Steven Febey

Steven Febey
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-08-19) 19 August 1969 (age 55)
Original team(s) Devonport
Draft No. 3, 1986 national draft
Height 184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 82 kg (181 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1987–2001 Melbourne 258 (40)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
1989 Tasmania 1 (0)
1990 Victoria 1 (0)
1993 Tasmania 1 (0)
1995 Allies 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2001.
Career highlights
  • 3rd 1998 Best and Fairest
  • 1989 Pre-season premiership side
  • 1997 Melbourne Life Member
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Steven Febey (born 19 August 1969) is a former Australian rules football player for the Melbourne Football Club from Devonport. He is the twin brother of Matthew Febey beside whom he played for most of his career.

Febey debuted in 1988 and was a regular in the team throughout the 1990s, wearing guernsey number 21. During the 2001 season he was dropped from the side but came back strongly to finish fourth in the best and fairest.

When he retired in 2002 with 258 games to his name he held the record for most appearances by a player selected in the national draft. He fell just short of Robert Flower's club record of 272 games and as of 2007 only four people have played more games for the Demons

After the 2002 season, Febey went to Bali with his teammates and was caught up in the bombings which devastated the island. Standing beside former Demons player Steven Armstrong and David Robbins, Febey was about to enter the Sari Club when the car bomb exploded. He escaped with just minor injuries.

He was the only Demon to play in both the 1988 and 2000 losing grand final teams.

Statistics

[1]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
1988 Melbourne 21 12 1 7 91 23 114 24 9 0.1 0.6 7.6 1.9 9.5 2.0 0.8
1989 Melbourne 21 20 3 1 252 86 338 73 26 0.2 0.1 12.6 4.3 16.9 3.7 1.3
1990 Melbourne 21 23 6 9 256 80 336 77 26 0.3 0.4 11.1 3.5 14.6 3.3 1.1
1991 Melbourne 21 19 3 8 220 68 288 69 35 0.2 0.4 11.6 3.6 15.2 3.6 1.8
1992 Melbourne 21 14 2 2 121 81 202 44 21 0.1 0.1 8.6 5.8 14.4 3.1 1.5
1993 Melbourne 21 20 2 5 258 179 437 57 22 0.1 0.3 12.9 9.0 21.9 2.9 1.1
1994 Melbourne 21 25 3 4 301 154 455 66 43 0.1 0.2 12.0 6.2 18.2 2.6 1.7
1995 Melbourne 21 22 2 4 287 107 394 95 23 0.1 0.2 13.0 4.9 17.9 4.3 1.0
1996 Melbourne 21 5 0 0 38 24 62 10 5 0.0 0.0 7.6 4.8 12.4 2.0 1.0
1997 Melbourne 21 20 2 6 215 132 347 51 23 0.1 0.3 10.8 6.6 17.4 2.6 1.2
1998 Melbourne 21 25 7 3 309 191 500 77 60 0.3 0.1 12.4 7.6 20.0 3.1 2.4
1999 Melbourne 21 12 0 2 125 73 198 33 16 0.0 0.2 10.4 6.1 16.5 2.8 1.3
2000 Melbourne 21 21 2 4 239 124 363 55 38 0.1 0.2 11.4 5.9 17.3 2.6 1.8
2001 Melbourne 21 20 7 2 207 153 360 67 38 0.4 0.1 10.4 7.7 18.0 3.4 1.9
Career 258 40 57 2919 1475 4394 798 385 0.2 0.2 11.3 5.7 17.0 3.1 1.5

References

  1. ^ "Steven Febey stats". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 November 2016.