Laura Duryea

Laura Duryea
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-12-14) 14 December 1983 (age 40) [1]
Place of birth Ireland
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) [2]
Position(s) Defender
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2008–2009 Melbourne University
2009– Diamond Creek
2016–2018 Melbourne 11 (0)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
Victoria Country[3]
International team honours
2011–2017 Ireland
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2018.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2017.
Career highlights
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Laura Duryea (born 14 December 1983), previously known as Laura Corrigan and also referred to as Laura Corrigan Duryea, is a women's Australian rules footballer best known for her professional career with Melbourne in the AFLW and for representing Ireland multiple times in the Australian Football International Cup.

She originally played senior ladies' Gaelic football for Cavan and Victoria however decided to switch preferring the increased physicality of Australian Football, and wore the number at Melbourne of the late Irish Hall of Famer Jim Stynes.[4]

  1. ^ "Laura Duryea". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Laura Duryea". www.melbournefc.com.au. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Irish success in VWFL Premier Division Grand Final". www.worldfootynews.com. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  4. ^ "What started as a backpacking trip turned into wearing Jim Stynes' number at Melbourne FC". www.the42.ie. 21 January 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2019.