Eddie Betts
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Updated: 17 Nov 2021
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Eddie Betts was
born. Eddie Betts went to school. Eddie Betts mother arranged for the
15-year-old Betts to move to
Melbourne and
begin a TAFE program run
by Indigenous former
footballer Phil Krakouer. In Melbourne, Eddie Betts
played football for Templestowe,
where he won the EFL Divsion
3 league best and fairest in 2002,
and TAC Cup football for the
Calder Cannons. He represented Vic Metro as
a 16-year-old in the 2003 AFL
Under 18 Championships
and was selected in the Under
18 All-Australian team that season. Eddie Betts kicked 48 goals
in 2012. He was
runner-up in the club best and
fairest count and was
named in the 40-man
All-Australian shortlist Betts kicked 27 goals in
18 games in a 2013
season interrupted by a
suspension and a fractured jaw,
including five goals in
Carlton's two finals. Eddie Betts retired
at the end of this year
after 350 games and
640 goals during his time
at both Carlton and
Adelaide.
Eddie Betts has now retied
and has join
Geelong cats as a
development coach. Eddie Betts
Played
his first
game for
Carlton. Eddie Betts left
Carlton and played
for adelaide crows. Stopped playing for
Adelaide Crow and moved
back to Carlton. Round 5 goal against Gold
Coast at Adelaide Oval.
In his 300th game,
Betts kicked a classic
left-footed banana
from about 30m out on the
boundary line of the same
left hand pocket
as his 2015 and
2016 Goal of the Year
winners. Periods
Played AFL Retired
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