Alwyn Davey (born 15 May 1984) is a professional Australian rules footballer who currently plays for the Essendon Football Club of the Australian Football League.
Davey is of Indigenous Australian descent with tribal ancestry that can be traced to the Kokatha in South Australia[1] Alwyn was born to mother Lizzie[2], named after father Alwyn Davey and raised in Darwin, Northern Territory.
Alwyn played his junior football in Darwin. His father died when he was eight years old.
He moved to Adelaide to play football semi-professionally with South Adelaide in the SANFL.
Davey first attracted the attention of talent scouts after the impressive first and second seasons of his brother Aaron for the Melbourne Demons.
In the 2006 pre-season, Alwyn was invited to train with his brother at the Demons, and many believed that the club would take a chance on him. The Demons already had a crumbing forward in Aaron and many clubs were averse to drafting short players. Furthermore, by the time of the draft, Alwyn had turned 22. Most draftees are taken at just 18, making him considered old for the national draft. Most therefore had picked Alwyn Davey to be taken by Melbourne as with a rookie selection.
Kevin Sheedy had become particularly interested in the progress of Aaron Davey and since the success of Andrew Lovett, fast indigenous players in general. Davey was drafted by the Bombers in the 3rd round of the 2006 AFL Draft.
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