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**Courtenay** **Dempsey**
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Personal information
Birth	28 August 1987 (age 22)
Recruited from	Morningside (QLD)
Height and weight	186cm / 77kg
Playing career¹
Debut	14 May 2006, Essendon vs. Carlton, at MCG
Team(s)	Essendon (2006-) 30 games, 10 goals
	¹ Statistics to end of 2009 season
Career highlights
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Courtenay Dempsey (born 28 August 1987) is a professional Australian rules footballer for the Essendon Football Club of the Australian Football League.

[edit] Early Life

Dempsey has Indigenous Australian heritage and his ancestry can be traced to the Kalkadoon, a tribe from Queensland's South/Central West region.^[1]

Dempsey began playing football in Cairns, where he played with the Manunda Hawks in the AFL Cairns competition.

He later moved to Brisbane to play with the Kenmore Bears junior football club while also playing for his school Brisbane Boys' College.

After playing senior football at the Morningside Australian Football Club where he was drafted at pick 19 by Essendon in the 2005 AFL draft.

Debuting in 2006, Dempsey impressed with his kicking skills and pace.

In March 2008 Dempsey and his girlfriend, Danielle Kaitu welcomed their first child, daughter Chenae Christine Dempsey.

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