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Lewis Melican
Personal information
Full name Lewis Melican
Nickname(s) The Pelican
Date of birth (1996-11-04) 4 November 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Birregurra
Original team(s) Geelong Falcons ( TAC Cup)
Draft No. 52, 2015 rookie draft
Debut Round 5, 2017, Sydney vs. Greater Western Sydney, at SCG
Height 193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 95 kg (209 lb)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current club Sydney
Number 43
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2015– Sydney 52 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2022 season.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Lewis Melican (born 4 November 1996) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by Sydney with their third selection and fifty-second overall in the 2015 rookie draft. [1] He made his debut in the forty-two point loss against Greater Western Sydney at the Sydney Cricket Ground in round five of the 2017 season. [2]

Melican received the AFL Rising Star nomination for round 18 after restricting St Kilda key forward Nick Riewoldt to ten disposals and one goal in the Swans' forty-two point win at the Sydney Cricket Ground. [3] After not playing at all in the 2022 season, Mexican returned to the swans senior side in round 13 2023

Statistics

Updated to the end of the 2022 season. [4]

Legend
  G  
Goals
  K  
Kicks
  D  
Disposals 
  T  
Tackles
  B  
Behinds 
  H  
Handballs 
  M  
Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2015 Sydney 43 0
2016 Sydney 43 0
2017 Sydney 43 17 1 1 112 91 203 62 31 0.1 0.1 6.6 5.4 11.9 3.6 1.8
2018 Sydney 43 3 0 0 26 14 40 9 5 0.0 0.0 8.7 4.7 13.3 3.0 1.7
2019 Sydney 43 17 0 0 109 66 175 56 36 0.0 0.0 6.4 3.9 10.3 3.3 2.1
2020 [a] Sydney 43 9 0 0 52 37 89 21 14 0.0 0.0 5.8 4.1 9.9 2.3 1.6
2021 Sydney 43 6 0 0 53 23 76 30 5 0.0 0.0 8.8 3.8 12.7 5.0 0.8
2022 Sydney 43 0
Career 52 1 1 352 231 583 178 91 0.0 0.0 6.8 4.4 11.2 3.4 1.8
  1. ^ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Honours and achievements

Individual

References

  1. ^ Paolucci, Tanya (3 December 2014). "Swans finalise 2015 list at Rookie Draft". SydneySwans.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Melican makes it six". SydneySwans.com.au. Bigpond. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  3. ^ McGowan, Marc (24 July 2017). "Swan's shutdown job rewarded with Rising Star". AFL.com.au. Telstra. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Lewis Melican". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 August 2022.

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