Luke Shuey | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Luke Shuey | ||
Nickname(s) | Boots, Chingy | ||
Date of birth | 2 June 1990 | ||
Original team(s) | Oakleigh Chargers/Marcellin College/Bulleen-Templestowe | ||
Draft | 18th overall, 2008 (West Coast) | ||
Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2009–2023 | West Coast | 248 (142) | |
International team honours | |||
Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
2017 | Australia | 2 (1) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2023. 2 State and international statistics correct as of 2017. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Luke Shuey (born 2 June 1990) is a former Australian rules footballer and former captain of the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). He retired at the conclusion of the 2023 AFL season.
Shuey was recruited from the Oakleigh Chargers with pick 20 in the 2008 National Draft. After a series of injuries, he made his AFL debut during the 2010 season. He was runner-up in the AFL Rising Star award in 2011. Shuey won the John Worsfold Medal as West Coast's best and fairest player in 2016, and again in 2019, and finished third in the award in 2014 and 2017. Awarded 'Player of the finals' in 2019, adding to his September reputation where a year earlier he played in the club's victory over Collingwood in the 2018 Grand Final, and was awarded the Norm Smith Medal as the best player on the ground.