Liam Jurrah

Liam Jurrah
Jurrah in August 2009
Personal information
Full name Liam Jungarrayi Jurrah
Nickname(s) LJ,[1] the Warlpiri Wizard,[2] the Cougar[3]
Date of birth (1988-09-22) 22 September 1988 (age 36)
Original team(s) Yuendumu Magpies (CAFL) / Nightcliff (NTFL)
Draft 1st overall, 2009 Pre-Season Draft
Melbourne
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)[4]
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Position(s) Forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2009–2012 Melbourne 36 (81)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2012.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Liam Jungarrayi Jurrah (born 22 September 1988) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played with the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Jurrah is also known as "Jungarrayi",[5] an initiated member of the Warlpiri people who are based in Yuendumu, a small and remote Indigenous Australian community 300 km north-west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory.

He is the first indigenous person from a remote community in Central Australia to have played senior football in the AFL.[6]

  1. ^ Williams, Rebecca (20 June 2009)Liam Jurrah brings some joy
  2. ^ Jurrah lights up Dees[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Liam Jurrah takes a chance as Melbourne lives the dream". Mark Robinson for the Herald Sun. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
  4. ^ "Liam Jurrah Player Profile bio - Official AFL Website of the Melbourne Football Club". Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  5. ^ Lalor, Peter.Across the culture gap, Jurrah makes his mark The Australian 22 August 2009
  6. ^ 'Dreams come true' for Indigenous AFL player; ABC News