Steele Sidebottom

Steele Sidebottom (born 2 January 1991) is a professional Australian rules football player currently playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Steele Sidebottom
Sidebottom playing for Collingwood in June 2017
Personal information
Full name Steele Sidebottom
Nickname(s) Rusty,[1] Bluescope[2]
Date of birth (1991-01-02) 2 January 1991
Place of birth Victoria
Original team(s) Murray Bushrangers (TAC Cup)
Draft No. 11, 2008 National Draft, Collingwood
Height 184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Collingwood
Number 22
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2009– Collingwood 243 (166)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2020 season.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Sidebottom was selected by Collingwood with selection 11 in the 2008 AFL Draft. Sidebottom had a 10-goal best-on-ground performance in the 2008 TAC Cup Grand Final.[3] He is strong overhead and in one-on-one contests. An AIS/AFL Academy graduate and Vic Country representative in 2008, Sidebottom also was selected in the All-Australian team following the 2008 AFL Under 18 Championships.[4]

Sidebottom made his AFL debut vs St Kilda in Round 7 2009 where St Kilda defeated Collingwood by 88 points.

In the Semi Final vs Adelaide of the 2009 AFL Season, Sidebottom had his first breakthrough where he notched up 25 disposals in a come from behind win.

In 2010 Sidebottom played in all but one game for the Magpies including both the drawn Grand Final and Grand Final replay. At 19-years of age he was the youngest member of Collingwood's 2010 Premiership side.

His older brother Ryan plays cricket for the Victorian Bushrangers.

On 6 October 2017, Sidebottom won the Copeland Trophy.[5]

In the 2018 Brownlow Medal count, Sidebottom finished in second place (his career best).[6]

Statistics
Statistics are correct to the end of the 2019 season[7]
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
2009 Collingwood 221133828516742440.30.37.57.715.23.84.00
2010 Collingwood 222524132532094621051011.00.510.18.418.54.24.01
2011 Collingwood 222525132752144891281071.00.511.08.619.65.14.34
2012 Collingwood 22241413377258635133890.60.515.710.826.55.53.77
2013 Collingwood 22231910361194555120770.80.415.78.424.15.23.37
2014 Collingwood 22191414327181508109780.70.717.29.526.75.74.19
2015 Collingwood 22167825118643785530.40.515.711.627.35.33.39
2016 Collingwood 2220177273241514108900.90.413.712.125.75.44.57
2017 Collingwood 2222169344256600115930.70.415.611.627.35.24.214
2018 Collingwood 22261214361403764133960.50.513.915.529.45.13.724
2019 Collingwood 2223107339253592141840.40.314.711.025.76.13.77
2020 Collingwood 2295311210121333380.60.312.411.223.73.74.2
Career 243 166 114 3355 2580 5935 1252 950 0.7 0.5 13.8 10.6 24.4 5.2 3.9 89

References
  1. McFarlane, Glenn (9 July 2011). "Collingwood's Steele Sidebottom reveals why he loves to return to his band of brothers". Herald Sun.
  2. Timms, Daryl; de Kretser, Chris (13 May 2010). "Beg, borrow or Steele". The Daily Telegraph.
  3. Edmund, Sam (2 October 2008) Steele Sidebottom dominates under-18 final; Herald Sun
  4. Sheehan, Kevin (19 July 2008) Shifter's wrap: Under-18 All-Australian team
  5. McFarlane, Glenn (6 October 2017). "Steele Sidebottom pips Taylor Adams to claim his first Collingwood Copeland Trophy". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia.
  6. "Hawthorn's Tom Mitchell wins 2018 Brownlow Medal". ABC News. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  7. "Steele Sidebottom's player profile". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
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