Eddie Betts

Eddie Betts
Betts playing with Adelaide in June 2019
Personal information
Full name Edward Robert Betts III
Date of birth (1986-11-26) 26 November 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth Port Lincoln, South Australia, Australia
Original team(s) Calder Cannons (TAC Cup)
Templestowe (EFL)
Draft No. 3, 2004 pre-season draft
Debut Round 1, 2005, Carlton vs. Kangaroos, at Telstra Dome
Height 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Position(s) Small Forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2005–2013 Carlton 184 (290)
2014–2019 Adelaide 132 (310)
2020–2021 Carlton 034 0(40)
Total 350 (640)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2007-2013 Indigenous All-Stars 2 (2)
2020 All Stars 1 (0)
International team honours
2010–2017 Australia 7 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2021.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2020.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Edward Robert Betts III (born 26 November 1986) is a former Australian rules football player who played as a forward for Carlton and Adelaide in the Australian Football League between 2005 and 2021. As of 2024 he is an educator and mentor to Indigenous Australian youth, heading up the Eddie Betts Foundation.

Betts was originally drafted by Carlton with pick No. 3 in the 2004 Pre-Season Draft, where he played for nine years before Adelaide signed him as a free agent at the end of 2013. He moved back to Carlton at the conclusion of the 2019 season, where he would finish his career at the end of the 2021 season, having played a total of 350 games and kicked 640 goals. By the time of his retirement in 2021, Betts held the record for goal assists in the AFL, with a total of 318.

Following retirement, Betts worked as a part-time development coach at the Geelong Football Club before departing in November 2022 to focus on his foundation supporting young Indigenous Australians in sport. He is also an anti-racism advocate.