Jamie McNamara

Jamie McNamara
Personal information
Date of birth	(1988-03-06) 6 March 1988
Original team(s)	East Fremantle Football Club (WAFL)
Debut	Round 21, 2007, West Coast Eagles vs. St Kilda, at Telstra Dome
Height / weight	183 cm / 87 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2007–2009	West Coast Eagles	19 (4)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2009.

Jamie McNamara (born 6 March 1988) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Jamie Mcnamara attended Applecross Senior High School in Perth, Western Australia and graduated in 2005.

McNamara was recruited from East Fremantle with the 16th pick in the 2006 rookie draft, receiving the number 45 jersey. He changed to the number 12 at the start of the 2008 season.

Career

McNamara made his debut against St Kilda Football Club in round 21, 2007 at Telstra Dome. He picked up 10 disposals in an 8-point win. He was dropped for the next two games but was a late replacement for Beau Waters for the semi final against Collingwood. McNamara managed 16 disposals in West Coast's 19-point loss in extra time.

McNamara had to wait until Round 4 2008 to get his next opportunity at AFL Football. He was dropped after that game but managed 11 games for the season including the last 7 consecutive matches.

McNamara is remembered by an infamous situation at Subiaco oval where he roved a pack on the members wing and then run 15 metres with the ball in the wrong direction, hitting up Shannon Byrnes, a Geelong player, who then kicked Geelong an easy goal.

McNamara played his first game for 2009 against Melbourne in Round 7.

In total, McNamara played 19 AFL games, kicking 4 goals and racking up 282 possessions.

Post AFL career

McNamara was de-listed by the Eagles in October 2009. He continued to playing for East Fremantle Football Club in the West Australian Football League competition, before spending 2 years in Melbourne playing for Williamstown Football Club in the Victorian Football League. He returned to play for East Fremantle again in 2014.^[1]

References

↑ "Jamie McNamara returns to the Sharks". 16 October 2013.

External links

Jamie McNamara's statistics from AFL Tables
Jamie McNamara WAFL statistics

2007 AFL rookie draft

1. Sam Jacobs
2. Dean Dick
3. Leigh Adams
4. Anthony Corrie
5. Alex Lee
6. Brett Collins
7. Joel Reynolds
8. Tasman Clingan
9. Clinton Jones
10. Sharrod Wellingham
11. Gavin Hughes
12. Daniel Hayes
13. Chris Smith
14. Andrew McIntyre
15. Nick Smith
16. Jamie McNamara
17. Michael Jamison
18. Danny Chartres
19. Ben Hughes
20. Scott Clouston
21. Gavin Grose
22. Matt Suckling
23. Liam Bedford
24. Jake King
25. Luke van Rheenen
26. Brent Macaffer
27. Jarrod Harbrow
28. Andrew Foster
29. James Turner
30. Matthew O'Dwyer
31. Llane Spaanderman
32. Ross Young
33. Adam Ramanauskas
34. Matt Campbell
35. Daniel Dzufer
36. Nathan Batsanis
37. Sam Gibson
38. Jason Davenport
39. Robert Eddy
40. Martin Clarke
41. Marty Pask
42. Darren Rumble
43. Rhys Archard
44. Luke Brennan
45. Chad Jones
47. Tim Hutchison
48. Haydyn Kiel
49. Peter Hardy
50. Tom Lonergan
51. James Wall
52. Michael West
53. Benet Copping
54. Greg Gallman
55. Matthew Davis
56. Ben Sharp
57. Joel Tippett
58. Jarryn Geary
59. Earl Shaw
60. Ashley Thornton
61. Will Hamill
62. Jayden Attard
64. Beau Wilkes

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