Sean Denham

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Australian rules footballer, born 1969

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::summary Australian rules footballer, born 1969 ::

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Field	Value
name	Sean Denham
fullname	Sean Denham
birth_date
birth_place	Essendon
originalteam	Melton South (RDFL)
height
weight
statsend	2000
years1	1987–1991
club1	Geelong
games_goals1	44 (21)
years2	1992–2000
club2	Essendon
games_goals2	142 (44)
games_goalstotal	186 (65)
careerhighlights	*Essendon premiership side, 1993
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Sean Denham (born 29 April 1969) is a former Australian rules footballer.

Recruited from Melton South, Denham was an unheralded rover, who came to Essendon from Geelong in a swap that saw ruckman John Barnes sent the other way following the 1991 season. His style of play as a tagging run-with player, typified during the 1990s the changing face of the modern game. Despite having a small stature, Denham's tough approach and ability to verbally rile his opponent, coupled with his tagging role sparked a massive on-field rivalry with fiery Carlton rover Greg Williams during the 1990s. Popular football commentator Rex Hunt once described Denham as "The Brush" or "Dunny brush Denham" during his radio broadcasts.

After a spate of poor form and injuries after the club's successful 2000 season, aged 31 he decided to retire. He and Barnes played alongside each other during that premiership season. During his 132 games for the Bombers, he played a fundamental role in the 1993 premiership side and was the club's best and fairest, winning the 1997 Crichton Medal after being runner up in 1994.

Statistics

|- |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1987 |style="text-align:center;"| | 58 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 11 || 6 || 17 || 3 || 3 || 0.5 || 1.0 || 5.5 || 3.0 || 8.5 || 1.5 || 1.5 || 0 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1988 |style="text-align:center;"| | 18 || 22 || 9 || 14 || 287 || 228 || 515 || 86 || 58 || 0.4 || 0.6 || 13.0 || 10.4 || 23.4 || 3.9 || 2.6 || 0 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1989 |style="text-align:center;"| | 18 || 6 || 3 || 6 || 67 || 33 || 100 || 15 || 14 || 0.5 || 1.0 || 11.2 || 5.5 || 16.7 || 2.5 || 2.3 || 0 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1990 |style="text-align:center;"| | 18 || 9 || 0 || 5 || 77 || 83 || 160 || 11 || 25 || 0.0 || 0.6 || 8.6 || 9.2 || 17.8 || 1.2 || 2.8 || 0 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1991 |style="text-align:center;"| | 18 || 5 || 8 || 5 || 44 || 25 || 69 || 5 || 9 || 1.6 || 1.0 || 8.8 || 5.0 || 13.8 || 1.0 || 1.8 || 0 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1992 |style="text-align:center;"| | 38 || 10 || 4 || 4 || 70 || 68 || 138 || 15 || 21 || 0.4 || 0.4 || 7.0 || 6.8 || 13.8 || 1.5 || 2.1 || 0 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" |style="text-align:center;background:#afe6ba;"|1993† |style="text-align:center;"| | 38 || 22 || 7 || 5 || 244 || 180 || 424 || 46 || 57 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 11.1 || 8.2 || 19.3 || 2.1 || 2.6 || 2 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1994 |style="text-align:center;"| | 38 || 20 || 9 || 11 || 275 || 209 || 484 || 75 || 65 || 0.5 || 0.6 || 13.8 || 10.5 || 24.2 || 3.8 || 3.3 || 9 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1995 |style="text-align:center;"| | 38 || 24 || 11 || 15 || 276 || 232 || 508 || 66 || 68 || 0.5 || 0.6 || 11.5 || 9.7 || 21.2 || 2.8 || 2.8 || 8 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1996 |style="text-align:center;"| | 38 || 17 || 2 || 5 || 166 || 174 || 340 || 31 || 52 || 0.1 || 0.3 || 9.8 || 10.2 || 20.0 || 1.8 || 3.1 || 3 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1997 |style="text-align:center;"| | 38 || 22 || 8 || 5 || 242 || 208 || 450 || 54 || 35 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 11.0 || 9.5 || 20.5 || 2.5 || 1.6 || 0 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1998 |style="text-align:center;"| | 38 || 11 || 3 || 2 || 95 || 77 || 172 || 23 || 20 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 8.6 || 7.0 || 15.6 || 2.1 || 1.8 || 0 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1999 |style="text-align:center;"| | 38 || 7 || 0 || 1 || 67 || 42 || 109 || 13 || 19 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 9.6 || 6.0 || 15.6 || 1.9 || 2.7 || 0 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2000 |style="text-align:center;"| | 38 || 9 || 0 || 1 || 75 || 58 || 133 || 20 || 15 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 8.3 || 6.4 || 14.8 || 2.2 || 1.7 || 0 |- class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3| Career ! 186 ! 65 ! 81 ! 1996 ! 1623 ! 3619 ! 463 ! 461 ! 0.3 ! 0.4 ! 10.7 ! 8.7 ! 19.5 ! 2.5 ! 2.5 ! 22 |}

References

Connolly, Rohan. (5 April 1997). "Why Diesel fumes". The Sunday Age.
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Hanlon, Peter. (28 July 2002). "Up close and personal". The Sunday Age.
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Hamilton, Andrew. (1 May 2012). "Taggers stained by dirty work". The Courier-Mail.
Denham, Greg. (3 October 1997). "Eagle Sumich set to join Dockers". The Age.
[https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/S/Sean_Denham.html Sean Denham's player profile at AFL Tables]

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