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Chris Groom - Wikipedia

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Chris Groom
Personal information
Full name	Chris Groom
Date of birth	(1973-08-28) 28 August 1973 (age 51)
Original team(s)	Christies Beach (SFL) South Adelaide (SANFL)
Draft	Adelaide: Zone Selection, 1992 Fremantle: Trade for Andrew McLeod, 1994 North Melbourne: Selection 26, 1995
Height	194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	95 kg (209 lb)
Position(s)	Centre-half forward
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1993–1994	Adelaide	12 0(8)
1995	Fremantle	07 (18)
1996–1998	North Melbourne	05 0(1)
Total		24 (27)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2008.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Chris Groom (born 28 August 1973) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club, Fremantle Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Career

Born in Adelaide, Groom had a very successful junior career for South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club South Adelaide, including playing in the 1990 under-17 premiership and the 1991 reserves premiership.

Following Adelaide's entry into the Australian Football League, they recruited Groom as one of the 8 South Australian players they could recruit prior to the 1992 AFL Draft.

Groom made his senior SANFL debut for South Adelaide aged 18 in Round 1, 1992, against Glenelg, kicking 5 goals. He finished the year with 42 goals from 25 games, helping South Adelaide make the finals.

In 1993, Groom made his AFL debut in round 1 against Richmond, kicking 2 goals. After being plagued by illness and injury he was traded to Fremantle for the 1995 season and played in Fremantle's first ever game, kicking 3 goals. In exchange for Groom, Fremantle traded the rights to Andrew McLeod to Adelaide, a move for which Fremantle have been roundly criticised, as a result of McLeod's glittering career when compared to Groom's.^[1]

Despite kicking 18 goals in 7 games for Fremantle, Groom was surprisingly dropped 4 times. When not selected he played for West Perth, kicking 70 goals in 14 games including 5 goals in their premiership win over Subiaco.^[2]

After being delisted by Fremantle at the end of the 1995 season, he was selected by North Melbourne in the 1995 AFL Draft. However a week before the 1996 season started, he sustained a knee injury requiring a total knee reconstruction. Unfortunately 5 months later the same knee buckled again and a second reconstruction was required; this in a season which saw North Melbourne take out both the reserves and senior premiership.

After missing the ^{[clarification needed]} he managed to play Senior football with North Melbourne and was a member of the 1998 Ansett Australia Cup winning team. He retired from AFL football at the end of 1998 due to injuries but went on to play. He firstly played for the West Preston Lakeside Football Club in the Diamond Valley League, and then the Melbourne University Football Club in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA).

In 2011, he came out of retirement to play three games for the Chicago United Football Club in the Mid American Australian League 2011 Madison Invitational Tournament.^[3] He played in games against the Milwaukee Bombers, Minnesota Freeze, and Cincinnati Dockers, finishing with 10 goals and at least 10 behinds, helping Chicago United to a 2-1 record and 3rd-place finish.^[4]

References

^ Cornes, Graham; My guilt over Andrew McLeod; AdelaideNow; 9 August 2008
^ WAFL Player Profile Archived 26 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^ 2011 Madison Tournament
^ 2011 Madison Tournament Chicago Results Archived 28 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Chris Groom's playing statistics from AFL Tables

v t e Inaugural Fremantle Football Club AFL team
Full-back	Jason Norrish Stephen O'Reilly Phil Gilbert
Half-back	Dale Kickett Peter Mann Quenton Leach
Centre	Scott Chisholm Ben Allan (c) Scott Edwards
Half-forward	Tony Delaney Craig Burrows Winston Abraham
Full-forward	Peter Bell Chris Groom Brendan Krummel
Ruck	Matthew Burton Todd Ridley Scott Watters
Interchange	Gary Dhurrkay Jamie Merillo David Muir
Coach	Gerard Neesham
Fremantle lost to Richmond 12.13 (85) to 12.18 (90), round 1, 1 April 1995 at the MCG (Reference: Footystats)

1995 AFL national draft

1. Clive Waterhouse
2. Matthew Primus
3. Brendon Fewster
4. Scott Bamford
5. Brendan Krummel
6. Daniel Healy
7. Ben Edwards
8. Jared Crouch
9. Allen Jakovich
10. Simon Prestigiacomo
11. Don Cockatoo-Collins
12. Andrew Gowling
13. Brad Rowe
14. Luke Trew
15. Darren Wheildon
16. Shane Clayton
17. Scott Welsh
18. Brent Williams
19. Barry Hall
20. Nick Carter
21. Clinton King
22. Joe McLaren
23. Jay Burton
24. Paul Licuria
25. Daniel Chick
26. Chris Groom
27. Kane Johnson
28. Nick Trask
29. Todd Curley
30. Craig Smoker
31. Andrew Ukovic
32. Nigel Credlin
33. Sam McFarlane
34. Jason Snell
35. Brad Smith
36. Andrew Lamb
37. Scott Grainger
38. Jason Cripps
39. Glenn Kilpatrick
40. Luke Godden
41. Ryan Grinter
42. Troy Johnson
43. Mark West
44. Jonson Clifton
45. Scott Hodges
46. Ben Moore
47. Brent Harvey
48. Darren Milburn
49. Ronnie Burns
50. Brad Cassidy
51. Kane Fraser
52. Tony Campbell
53. Adam Ugrinic
54. Adam Ansell
55. Mark Bradly
56. Daniel Bradshaw
57. Paul Whitelaw
58. Peter Berbakov
59. Ewan Thompson
60. Darren O'Brien
61. Daniel Lowther
62. Adrian Burdon
63. Jacob Anstey
64. Matthew Carr
65. Eric Lissenden
66. Neil Marshall
67. Michael Raidis
68. Brady Anderson
69. Daniel Marshall
70. Ashley Fernee
71. Jason Bevan
72. Ashley Gehling
73. Stuart Lamond
74. Mark Bradley
75. Clint Bizzell
76. Ben Kemp
77. Steven Pitt