Andrew Lovett
Personal information
Full name	Andrew Lovett
Birth	11 November 1982 (1982-11-11) (age 27)
Recruited from	Northern Under 18/ East Perth/ Bendigo Bombers.
Draft	Unknown, 2003 Rookie Draft Essendon
Height	183cm
Weight	75kg
Playing Career
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club	St Kilda
Number	9
Club
Years	Team	Pld	G
2005–2009	Essendon	88	93
2010–	St Kilda	0	0
	Total	88	93

Andrew Lovett (born 11 November 1982) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing with the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League.

[edit] Early Life

Lovett has Indigenous Australian heritage and his tribal ancestry can be traced to the Gundungurra.^[1]

After not being drafted in 2002, Andrew was advised to remain with his team, the Northern Knights. He then began playing for North Heidelberg in Melbourne's Diamond Valley league before heading over to Western Australia to play for East Perth in the WAFL, where he believed he had a greater chance of making it into AFL. He was an instant star in the WAFL, and was thrown a lifeline by Kevin Sheedy.

[edit] AFL Career

Lovett was selected by Essendon in 2003 in the Rookie Draft. He remained a rookie, playing for the Bendigo Bombers, until he made his AFL debut against Hawthorn.

He is the cousin of Nathan Lovett-Murray who also plays for the Bombers.

Andrew was a member of the Australian team that won the Cormac McAnallen Cup during the 2005 International Rules Series, the team was handpicked by his coach at Essendon F.C. Kevin Sheedy. Lovett also won the Anzac Day Medal.

At the end of the 2008 season, Lovett was mentioned as a potential trade for Essendon due to his off-field problems he had been having at the club. The Geelong Football Club were said to be the most interested in securing the lively forward who still had one-year to run on his contract at Essendon. Whilst a trade did not eventuate, his form in the 2009 season saw another offer - this time from St Kilda, who traded their first round pick (#16). Lovett accepted the move despite other offers (from Brisbane Lions and Port Adelaide) to remain in Melbourne with family and friends whilst having the prospects of being involved in a premiership team. He was later given the number 9 guernsey, which was last worn by goalkicker Fraser Gehrig^[2].

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Andrew Lovett profile on Essendon Football Club official website
• Andrew Lovett's statistics from AFL Tables

[edit] See also

• List of Australian rules football incidents

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