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**Nathan** **Lovett-Murray**
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Personal information
Birth	18 November 1982 (age 27)
Recruited from	Heywood/North Ballarat U18/Collingwood rookies/Bendigo Bombers/Williamstown
Height and weight	190cm / 89kg
Playing career¹
Debut	Round 1, 28 March 2004, Essendon vs. Port Adelaide, at AAMI Stadium
Team(s)	Essendon (2004-present) 99 games, 56 goals
	¹ Statistics to end of 2009 season
Career highlights

Nathan Lovett-Murray (born 18 November 1982) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Lovett-Murray plays as a hard-running defender, but can also play in other positions.

[edit] Early life

Nathan has Indigenous Australian heritage and his tribal ancestry can be traced to the Wemba-Wemba.^[1]

He began his football in Victoria playing country football with Heywood and the North Ballarat Rebels.

[edit] AFL career

Lovett-Murray was initially rookie listed by Collingwood, playing for the Williamstown Seagulls in the Victorian Football League.

After switching to the Bendigo Bombers, he was rookie listed by Essendon in the 2003 rookie draft.

Lovett-Murray was promoted to the senior list early in the 2004 season and played 20 games. He spent the 2005 season on the rookie list again, he was promoted again that season and stayed on the senior list since then.

In August 2009, it was reported that Lovett-Murray's home had been raided by police on 3 August. He has been charged with possession of a drug of dependency, after the search found a single tablet of ecstasy at his home.^[2]

[edit] Sporting Family

Lovett-Murray is the cousin of Andrew Lovett and Allan Murray, who play for Essendon and St Kilda respectively.

[edit] References

^ AFL Record. Round 9,2009. Slattery Publishing. pg 75.
^ Jake Niall. "Lovett-Murray on drugs charge". The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2009/08/04/1249350539394.html. Retrieved 2009-08-04.

[edit] External links

Nathan Lovett-Murray profile on Essendon Football Club Official Website
Nathan Lovett-Murray profile on the Official AFL Website of the Essendon Football Club
Nathan Lovett-Murray's statistics from AFL Tables

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[0] AFL Record. Round 9,2009. Slattery Publishing. pg 75.

[1] Jake Niall. "Lovett-Murray on drugs charge". The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2009/08/04/1249350539394.html. Retrieved 2009-08-04.

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Contents

[edit] Early life

[edit] AFL career

[edit] Sporting Family

[edit] References

[edit] External links