331:. However a week before the 1996 season started, he sustained a knee injury requiring a total knee reconstruction. Unfortunately 5 months later the same knee buckled again and a second reconstruction was required; this in a season which saw North Melbourne take out both the reserves and senior premiership.
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Chicago United Football Club in the Mid American Australian League 2011 Madison Invitational Tournament. He played in games against the Milwaukee Bombers, Minnesota Freeze, and Cincinnati Dockers, finishing with 10 goals and at least 10
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Fremantle, Groom was surprisingly dropped 4 times. When not selected he played for West Perth, kicking 70 goals in 14 games including 5 goals in their premiership win over
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premiership and the 1991 reserves premiership (aged 17), Chris was selected by
Adelaide during the moratorium where the club had the first 8 picks of South Australian players before other clubs could select
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and kicked 5 goals. He finished the year with 42 goals from 25 games in a year where South
Adelaide made the finals. In
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behinds, helping
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342:in the Diamond Valley League, and then the
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287:After a very successful junior career for
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348:Victorian Amateur Football Association
16:Australian rules footballer, born 1973
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1201:North Melbourne Football Club players
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1206:South Adelaide Football Club players
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344:Melbourne University Football Club
259:(born 28 August 1973) is a former
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124:194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
1211:West Perth Football Club players
438:Chris Groom's playing statistics
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1191:Adelaide Football Club players
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375:My guilt over Andrew McLeod
261:Australian rules footballer
21:Australian rules footballer
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132:95 kg (209 lb)
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477:Fremantle Football Club
405:2011 Madison Tournament
269:Fremantle Football Club
265:Adelaide Football Club
249:AustralianFootball.com
825:Don Cockatoo-Collins
421:28 July 2011 at the
392:26 July 2008 at the
32:Personal information
1135:69. Daniel Marshall
819:Simon Prestigiacomo
387:WAFL Player Profile
263:who played for the
140:Centre-half forward
1150:72. Ashley Gehling
1126:67. Michael Raidis
1003:44. Jonson Clifton
967:37. Scott Grainger
829:12. Andrew Gowling
93:: Zone Selection,
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1099:62. Adrian Burdon
1072:57. Paul Whitelaw
943:32. Nigel Credlin
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113:: Selection 26,
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1068:Daniel Bradshaw
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964:36. Andrew Lamb
843:Darren Wheildon
792:Brendan Krummel
780:Brendon Fewster
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1110:Matthew Carr
1104:Jacob Anstey
1038:Brad Cassidy
1032:Ronnie Burns
1020:Brent Harvey
1008:Scott Hodges
993:Troy Johnson
972:Jason Cripps
933:Craig Smoker
915:Kane Johnson
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903:Daniel Chick
897:Paul Licuria
879:Clinton King
807:Jared Crouch
798:Daniel Healy
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576:Tony Delaney
569:Half-forward
519:Dale Kickett
503:Phil Gilbert
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101:: Trade for
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1170:Steven Pitt
1146:Jason Bevan
1062:Mark Bradly
1044:Kane Fraser
984:Luke Godden
954:Jason Snell
927:Todd Curley
909:Chris Groom
885:Joe McLaren
873:Nick Carter
855:Scott Welsh
647:Interchange
633:Todd Ridley
607:Chris Groom
257:Chris Groom
137:Position(s)
40:Chris Groom
27:Chris Groom
1185:Categories
960:Brad Smith
921:Nick Trask
891:Jay Burton
867:Barry Hall
715:Footystats
664:David Muir
602:Peter Bell
524:Peter Mann
474:Inaugural
358:References
245:AFL Tables
51:1973-08-28
1014:Ben Moore
999:Mark West
834:Brad Rowe
692:Fremantle
550:Ben Allan
512:Half-back
486:Full-back
243:Sources:
190:Fremantle
99:Fremantle
698:Richmond
695:lost to
480:AFL team
419:Archived
390:Archived
350:(VAFA).
310:Richmond
171:Adelaide
91:Adelaide
707:at the
346:in the
322:Subiaco
302:Glenelg
279:(AFL).
275:in the
230:24 (27)
538:Centre
283:Career
197:7 (18)
129:Weight
121:Height
673:Coach
293:SANFL
224:Total
150:Years
87:Draft
80:SANFL
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