Past player - Michael Prior (2001 - 2002)

[Miguel Sanchez]

Michael Prior​

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DOB: 6/09/1973

Height: 182 cm

Weight: 79 kg

Playing number: 16

Arrived: Traded from Essendon at the end of the 2000 season, for pick 27 (Ted Richards)

Debut: Round 1, 2001 vs Geelong – 134th Eagles player

Games: 9

Goals: 1

Departed: Retired at the end of the 2002 season.

One of the multitude of recycled players that came to the club during the Ken Judge era, Prior had originally been drafted from East Perth at pick 3 (two picks after Drew Banfield) by Essendon in the 1992 national draft. Prior played 81 games for Essendon between 1994 and 2000 but missed out on the Bombers’ successful 2000 final series before heading back west in exchange for pick 27, which West Coast had obtained as part of the Mitchell White trade.

A speedy wingman or half-back flanker, Prior played in the first 7 rounds in 2001 before wrecking his knee against Port Adelaide and requiring a reconstruction, the second of his career.

Prior managed to make it back into the seniors for two more games late in 2002, but gave it away at the end of the season. After retiring from AFL footy he continued to play with East Perth before going into coaching.

Where is he now? Assistant coach at Fremantle[/LEFT]

 

[tesseract]

Re: Past player of the week - Michael Prior

Michael Prior of the Ori.

 

[WCE_phil]

Re: Past player of the week - Michael Prior

Michael Prior of the Ori.

I think the whole world should just try and forget the last two seasons of SG1 as though they were never made.

 

[mick06]

Re: Past player of the week - Michael Prior

One of the multitude of recycled players that came to the club during the Ken Judge era,

Just had a look through that draft to see what we could have got for 27

lol @ our trades that year. Prior, Merenda, Taylor, Sierakowski, Collica, Harding.

 

[BandF]

Re: Past player of the week - Michael Prior

I used to get physically ill when Prior took to the field.