Ebony O'Dea
Ebony O'Dea (born 15 November 1998) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Port Adelaide in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She has previously been listed with Greater Western Sydney (GWS) and Collingwood. After being picked by GWS in the 2018 national draft, she was delisted after one season. She was re-drafted by Collingwood in the 2019 national draft and made her league debut in round 2 of the 2020 season, before moving to Port Adelaide ahead of 2022 season 7.
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| Ebony O'Dea in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Ebony O'Dea | ||
| Nickname(s) | Ebs[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 15 November 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Springton, South Australia | ||
| Original team(s) | Norwood (SANFLW) | ||
| Draft | No. 71, 2018 national draft No. 89, 2019 national draft | ||
| Debut | Round 2, 2020, Collingwood vs. Carlton, at Ikon Park | ||
| Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender / Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Port Adelaide | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2019 | Greater Western Sydney | 0 (0) | |
| 2020–2022 (S6) | Collingwood | 21 (1) | |
| 2022 (S7)– | Port Adelaide | 20 (1) | |
| Total | 41 (2) | ||
| 1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season. | |||
| Source: AustralianFootball.com | |||
Personal life edit
O'Dea grew up in Springton, South Australia. In Year 12 she studied chemistry the University of Adelaide, travelling in from her town, and started playing football there.[1] She played a key role, helping the university reach the SAWFL Grand Final.[2] As well as football, she is accomplished at unicycling,[3] holding the World Record in Unicycling for "Platform Long Jump"[4] and the Australian women's record for "Platform High Jump".[5][2][6]
State football edit
O'Dea played for South Australian National Football League club Norwood under coach Stephen Symonds.[7] With Norwood she won the premiership in the 2017 season and was named amongst the best players in the 2018 Grand Final.[8]
AFL Women's career edit
Greater Western Sydney edit
O'Dea was drafted by Greater Western Sydney with pick 71.[2][9][10] At the end of the season she was delisted after not making an appearance for the club.[11][12] After her delisting she was selected for Greater Western Sydney's inaugural VFL Women's squad, together with five more recently delisted players, so as to strengthen their chances to be re-drafted.[13] This squad played only invitational games not counted for points or ladder position during teams' bye rounds.[14]
Collingwood edit
The following season O'Dea was drafted by Collingwood with pick 89, re-joining coach Symonds who was her coach when she played at Norwood.[8] She made her debut in round 2, 2020, in a match at Ikon Park against Carlton.[7][15] In May 2022, she left Collingwood to return to her home state, South Australia.[16]
Port Adelaide edit
O'Dea signed for Port Adelaide as one of the team's expansion signings ahead of their inaugural season in 2022 season 7.[17]
Statistics edit
- Statistics are correct to the end of the 2022 (S6) season.[18]
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
| 2019 | Greater Western Sydney | 20 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | Collingwood | 50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 0 | 24 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 6.0 |
| 2021 | Collingwood | 50 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 48 | 77 | 9 | 26 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 4.8 | 7.7 | 0.9 | 2.6 |
| 2022 (S6) | Collingwood | 50 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 30 | 52 | 5 | 17 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 7.4 | 0.7 | 2.4 |
| Career | 21 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 94 | 152 | 14 | 67 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 4.5 | 7.2 | 0.7 | 3.2 | ||
References edit
- ^ a b "Pocket Profile: Ebony O'Dea". Greater Western Sydney Giants. Telstra Media. 21 December 2018.
- ^ a b c Miller, Ryan (23 October 2018). "GIANTS Welcome Eight AFLW Draftees". Greater Western Sydney Giants. Telstra Media.
- ^ Bollen, Fiona (23 January 2019). "Ebony O'Dea comes from unicycling to AFLW". The West Australian.
- ^ "IUF World Records". International Unicycling Federation. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ "Australian Records". Australian Unicycle Society. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ "Ebony O'Dea Player Bio". Collingwood. Telstra Media. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ a b Mullan, Alanna (13 February 2020). "AFLW: Pies finalise side to face Blues". Collingwood. Telstra Media.
- ^ a b Mullan, Alanna (22 October 2019). "AFLW: Five new Pies added to the nest". Collingwood. Telstra Media.
- ^ Abbracciavento, Daniela (6 November 2018). "Ebony O'Dea is heading to GWS after the Giants selected her with their final pick at the AFLW draft". The West Australian.
- ^ Argent, Peter (30 October 2018). "Four Barossa women drafted to AFLW". Barossa Herald.
- ^ "AFLW Trade and Signing Period wrap: Saints and Suns swoop on last day". AFL Women's. Telstra Media. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
- ^ "Updated AFLW 2020 lists". The Women's Game. 26 April 2019.
- ^ Arnold, Caitlin (7 May 2019). "GIANTS announce inaugural VFLW squad". AFL NSW/ACT.
Due to AFLW rules requiring squads to be reduced to 22 players ahead of this year's NAB AFLW Draft, recently delisted Delma Gisu, Tait Mackrill, Ebony O'Dea, Britt Perry, Renee Tomkins and Lisa Whiteley will play to strengthen their chances of being re-drafted.
- ^ Black, Sarah (20 December 2018). "Giants to play five VFLW games in 2019". AFL Women's. Telstra Media.
- ^ Beveridge, Riley (16 February 2020). "Match report: Undefeated Pies power past Blues". AFL Women's. Telstra Media.
- ^ "O'Dea and Smith to explore opportunities, Purcell departs". Collingwood. Telstra Media. 17 May 2022.
- ^ . AFL Women's. 25 May 2022. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ^ "Ebony O'Dea - Player Stats By Season". Australian Football. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
External links edit
- Ebony O'Dea's profile on the official website of the Port Adelaide Football Club
- Ebony O'Dea at AustralianFootball.com