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Key Facts

Full name
Ashley Wayne Blurton

Known as
Ashley Blurton

Born
5 March 1975 (age 49)

Ethnicity
Indigenous Australian

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 20y 118d
Last game: 24y 63d

Height and weight
Height: 177 cm
Weight: 81 kg

Senior clubs
West Perth; West Coast; Richmond; Peel Thunder

Jumper numbers
West Coast: 35, 32
Richmond: 24

Recruited from
West Perth (1996); West Coast (1998); Richmond (2000)

Ashley Blurton

Advanced stats
ClubLeagueCareer spanGamesGoalsAvgWin %AKIAHBAMKBV
West PerthWR1994-199762250.40—————
West CoastAFL1995-19971020.2050%4.103.001.900
RichmondAFL1998-19991470.5036%6.144.432.640
Peel ThunderWAFL2000-200125150.60—————
WAFL1994-1997, 2000-200187400.46—————
AFL1995-19992490.3842%5.293.832.330
Total1994-2001111490.44—————

AFL: 10,634th player to appear, 6,114th most games played, 5,260th most goals kickedWest Coast: 94th player to appear, 210th most games played, 209th most goals kickedRichmond: 999th player to appear, 621st most games played, 478th most goals kicked

Ashley Blurton was a small utility who enjoyed a fine WAFL/Westar Rules¹ career but struggled to cope with the heightened intensity of the AFL. He played 62 games and kicked 25 goals for West Perth between 1994 and 1997, and was a member of the club’s 1995 premiership-winning team. From 1995 to 1997 he was on West Coast’s list, but only managed to register 10 games and two goals during that time. It was a similar story at his next AFL club, Richmond, where he played 14 games and kicked seven goals in 1998-9. Returning to Western Australia he transferred his allegiance to Peel Thunder, adding a final 25 games and 15 goals before retiring.

Author - John Devaney

Footnotes

1. Between 1997 and 2000 Western Australia’s premier football competition was known as Westar Rules.

Sources

Full Points Footy Publications, Crème de la Crème

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.