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**Liam** **Picken**
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Personal information
Birth	1 August 1986 (age 23)
Recruited from	Williamstown Seagulls
Height and weight	183cm/80kg
Playing career¹
Debut	5 April 2009, Western Bulldogs vs. North Melbourne, at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Team(s)	Western Bulldogs (2009-) 14 games, 6 goals
	¹ Statistics to end of Round 11, 2009 season
Career highlights

Liam Picken (born 1 August 1986) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Western Bulldogs Football Club in the Australian Football League from 2009. Picken previously completed a pre-season with Collingwood and two with the Bulldogs, before becoming the Williamstown Seagulls best and fairest player of 2008 in the VFL and earning his position on the Bulldogs rookie list.

Picken made his debut against North Melbourne on the 5th of April 2009, collecting 9 possessions in a traditional tagging role against Kangaroos stalwart Brent Harvey, in which he kept his opponent goalless and largely ineffective^[1].

Since his brilliant debut, he has since played on other key players to great effect including Andrew McLeod, Leigh Montagna and Brett Deledio. He had played on Deledio twice in 2009 and restricted the star player to just 16 and 13 disposals, the only two times that season that Deledio has had fewer than 20 touches.

He has made a huge defensive impact in his debut season with the Western Bulldogs however he is still considered an underrated player because the influence he has on the game isn't usually translated to the statistics that are being recorded.

Picken is the son of former Collingwood and Sydney player, Billy Picken, who played from between 1973 to 1986 and is a member of the Collingwood Team of the Century. Picken is also the cousin of Brisbane Lions captain Jonathan Brown.

[edit] References

^ Jennifer Witham (6 April 2009). "Picken powers through debut". http://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/season2007/news/newsarticle/tabid/4112/newsid/74469/default.aspx.

[edit] External links

Liam Picken profile on the Official AFL Website of the Western Bulldogs Football Club
Liam Picken's statistics from AFL Tables

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[0] Jennifer Witham (6 April 2009). "Picken powers through debut". http://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/season2007/news/newsarticle/tabid/4112/newsid/74469/default.aspx.

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