson's statistics from AFL Tables

v • d • e North Melbourne Kangaroos squad – 1996 AFL Premiers (3rd Premiership)

Captain: Carey \| Allison \| Anderson \| Archer \| Bell \| Blakey \| Capuano \| Crocker \| Fairley \| Freeborn \| King \| Laidley \| Martyn \| McKernan \| Roberts \| Rock \| Schwass \| Scott \| Sholl \| Simpson \| Stevens Coach: Pagan

v • d • e North Melbourne Kangaroos squad – 1999 AFL Premiers (4th Premiership)

Captain: Carey \| Abraham \| Allison \| Archer \| Bell \| Blakey \| Capuano \| Clayton \| Grant \| Harvey \| King \| Longmire \| Martyn \| McKernan \| Mooney \| Motlop \| Pickett \| Pike \| Sholl \| Simpson \| Stevens \| Welsh Coach: Pagan

Preceded by Shannon Grant	North Melbourne Best and Fairest winner 2002	Succeeded by Brent Harvey

v • d • e

North Melbourne Football Club – current squad

1 McIntosh • 2 Lower • 3 Rawlings • 4 Harris • 5 Power • 7 Simpson • 8 Wells • 10 Smith • 11 Firrito • 12 Thomas • 13 Adams • 14 Urquhart • 15 Ross • 19 Swallow • 20 Petrie • 21 Jones • 22 Goldstein • 24 Greenwood • 25 Tarrant • 26 Hansen • 27 Edwards • 28 Riggio • 29 Harvey • 30 Pratt • 31 Hale • 32 Sansbury • 33 Campbell • 35 Warren • 36 Watt • 37 Thompson • 38 Gibson • 39 Harding • 41 Smith • 42 McMahon • Coach: Laidley

* denotes Rookie Listed players

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