Chris Waterman

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Australian rules footballer (born 1968)

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::summary Australian rules footballer (born 1968) ::

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Field	Value
name	Chris Waterman
fullname	Chris Waterman
birth_date
originalteam	East Fremantle
height	180 cm
weight	86 kg
nickname	Muddy
statsend	1998
years1	1987–1998
club1	East Fremantle
games_goals1	61 (42)
years2	1988–1998
club2	West Coast Eagles
games_goals2	177 (75)
games_goalstotal	238 (117)
coachyears1	2006–2009
coachclub1
coachgames_wins1	80 (24–56–0)
coachyears2	2010–2012
coachclub2	Subiaco
coachgames_wins2	63 (31–32–0)
careerhighlights	* premiership side 1992, 1994
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Best Clubman 1991 Chris Waterman (born 19 September 1968) is a former Australian rules football player and coach. Waterman's playing career started in Rossmoyne's junior football zone where he was eventually recruited by the East Fremantle Football Club at the age of fifteen. He played in the club's Colts, Reserves and Senior line-up and finished with a total of 61 senior games. In 1988 Waterman made his AFL debut wearing a West Coast Eagles guernsey, and under the guidance of coaches John Todd and Mick Malthouse, went on to play a total of 177 matches (including 22 AFL finals, 3 Grand Finals and 2 Premierships) for the club and earned "Player Life Member" status. Chris retired in 1998.

In 1999 Waterman began his coaching career, taking the role of defensive coach for his former club, the West Coast Eagles. in 2001, he was appointed defensive coach of the Fremantle Dockers until the end of 2005. Waterman also coached both the 2004 and 2005 Western Australian State teams and was assistant coach for the 2007 and 2008 State Team.

In 2006, Chris Waterman became the Senior Coach of the Peel Thunder Football Club and in 2008 signed a 3-year contract which would see him remain at the club until 2010.

At the end of the 2009 WAFL season, Chris Waterman resigned as head coach of Peel Thunder and is currently looking to get back into the coaching at AFL level.

Waterman's sons, Alec and Jake were both drafted by the West Coast under the Father–son rule, although Alec played for Essendon for the 2021 and 2022 seasons before returning to West Coast into a dual roal as development coach and as a player in the WAFL side

Statistics

|- |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1988 |style="text-align:center;"| | 31 || 7 || 2 || 2 || 89 || 18 || 107 || 27 || 7 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 12.7 || 2.6 || 15.3 || 3.9 || 1.0 || 0 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1989 |style="text-align:center;"| | 31 || 10 || 10 || 3 || 110 || 38 || 148 || 42 || 12 || 1.0 || 0.3 || 11.0 || 3.8 || 14.8 || 4.2 || 1.2 || 0 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1990 |style="text-align:center;"| | 31 || 6 || 13 || 9 || 49 || 16 || 65 || 25 || 10 || 2.2 || 1.5 || 8.2 || 2.7 || 10.8 || 4.2 || 1.7 || 0 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1991 |style="text-align:center;"| | 39 || 26 || 6 || 3 || 308 || 127 || 435 || 65 || 29 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 11.8 || 4.9 || 16.7 || 2.5 || 1.1 || 2 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" |style="text-align:center;background:#afe6ba;"|1992† |style="text-align:center;"| | 39 || 24 || 6 || 6 || 287 || 118 || 405 || 98 || 48 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 12.0 || 4.9 || 16.9 || 4.1 || 2.0 || 0 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1993 |style="text-align:center;"| | 39 || 20 || 15 || 20 || 224 || 108 || 332 || 92 || 28 || 0.8 || 1.0 || 11.2 || 5.4 || 16.6 || 4.6 || 1.4 || 2 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" |style="text-align:center;background:#afe6ba;"|1994† |style="text-align:center;"| | 39 || 18 || 3 || 4 || 127 || 56 || 183 || 54 || 17 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 7.1 || 3.1 || 10.2 || 3.0 || 0.9 || 0 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1995 |style="text-align:center;"| | 39 || 20 || 8 || 7 || 243 || 120 || 363 || 103 || 28 || 0.4 || 0.4 || 12.2 || 6.0 || 18.2 || 5.2 || 1.4 || 10 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1996 |style="text-align:center;"| | 39 || 12 || 7 || 7 || 161 || 55 || 216 || 55 || 19 || 0.6 || 0.6 || 13.4 || 4.6 || 18.0 || 4.6 || 1.6 || 0 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1997 |style="text-align:center;"| | 39 || 12 || 0 || 1 || 114 || 68 || 182 || 41 || 15 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 9.5 || 5.7 || 15.2 || 3.4 || 1.3 || 0 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1998 |style="text-align:center;"| | 39 || 22 || 5 || 10 || 265 || 146 || 411 || 112 || 30 || 0.2 || 0.5 || 12.0 || 6.6 || 18.7 || 5.1 || 1.4 || 1 |- class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3| Career ! 177 ! 75 ! 72 ! 1977 ! 870 ! 2847 ! 714 ! 243 ! 0.4 ! 0.4 ! 11.2 ! 4.9 ! 16.1 ! 4.0 ! 1.4 ! 15 |}

Notes

References

(2008-06-19). "Waterman to Coach Peel Until 2010".
(2009-09-02). "Media Release: Coach Chris Waterman's Resignation".
[https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/C/Chris_Waterman.html Chris Waterman's player profile at AFL Tables]

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