Chris Lewis (footballer)

Christopher Lockley Lewis (born 17 March 1969) is a former Australian rules footballer who played over 200 AFL senior games for the West Coast Eagles.

Chris Lewis
Personal information
Full name Christopher Lockley Lewis
Date of birth (1969-03-17) 17 March 1969
Original team(s) Claremont (WAFL)
Height 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1987–2000 West Coast Eagles 215 (259)
Coaching career
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
2007 Swan Districts (WAFL) 16 (6–10–0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2000.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

An indigenous Australian, Lewis is one of the sons of Irwin Lewis, a notable scholar, sportsman, public servant, and indigenous Australian artist. Like his father and older brothers Clayton and Cameron, he attended Christ Church Grammar School, one of the elite independent schools in Western Australia, for his secondary education, and later played Australian rules football for the Claremont Football Club in the West Australian Football League.

At the time Lewis attended Christ Church, the school apparently did not allow Year 10 students to play in the First XVIII football team (which was reserved for Year 11 and 12 boys, for safety reasons). However, Lewis' ability meant that an exception was made in his case. He was also a very good cricketer whilst at Christ Church.

In 1990, he won the West Coast Eagles Club Champion Award. He was a member of the 1992 and 1994 WCE premiership teams, as well as the 1996 Claremont premiership team in the WAFL.

In 2006 Lewis was named as half forward flanker in the Eagles' 20th anniversary team.

As a player, Lewis was considered a highly skilled player - his passing skills were amongst the best in the AFL. The main criticism of Lewis was his frequent suspensions. However, fans felt that he was given particularly unfair treatment from both umpires and the tribunal. Lewis played much of his early football career prior to the AFL taking action against racial abuse, and thus racial taunts from opposition players were a frequent source of provocation.[1]

Lewis has been known for many unusual suspensions, including biting Todd Viney's finger in 1991, poking Stephen MacPherson's eye in 1992 and then pushing Peter Worsfold head first into the fence in 1993, just back from suspension. Another time he repeatedly kept on touching Glenn Freeborn on his back while Freeborn was whacking it away.

Statistics
[2]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
AFL playing statistics
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
1987 West Coast 281929202276829591421.51.111.93.615.54.82.23
1988 West Coast 281215151082513328151.31.39.02.111.12.31.30
1989 West Coast 281618132478333080351.10.815.45.220.65.02.23
1990 West Coast 2822241734611846468591.10.815.75.421.13.12.79
1991 West Coast 282131192779937661541.50.913.24.717.92.92.63
1992† West Coast 282317262699336264530.71.111.74.015.72.82.31
1993 West Coast 281522121834622951441.50.812.23.115.33.42.90
1994† West Coast 282539373068238897411.61.512.23.315.53.91.61
1995 West Coast 282120172348732155551.00.811.14.115.32.62.66
1996 West Coast 2886452277925100.80.56.53.49.93.11.30
1997 West Coast 281523132368131761281.50.915.75.421.14.11.97
1998 West Coast 281514121294317235180.90.88.62.911.52.31.23
1999 West Coast 280———————————————
2000 West Coast 28310111324270.30.03.74.38.00.72.30
Career 215 259 205 2625 865 3490 718 461 1.2 1.0 12.2 4.0 16.2 3.3 2.1 36

References
  1. Chris Lewis profile on westcoasteagles.com.au Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Chris Lewis' player profile at AFL Tables
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