Courtenay Dempsey

Courtenay Dempsey
Personal information
Full name	Courtenay Dempsey
Date of birth	28 August 1987 (1987-08-28) (age 24)
Original team	Morningside
Draft	#19, 2005 National Draft, Essendon
Height/Weight	185cm / 80 kg
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current club	Essendon
Number	15
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2006–	Essendon	54 (13)
1 Playing statistics to end of Round 4, 2011 season .

Courtenay Dempsey (born 28 August 1987) is a professional Australian rules footballer for the Essendon Football Club of the Australian Football League.

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.

AFL career

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

Personal life

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

References

1. ^ AFL Record. Round 9,2009. Slattery Publishing. pg 75.

External links

• Courtenay Dempsey's statistics from AFL Tables

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Name	Dempsey, Courtenay
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Date of birth	28 August 1987
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