Kyle Reimers
DOB: 10/01/1989
Height: 182 cm
Weight: 85 kg
Playing number: 37
Arrived: Drafted with pick 47 in the 2006 AFL draft
Debut: Round 19 vs Fremantle, 2007
Games: 60
Goals: 69
Departed: Delisted at the end of the 2012 season
Kyle Reimers was an aggresive forward whose inconsistency let him down. Coming from Bunbury, Reimers played for Peel in the WAFL before being drafted in 2006, playing as a small-to-medium forward. After playing only three games in his first season, Reimers became a semi-regular in the Knights era, playing about half of all possible games, and was beginning to look like a promising prospect if he continued to develop. With his seemingly flashy and self-confident style of play, Reimers quickly gained attention as well, adding to the expectations placed on him.
Under new coach James Hird, however, Reimers found the going tougher. While Hird's fluro boots ban was well reported, Reimers struggled to adjust to the new gameplan and style of coaching, and began losing interest in the game. This came despite kicking eight goals against Gold Coast in round six of 2011. Reimers only played five games for Essendon in 2012, before being delisted at the end of the year. In 2013, after rejecting Carlton to move back to Perth, Reimers had an interview with Damien Barrett which set the tone for much of the discussion around the AFL drug saga. Reimers went on to play in the WAFL that year, before moving back to Melbourne to play for Aberfeldie in the EDFL.
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