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MICHA
EL VOSS
Michael Voss is one of the all-time greats of AFL football,
having played 279 games with the Brisbane Bears/Lions
before captaining the Lions to an historic triple premiership
hat-trick in 2001-02-03. He was a 10-year Lions captain who
did it all, winning the Brownlow Medal, All-Australian selection
five times, the Brisbane B&F five times among a multitude of
personal honors. And after two years in retirement during
which time he worked as an experrt commentator and sports
newsreader with Channel 10, he jumped into the next phase
of his career in September 2008 when appointed coach of
the Lions for 2009 and beyond.
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Birth Date: 7th July 1975 |
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Draft Details: Queensland Zone Selection 1991 National Draft AFL: Debut: Bears v Fitzroy (Princes Park), Rd 18, 1992 - the youngest Brisbane Bears player all-time aged 17 years and 11 days AFL Finals: 19 |
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| At a Glance | ||
| Michael Voss has gone into the record books as one of the all-time greats of AFL football and arguably the greatest player of the modern era. He retired on 6 October 2006 as a triple premiership captain, dual All-Australian captain, Brownlow Medalist and 10-year club captain who was respected and admired by teammates and opponents alike. And as much for his modest, down-to-earth, unaffected and ever-considerate manner off the field as for his inspirational, fearless and uncompromising approach on the field. He was a 15-year AFL veteran and a proud Queenslander who resisted numerous attempts to lure him south and forged a stellar career with the Brisbane Bears/Lions. He is a Queenslander by choice. Born in Traralgon in eastern Victoria, he spent his early years in nearby Orbost until his family moved to Queensland when the budding superstar was just 11. From his early days at Morningside Football Club, where his father Garry was general manager, he was always going to be something special. And if there was any doubt it was permanently removed when he kicked 14 goals in one game in the 1992 Australian Teal Cup (Under 17) Championships in Traralgon. He made his AFL debut the following week, aged 17 years and 11 days, and hasn t looked back. He emerged from the dark years of the 'Bad News Bears' to skipper arguably the best AFL team of all time to an extraordinary premiership hat-trick in 2001-02-03. Defying injuries that may have stopped a lesser man, including a horrific broken leg in 1998, he showed remarkable fighting qualities to collect a mass of personal awards and recognition. He is one of only six triple premiership captains in AFL history and many argue that for a time early in the 21st century he was the No.1 player in the game. Undoubtedly, he is a Hall of Famer in the making. Six times he has placed in the top 10 in the Brownlow Medal, the AFL s highest individual honor, five times he has won All-Australian selection, five times he has won the Bears/Lions club championship and in 2003, when the AFL Queensland Team of the Century was selected, he was an automatic choice as captain despite the presence of Hawthorn legend Jason Dunstall. Yet it is as much his personal qualities that stand above all else. In retirement at 31 he remained the same humble, down-to-earth person he was when he broke onto the AFL. And fittingly, six days before he made what he described as the hardest decision of his life to hang up the boots he was named 2006 AFL Personality of the Year. He has enjoyed a split role in 2007-08, serving as a part-tole assistant-coach of the AFL/AIS Academy Squad, coached by Alan McConnell, and working as an expert commentator and sports news reader with Channel 10. But in July 2008, after being courted by the new Gold Coast AFL franchise, he accepted a two-year contract as an assistant-coach with the West Coast Eagles. So, at the end of the year he'll head west with wife Donna and three children - twins Casey and Kayla, and daughter Gemma. It was a move that also prompted him to step away from Velocity Sports, the company which he'd helped to form in 2005. | ||
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To contact Michael Voss' via his Velocity Sports management team, please email here. |
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