2001 AFL Draft 4112310 222984268 2008-07-02T01:14:52Z Allied45 1973284 /* National Draft */ The '''2001 AFL Draft''' consisted of a pre-season draft, a national draft, and a trade period. The [[AFL Draft]] is the annual draft of talented players by [[Australian rules football]] teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the [[Australian Football League]]. In 2001 there were 83 picks to be drafted between 16 teams in the national draft. The [[Fremantle Football Club|Fremantle Dockers]] originally received the first pick in the national draft after finishing on the bottom of the ladder in the [[2001 AFL season]] but they traded it to [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]] for [[Trent Croad]]. The draft is known widely as the "superdraft" <sup>[http://westcoasteagles.com.au/default.asp?pg=featurestories&spg=display&articleid=232596]</sup> due to both the recruitment of modern star players such as [[Chris Judd|Judd]], [[Jimmy Bartel|Bartel]], [[Luke Hodge|Hodge]], [[Luke Ball|Ball]], [[Gary Ablett, Jr.|Ablett]], [[Nick Dal Santo|Dal Santo]], [[Steve Johnson (footballer)|S.Johnson]], and [[Sam Mitchell (footballer)|Mitchell]], as well as the depth of talent throughout all 83 picks. The [[2006 AFL Draft]] was considered to have comparable talent. <ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/news/Sport/AFL-draft-hailed-as-strongest-ever/2006/11/26/1164476063117.html AFL draft hailed as strongest ever - Breaking News - Sport - Breaking News<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ==Trades== ''In alphabetical order of new clubs'' {| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" |- bgcolor="#cccccc" || '''Player''' || '''Original Club''' || '''[[:Category:Australian Football League clubs|New Club]]'''||'''Traded For''' |- | [[Ryan Fitzgerald]] | [[Sydney Swans]] | [[Adelaide Crows]] | Draft Pick #28 |- | [[Kris Massie]] | [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]] | [[Adelaide Crows]] | [[Andrew Eccles]] |- | [[Ben Nelson (footballer)|Ben Nelson]] | [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]] | [[Adelaide Crows]] | [[David Gallagher]] |- | [[Daniel Schell]] | [[Fremantle Football Club|Fremantle]] | [[Adelaide Crows]] | [[Peter Vardy (footballer)|Peter Vardy]] |- | [[Andrew Eccles]] | [[Adelaide Crows]] | [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]] | [[Kris Massie]] |- | [[David Gallagher]] | [[Adelaide Crows]] | [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]] | [[Ben Nelson]] |- | [[Corey McKernan]] | [[Kangaroos Football Club|Kangaroos]] | [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]] | [[Mark Porter]] and Draft Picks #14 & #30 |- | [[Justin Murphy (Australian rules footballer)|Justin Murphy]] | [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]] | [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]] | Draft Pick #23 |- | [[Lindsay Smith]] | [[Kangaroos Football Club|Kangaroos]] | [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]] | Draft Pick #61 |- | [[Trent Croad]] | [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]] | [[Fremantle Football Club|Fremantle]] | Draft Picks #1, #20 & #36 |- | [[Jeff Farmer (footballer)|Jeff Farmer]] | [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]] | [[Fremantle Football Club|Fremantle]] | Draft Pick #17 |- | [[Luke McPharlin]] | [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]] | [[Fremantle Football Club|Fremantle]] | Draft Picks #1, #20 & #36 |- | [[Troy Simmonds]] | [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]] | [[Fremantle Football Club|Fremantle]] | [[Daniel Bandy]] |- | [[Brent Grgic]] | [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]] | [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]] | Draft Pick #55 |- | [[David Bourke]] | [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]] | [[Kangaroos Football Club|Kangaroos]] | Draft Pick #68 |- | [[Mark Porter]] | [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]] | [[Kangaroos Football Club|Kangaroos]] | [[Corey McKernan]] and Draft Picks #23 & #39 |- | [[Clint Bizzell]] | [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]] | [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]] | Draft Picks #17 & #41 |- | [[Craig Ellis]] | [[Western Bulldogs]] | [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]] | [[Troy Simmonds]] |- | [[Peter Vardy (footballer)|Peter Vardy]] | [[Adelaide Crows]] | [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]] | Draft Pick #56 |- | [[Damien Hardwick]] | [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]] | [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]] | Draft Picks #31 & 47 |- | [[Paul Hudson (Australian rules footballer)|Paul Hudson]] | [[Western Bulldogs]] | [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]] | Draft Pick #49 |- | [[Greg Stafford (footballer)|Greg Stafford]] | [[Sydney Swans]] | [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]] | [[Nick Daffy]] and Draft Pick #17 |- | [[Heath Black]] | [[Fremantle Football Club|Fremantle]] | [[St. Kilda Football Club|St. Kilda]] | Draft Pick #17 |- | [[Trent Knobel]] | [[Brisbane Lions]] | [[St. Kilda Football Club|St. Kilda]] | Draft Pick #45 |- | [[Nick Daffy]] | [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]] | [[Sydney Swans]] | [[Greg Stafford]] |- | [[Barry Hall]] | [[St. Kilda Football Club|St. Kilda]] | [[Sydney Swans]] | Draft Pick #13, #17 & #45 |- | [[Daniel Bandy]] | [[Fremantle Football Club|Fremantle]] | [[Western Bulldogs]] | [[Craig Ellis]] and Draft Pick #26 |- | [[Marcus Picken]] | [[Brisbane Lions]] | [[Western Bulldogs]] | Draft Pick #49 |- | [[Shannon Rusca]] | [[Brisbane Lions]] | [[Western Bulldogs]] | Draft Pick #49 |} ==National Draft== {| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" |- bgcolor="#cccccc" || '''Round''' || '''Pick''' || '''Player''' || '''Recruited from''' || '''[[:Category:Australian Football League clubs|Club]]''' |- | [[Priority draft pick|Priority]] | 1 | [[Luke Hodge]] | [[Geelong Falcons]] | [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]] |- | [[Priority draft pick|Priority]] | 2 | [[Luke Ball]] | [[Sandringham Dragons]] | [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]] |- | [[Priority draft pick|Priority]] | 3 | [[Chris Judd]] | [[Sandringham Dragons]] | [[West Coast Eagles]] |- | 1 | 4 | [[Graham Polak]] | [[East Fremantle Football Club]] | [[Fremantle Football Club|Fremantle]] |- | 1 | 5 | [[Xavier Clarke]] | [[St Mary's Football Club]] | [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]] |- | 1 | 6 | [[Ashley Sampi]] | [[South Fremantle Football Club]] | [[West Coast Eagles]] |- | 1 | 7 | [[David Hale (footballer)|David Hale]] | [[Broadbeach]] | [[North Melbourne Football Club|Kangaroos]] |- | 1 | 8 | [[James Bartel]] | [[Geelong Falcons]] | [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]] |- | 1 | 9 | [[Luke Molan]] | [[Geelong Falcons]] | [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]] |- | 1 | 10 | [[Sam Power]] | [[Oakleigh Chargers]] | [[Western Bulldogs]] |- | 1 | 11 | [[Richard Cole (footballer)|Richard Cole]] | [[Eastern Rangers]] | [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] |- | 1 | 12 | [[Brent Reilly]] | [[Calder Cannons]] | [[Adelaide Football Club|Adelaide]] |- | 1 | 13 | [[Nick Dal Santo]] | [[Bendigo Pioneers]] | [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]] |- | 1 | 14 | [[Ashley Watson]] | [[Bendigo Pioneers]] | [[North Melbourne Football Club|Kangaroos]] |- | 1 | 15 | [[Barry Brooks]] | [[Tasmania Mariners]] | [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]] |- | 1 | 16 | [[Rick Ladson]] | [[Bendigo Pioneers]] | [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]] |- | 1 | 17 | [[James Kelly (Australian rules footballer)|James Kelly]] | [[Calder Cannons]] | [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]] |- | 1 | 18 | [[Shane Harvey]] | [[Northern Knights]] | [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]] |- | 1 | 19 | [[Jason Gram]] | [[Gippsland Power]] | [[Brisbane Lions]] |- | 2 | 20 | [[Daniel Elstone]] | [[Bendigo Pioneers]] | [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]] |- | 2 | 21 | [[Matt Maguire]] | [[Geelong Falcons]] | [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]] |- | 2 | 22 | [[Mark Seaby]] | [[West Perth Football Club]] | [[West Coast Eagles|West Coast]] |- | 2 | 23 | [[Charlie Gardiner]] | [[Sandringham Dragons]] | [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]] |- | 2 | 24 | [[Steve Johnson (footballer)|Steve Johnson]] | [[Murray Bushrangers]] | [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]] |- | 2 | 25 | [[Steven Armstrong]] | [[Perth Football Club]] | [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]] |- | 2 | 26 | [[Aaron Rogers]] | [[NSW/ACT Rams]] | [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]] |- | 2 | 27 | [[Tom Davidson]] | [[Geelong Falcons]] | [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] |- | 2 | 28 | [[Mark Powell]] | [[Murray Bushrangers]] | [[Sydney Swans|Sydney]] |- | 2 | 29 | [[Lewis Roberts-Thomson]] | [[NSW/ACT Rams]] | [[Sydney Swans|Sydney]] |- | 2 | 30 | [[Rod Crowe]] | [[Sandringham Dragons]] | [[North Melbourne Football Club|Kangaroos]] |- | 2 | 31 | [[Joel Reynolds]] | [[Geelong Falcons]] | [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]] |- | 2 | 32 | [[Campbell Brown]] | [[Oakleigh Chargers]] | [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]] |- | 2 | 33 | [[David Rodan]] | [[Calder Cannons]] | [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]] |- | 2 | 34 | [[Simon O'Keefe]] | [[Murray Bushrangers]] | [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]] |- | 2 | 35 | [[Jarrad Wright]] | [[Woodville-West Torrens]] | [[Brisbane Lions]] |- | 3 | 36 | [[Sam Mitchell (footballer)|Sam Mitchell]] | [[Box Hill Hawks]] | [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]] |- | 3 | 37 | [[Leigh Montagna ]] | [[Northern Knights]] | [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]] |- | 3 | 38 | [[Ashley Hansen]] | [[Oakleigh Chargers]] | [[West Coast Eagles]] |- | 3 | 39 | [[Justin Davies]] | [[Murray Bushrangers]] | [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]] |- | 3 | 40 (F/S) | [[Gary Ablett, Jr.]] | [[Geelong Falcons]] | [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]] |- | 3 | 41 | [[Henry Playfair]] | [[NSW/ACT Rams]] | [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]] |- | 3 | 42 | [[Kieran McGuinness]] | [[Eastern Rangers]] | [[Western Bulldogs]] |- | 3 | 43 | [[Mark McGough]] | [[Murray Bushrangers]] | [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] |- | 3 | 44 | [[Ben Finnin]] | [[Northern Knights]] | [[Adelaide Football Club|Adelaide]] |- | 3 | 45 | [[Nathan Clarke]] | [[Brisbane]] | [[Brisbane Lions]] |- | 3 | 46 | [[Jarrad Waite]] | [[Murray Bushrangers]] | [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]] |- | 3 | 47 | [[Andrew Welsh]] | [[Calder Cannons]] | [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]] |- | 3 | 48 | [[Simon Cox (AFL)|Simon Cox]] | [[Western Bulldogs]] | [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]] |- | 3 | 49 | [[Josh Houlihan]] | [[Murray Bushrangers]] | [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]] |- | 3 | 50 | [[Paul Salmon]] | [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]] | [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]] |- | 3 | 51 | Pass | - | [[Brisbane Lions]] |- | 4 | 52 | [[Andrew Browne]] | [[Claremont Football Club|Claremont]] | [[Fremantle Football Club|Fremantle]] |- | 4 | 53 | [[Daniel Hunt]] | [[South Fremantle Football Club|South Fremantle]] | [[Sydney Swans|Sydney]] |- | 4 | 54 | [[Ben Robbins]] | [[North Melbourne Football Club|Kangaroos]] | [[Brisbane Lions]] |- | 4 | 55 | [[Brad Miller]] | [[Mt Gravatt]] | [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]] |- | 4 | 56 | [[Paul Medhurst]] | [[Claremont Football Club|Claremont]] | [[Fremantle Football Club|Fremantle]] |- | 4 | 57 | [[Brent Colbert]] | [[Northern Knights]] | [[Western Bulldogs]] |- | 4 | 58 | [[Dane Swan]] | [[Calder Cannons]] | [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] |- | 4 | 59 | [[Jacob Schuback]] | [[Gippsland Power]] | [[Adelaide Football Club|Adelaide]] |- | 4 | 60 | [[Adam Schneider]] | [[NSW/ACT Rams]] | [[Sydney Swans|Sydney]] |- | 4 | 61 | [[Mick Martyn]] | [[North Melbourne Football Club|Kangaroos]] | [[North Melbourne Football Club|Kangaroos]] |- | 4 | 62 | [[Damon White]] | [[Perth Football Club|Perth]] | [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]] |- | 4 | 63 | [[Adam Houlihan]] | [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]] | [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]] |- | 4 | 64 | [[Daniel McAlister]] | [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]] | [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]] |- | 5 | 65 | Pass | - | [[Brisbane Lions]] |- | 5 | 66 | Pass | - | [[Fremantle Football Club|Fremantle]] |- | 5 | 67 | Pass | - | [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]] |- | 6 | 68 | [[Chris Hyde]] | [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]] | [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]] |- | 6 | 69 | [[Matthew McCarthy]] | [[Old Xavierians]] | [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]] |- | 6 | 70 | Pass | - | [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]] |- | 6 | 71 | [[Brian Lake|Brian Harris]] | [[Woodville-West Torrens]] | [[Western Bulldogs]] |- | 6 | 72 | [[Tristen Walker]] | [[Claremont Football Club|Claremont]] | [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] |- | 6 | 73 | Pass | - | [[Adelaide Football Club|Adelaide]] |- | 6 | 74 | [[Ricky Mott]] | [[South Fremantle Football Club|South Fremantle]] | [[Sydney Swans|Sydney]] |- | 6 | 75 | [[Sam Cranage]] | [[Carlton Blues|Carlton]] | [[Carlton Blues|Carlton]] |- | 6 | 76 | [[Jared Poulton]] | [[Port Adelaide Power|Port Adelaide]] | [[Port Adelaide Power|Port Adelaide]] |- | 6 | 77 | [[Martin McGrath]] | [[South Fremantle Football Club|South Fremantle]] | [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]] |- | 6 | 78 | Pass | - | [[Essendon Bombers|Essendon]] |- | 7 | 79 | Pass | - | [[St Kilda FC|St Kilda]] |- | 7 | 80 | [[Hugh Foott]] | [[Bendigo Pioneers]] | [[North Melbourne Football Club|Kangaroos]] |- | 7 | 81 | [[David Johnson (Australian rules footballer)|David Johnson]] | [[Essendon Bombers|Essendon Rookies]] | [[Geelong Cats|Geelong]] |- | 7 | 82 | Pass | - | [[Melbourne Demons|Melbourne]] |- | 8 | 83 | [[Aaron James]] | [[Richmond Tigers|Richmond]] | [[Western Bulldogs]] |} ==Pre-season Draft== {| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" |- bgcolor="#cccccc" || '''Pick''' || '''Player''' || '''Recruited from''' || '''[[:Category:Australian Football League clubs|Club]]''' |- | 1 | Pass | | [[St. Kilda Football Club|St. Kilda]] |- | 2 | [[Aaron Lord]] | [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]] | [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]] |- | 3 | [[Nathan Saunders]] | [[Werribee Football Club]] | [[Western Bulldogs]] |- | 4 | [[Scott Cummings]] | [[West Coast Eagles]] | [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] |- | 5 | [[Trent Hentschel]] | [[Woodville-West Torrens Football Club]] | [[Adelaide Crows]] |- | 6 | [[Tony Lockett]] | [[Sydney Swans]] | [[Sydney Swans]] |- | 7 | Pass | | [[St. Kilda Football Club|St. Kilda]] |- | 8 | Pass | | [[St. Kilda Football Club|St. Kilda]] |} == See also == * [[WP:AFL|WikiProject AFL]] for more AFL information * [http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=draft Official AFL Draft page] ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} {{afldraft}} {{2001 AFL Draft}} [[Category:2001 in Australian rules football|AFL Draft]] [[Category:AFL Draft]]