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Will Minson - Wikipedia

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Will Minson
Minson in 2008
Personal information
Full name	William Gerald Minson
Date of birth	(1985-04-11) 11 April 1985 (age 39)
Original team(s)	Norwood (SANFL)
Draft	No. 20, 2002 National Draft, Western Bulldogs
Height	199 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	106 kg (234 lb)
Position(s)	Ruckman
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2004–2016	Western Bulldogs	191 (81)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016.
Career highlights
VFL premiership player: 2016 2005 AFL Rising Star nominee All-Australian team 2013
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

William Gerald Minson (born 11 April 1985) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early life

Minson grew up in Norwood, South Australia and played football with the Norwood Football Club up until the under 18's.

He was a student at St Peter's College, Adelaide, where he played the majority of his junior football, while also playing as a junior footballer at Walkerville FC.

AFL career

The Western Bulldogs recruited Minson in the 2002 AFL Draft at pick number 20. He made his debut with the club in 2004.

He was known for his physical presence, being suspended for striking Geelong star Cameron Ling in just his second game.

Minson went on to play 191 games for the Bulldogs having a standout season in 2013 when he led the league for hit outs and made the All Australian team.

In October 2016, Minson announced he would no longer be playing for the Western Bulldogs and he would explore his options during the free-agency period.^[1] After failing to find a new club during the free-agency period, he was subsequently delisted by the Western Bulldogs.^[2]

Statistics

^[3]

**Legend**
G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks	H/O	Hit-outs

	Led the league for the season only
	Led the league after season and finals


Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals								Averages (per game)
Season	Team	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	H/O	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	H/O
2004	Western Bulldogs	27	5	1	1	10	7	17	4	4	37	0.2	0.2	2.0	1.4	3.4	0.8	0.8	7.4
2005	Western Bulldogs	27	17	4	4	86	64	150	33	52	207	0.2	0.2	5.1	3.8	8.8	8.8	1.9	12.2
2006	Western Bulldogs	27	13	8	4	58	46	104	25	24	131	0.6	0.3	4.5	3.5	8.0	1.9	1.8	10.1
2007	Western Bulldogs	27	6	0	1	26	22	48	8	13	73	0.0	0.2	4.3	3.7	8.0	1.3	2.2	12.2
2008	Western Bulldogs	27	25	19	11	175	91	266	88	58	313	0.8	0.4	7.0	3.6	10.6	3.5	2.3	12.5
2009	Western Bulldogs	27	25	16	4	143	165	308	89	70	365	0.6	0.2	5.7	6.6	12.3	3.6	2.8	14.6
2010	Western Bulldogs	27	15	8	7	88	75	163	48	32	197	0.5	0.5	5.9	5.0	10.9	3.2	2.1	13.1
2011	Western Bulldogs	27	9	6	2	62	49	111	32	23	167	0.7	0.2	6.9	5.4	12.3	3.6	2.6	18.6
2012	Western Bulldogs	27	21	4	6	138	154	292	57	67	667	0.2	0.3	6.6	7.3	13.9	2.7	3.2	31.8
2013	Western Bulldogs	27	22	7	5	152	168	320	40	81	860	0.3	0.2	6.9	7.6	14.5	1.8	3.7	39.1
2014	Western Bulldogs	27	21	4	6	144	108	252	33	81	757	0.2	0.3	6.9	5.1	12.0	1.6	3.9	36.0
2015	Western Bulldogs	27	10	3	3	62	40	102	17	41	265	0.3	0.3	6.2	4.0	10.2	1.7	4.1	26.5
2016	Western Bulldogs	27	2	1	0	9	5	14	1	6	32	0.5	0.0	4.5	2.5	7.0	0.5	3.0	16.0
Career			191	81	54	1153	994	2147	475	552	4071	0.4	0.3	6.0	5.2	11.2	2.5	2.9	21.3

Personal life

Minson has a younger brother, Hugh, who formerly played in the Australian Football League with Port Adelaide before being forced to retire through injury.^[4]

Off the field, Minson is known for his multi-faceted abilities - he plays saxophone, speaks fluent German and studied civil engineering at the University of Melbourne.^[5] He is also heavily involved with the charity Red Dust, which operates sporting and lifestyle clinics in remote aboriginal communities and, more recently, in very poor areas of India.^[6]

Minson is also a leading player in the Blues Volleyball team playing alongside fellow All Australian VFL/AFL player Kevin Walsh and Richmond Under 19 Premiership captain Darrel Gust.

References

^ "Will Minson's Kennel career comes to an end". WesternBulldogs.com.au. Bigpond. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
^ Schmook, Nathan (28 October 2016). "Dogs promise rookie spot for delisted knee victim Josh Prudden". AFL.com.au. BigPond. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
^ "Will Minson". AFL Tables. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
^ Young Port ruckman Hugh Minson retires
^ "Football is not the limit of player skills". The Age. 6 April 2010. Archived from the original on 13 April 2017.
^ Devlin, Rebekah (19 June 2012). "The dumbest smart bloke in the AFL".

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Will Minson.

Will Minson's profile on the official website of the Western Bulldogs
Will Minson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Will Minson at AustralianFootball.com

v t e 2013 All-Australian team
Full-back	Corey Enright (Geelong) Scott Thompson (North Melbourne) Michael Johnson (Fremantle)
Half-back	Jarrad McVeigh (Sydney) Harry Taylor (Geelong) Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn)
Centre	Ryan Griffen (Western Bulldogs) Joel Selwood (Geelong) (c) Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood)
Half-forward	Patrick Dangerfield (Adelaide) Travis Cloke (Collingwood) Kieren Jack (Sydney)
Full-forward	Jarryd Roughead (Hawthorn) Jeremy Cameron (Greater Western Sydney) Chad Wingard (Port Adelaide)
Ruck	Will Minson (Western Bulldogs) Dane Swan (Collingwood) Gary Ablett Jr. (Gold Coast) (vc)
Interchange	Travis Boak (Port Adelaide) Dan Hannebery (Sydney) Andrew Mackie (Geelong) Jobe Watson (Essendon)
Coach	Alastair Clarkson (Hawthorn)
← 2012 The position of coach in the All-Australian team has been awarded to the coach of the premiership-winning team since 1999. 2014 →

v t e 2005 AFL Rising Star nominees
Rd 1: Bradley Rd 2: Byrnes Rd 3: McLean Rd 4: Franklin Rd 5: Laycock Rd 6: Sherman Rd 7: Minson Rd 8: Deledio Rd 9: Sylvia Rd 10: Cloke Rd 11: Lewis Rd 12: Adcock Rd 13: Griffen Rd 14: Mundy Rd 15: T. Selwood Rd 16: A. Selwood Rd 17: Corrie Rd 18: Simpson Rd 19: Roughead Rd 20: Bentick Rd 21: Ablett Rd 22: Clarke
Italics denote winner

v t e 2002 AFL national draft
First round	1. Brendon Goddard 2. Daniel Wells 3. Jared Brennan 4. Tim Walsh 5. Jarrad McVeigh 6. Steven Salopek 7. Andrew Mackie 8. Luke Brennan 9. Hamish McIntosh 10. Jason Laycock 11. Jason Winderlich 12. Jay Schulz 13. Byron Schammer 14. Daniel Bell 15. Nick Smith 16. Stephen Gilham 17. Cameron Faulkner 18. Kris Shore 19. Troy Selwood 20. Will Minson 21. Bo Nixon
Second round	22. Matthew Ferguson 23. Tom Lonergan 24. Paul Johnson 25. Callum Urch 26. Jared Rivers 27. Darren Walsh 28. Tristan Cartledge 29. Luke Shackleton 30. Daniel Merrett 31. Joel Perry 32. Luke Jericho 33. Brad Murphy 34. Sean Dempster (F/S) 35. Scott Bassett 36. Tim Callan (F/S) 37. Brent Staker 38. Blake Grima 39. Gary Moorcroft 40. Jobe Watson (F/S) 41. Tim Fleming 42. Brett Ebert (F/S) 43. Cameron Cloke (F/S) 44. Anthony Corrie
Third round	45. Kade Simpson 46. Leigh Fisher 47. Bill Nicholls 48. Greg Edgcumbe 49. Cameron Wight 50. Josh Thewlis 51. Tim Boyle 53. Adam Selwood 54. Cameron Hunter 55. Ryan Crowley 56. Robert Shirley 57. Wade Champion 58. David King
Fourth round	60. Cameron Croad 62. Daniel Sipthorp 63. Brett Doswell 64. Nick Malceski 65. Lochlan Veale 66. Ryan Ferguson 67. Steven Alessio 68. James Begley 70. Matthew Lokan
Fifth round	72. Brad Fisher
Sixth round	79. Karl Norman
Seventh round	84. Mick Martyn

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