Joel Corey

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Joel Corey
Joel Corey
Full name	Joel Andrew Corey
Date of Birth	17 February 1982(1982-02-17) (age 26)
Place of Birth	Perth, Western Australia
Recruited from	East Perth (WAFL)
Draft	8^th overall, 1999 Geelong Cats
Height/Weight	190cm / 87kg
Position	Midfield/Back
Club information
Current club	Geelong
Number	11
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2000 –	Geelong	176 (54)
¹ Playing statistics to end of Round 22, 2008 season.

Career highlights
AFL AFL Premiership Player (2007) 2-time All-Australian (2007, 2008) AFL Pre-Season Premiership Player (2006) International Rules Series Representative (2004) Western Australia State of Origin (2005, 2006, 2007) Geelong Football Club Geelong Best and Fairest Winner (2005, 2008) Geelong Football Club Coach's Award (2005) Geelong Football Club Most Determined & Most Dedicated Player Award (2002) U18 Juniors All Australian U/18 (1999) Western Australia U/18 (1999) Ron Barassi Medalist (1999) U17 International Rules (1999)

Joel "Smithy" Corey (born 17 February 1982) is an Australian Rules Football player for the Geelong Football Club.

1 Career
2 Personal Life
3 Notes
4 Statistics
5 External links

Career

Corey being tackled by Hawthorn's Sam Mitchell in round 17, 2008.

Corey was drafted with Geelong's 8th pick in the 1999 draft as a 17 year old. He has since built a reputation as a tall, consistent, hard-running midfielder with an uncanny ability at clearing the ball from tight, pack situations. Corey is an important cog in the Geelong midfield, and if needed can play a defensive role within the team. Though he often goes unnoticed, Corey consistently gets the job done and because he has such a star-studded midfield around him he doesn't have the burden of getting the number one tag each week.

Highlights of his career to date include a 2005 Carji Greeves Medal victory, selection in the Australian International Rules team of 2004, and selection as an All-Australian in 2007 and 2008. Corey played an integral part in Geelong's record breaking 2007 Grand Final win. He is a part of the 6-man leadership group at Geelong.

Personal Life

Corey graduated from John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School in 1999. He was a junior Australian representative in baseball when he was younger, but Corey gave baseball up to pursue a football career.^[1] Outside of football, Corey is a quiet, humble person who doesn't particularly enjoy doing interviews saying even in Primary school speaking in front of the class wasn't his forte.^[2]

Corey enjoys surfing, in Torquay with teammate Cameron Ling, as he finds it "pretty peaceful, it clears your head". His nickname, Smithy, comes from the fact that his surname is also a popular boys given name. Though Corey still calls Western Australia home, he has no intentions of returning there anytime soon.^[3] Corey has two dogs, a Kelpie and a Staffordshire terrier.^[4]

He is currently in a relationship with Geelong girl, Natalie Giuffre.^[5]

Notes

^ Bernard, G, "Corey slips under the radar", heraldsun.com.au, 8 April 2006
^ Hanlon, P, "The power and the Corey", realfooty.com.au, 6 June 2008
^ Sheahan, M, "Corey seeks safety in numbers", heraldsun.com.au, 6 September 2008
^ Hanlon, P, "The power and the Corey", realfooty.com.au, 6 June 2008
^ Epstein, J, "There for the boys", heraldsun.com.au, 23 September 2007

Statistics

Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2008 season

Season	Team	No.	Games	Goals	Behinds	Kicks	Marks	Handballs	Disposals
2000	Geelong	11	5	2	2	39	11	23	62
2001	Geelong	11	14	3	4	102	39	36	138
2002	Geelong	11	20	5	4	198	57	165	363
2003	Geelong	11	22	9	6	250	78	157	407
2004	Geelong	11	22	9	13	242	92	173	415
2005	Geelong	11	21	5	11	292	120	205	497
2006	Geelong	11	22	8	4	298	107	231	529
2007	Geelong	11	25	7	9	338	119	312	650
2008	Geelong	11	25	6	7	339	116	391	730
Totals			176	54	60	2098	739	1693	3791

External links

Joel Corey profile on the Official AFL Website of the Geelong Football Club
Joel Corey's statistics from AFL Tables

Awards
Preceded by Mark McVeigh	Ron Barassi Medal MVP of IR Series 1999	Succeeded by Andrew McDougall
Preceded by Cameron Ling	Carji Greeves Medal 2005	Succeeded by Paul Chapman
Preceded by Cameron Mooney	Geelong Football Club Coach's Award 2005	Succeeded by Paul Chapman
Preceded by Gary Ablett, Jr.	Carji Greeves Medal 2008	Succeeded by Incumbant

v • d • e

Geelong Football Club – current squad

1 Brown • 2 Harley • 3 Bartel • 4 Mackie • 5 Varcoe • 6 Ottens • 7 Taylor • 8 Hunt • 9 Kelly • 10 Tenace • 11 Corey • 12 West • 13 Lonergan • 14 Selwood • 15 Gamble • 16 D. Simpson • 17 Byrnes • 18 Djerrkura • 19 Egan • 20 S. Johnson • 21 Mooney • 22 S. Simpson • 23 Donohue • 24 Blake • 25 Gillies • 26 Hawkins • 27 Stokes • 28 D. Johnson • 29 G. Ablett • 30 Scarlett • 31 McKenna • 32 Motlop • 33 Rooke • 34 Hogan • 35 Chapman • 36 Moles* • 37 Laidler* • 38 Hunt • 39 Milburn • 40 Wojcinski • 41 Mumford* • 42 Ediriwickrama* • 44 Enright • 45 Ling • Coach: Thompson

* denotes Rookie Listed players

v • d • e 2007 Geelong Cats Premiership Players

Captain: Harley \| G. Ablett \| N. Ablett \| Bartel \| Byrnes \| Chapman \| Corey \| Enright \| Hunt \| Johnson \| Kelly \| King \| Ling \| Mackie \| Milburn \| Mooney \| Ottens \| Rooke \| Scarlett \| Selwood \| Stokes \| Wojcinski Coach : Thompson

v • d • e 2007 All-Australian Team

Defenders Darren Glass (West Coast) • Matthew Scarlett (Geelong) • Matthew Egan (Geelong) • Darren Milburn (Geelong) • Andrew McLeod (Adelaide) • Campbell Brown (Hawthorn)

Midfielders Jimmy Bartel (Geelong) • Chad Cornes (Port Adelaide) • Kane Cornes (Port Adelaide)

Forwards Jonathan Brown (Brisbane Lions) • Steve Johnson (Geelong) • Brent Harvey (Kangaroos) • Cameron Mooney (Geelong) • Matthew Pavlich (Fremantle) • Brad Johnson (Western Bulldogs)

Followers Dean Cox (West Coast) • Daniel Kerr (West Coast) • Gary Ablett Jr. (Geelong)

Interchange Brendon Lade (Port Adelaide) • Dustin Fletcher (Essendon) • Joel Corey (Geelong) • Cameron Ling (Geelong)

v • d • e 2008 All-Australian Team

Defenders Dale Morris (Western Bulldogs) • Matthew Scarlett (Geelong) • Tom Harley (Geelong) • Luke Hodge (Hawthorn) • Nathan Bock (Adelaide) • Samuel Fisher (St Kilda)

Midfielders Jimmy Bartel (Geelong) • Joel Corey (Geelong) • Adam Cooney (Western Bulldogs)

Forwards Steve Johnson (Geelong) • Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda) • Brent Harvey (Kangaroos) • Brendan Fevola (Carlton) • Lance Franklin (Hawthorn) • Paul Medhurst (Collingwood

Followers Dean Cox (West Coast) • Chris Judd (Carlton) • Gary Ablett, Jr. (Geelong)

Interchange Corey Enright (Geelong) • Matthew Pavlich (Fremantle) • Matthew Richardson (Richmond) • Aaron Sandilands (Fremantle)

v • d • e Dream Team - 2008 Hall of Fame Tribute Match

Captain: McLeod \| Bock \| Bolton \| P.Burgoyne \| S.Burgoyne \| Burton \| Charman \| Cooney \| Corey \| Cornes \| Cox \| Davis \| Enright \| Franklin \| Goodwin \| Griffen \| Johncock \| Kerr \| Kirk \| Mooney \| Motlop \| Pavlich \| Richardson \| Rutten \| Stokes \| Coach: Williams

v • d • e 1999 AFL Draft

First Round Josh Fraser • Paul Hasleby • Aaron Fiora • Matthew Pavlich • Leigh Brown • Damian Cupido • Danny Roach • Joel Corey • Caydn Beetham • Luke McPharlin • Darren Glass • Robert Murphy • Travis Gaspar • David Spriggs • David Haynes • Ezra Bray

Second Round Rhyce Shaw • Brad Green • Paul Wheatley • Scott Stevens • Ezra Poyas • Daniel Foster • Jason Blake • Brett Johnson • Stephen Doyle • Cain Ackland • Brent Guerra • Adam Hunter • Jonathan Brown (F/S) • Paul Chapman • Daniel Giansiracusa • Tim Clarke • Leon Davis

Third Round Patrick Wiggins • Rhett Biglands • Mitch Hahn • Cameron Ling • Scott Homewood • David Hille • Kane Munro • Michael Clarke • Lindsay Gilbee • Shane Morrison (F/S) • Marcus Pickett • Adam Butler • Corey Enright • Chance Bateman • Ben Cunningham • Matthew Whelan

Later Rounds Ricky O'Loughlin • Andrew Mills • Clayton Lassock • Murray Pitts • Tim Hazell • Ryan O'Keefe • Steven Brosnan • Patrick Bowden • John Barnes • Richard Kelly • Mark Ainley • Ben Johnson • Shannon O'Brien • Cameron Bruce • Justin Cicolella • Ryan Hargrave • Robert Shirley • Tony Delaney • Bill Nicholls • Brett Allison • Robert Forster-Knight • Ryan Houlihan • Matthew Burton • Dale Baynes • Lindsay Smith • Ty Zantuck • Balraj Singh • Jeremy Dukes • Troy Makepeace • Nick Stone • Matthew Shir • Trent Hotton • Christian Woodley • Michael W. Clark • Andrew Merrington • Adam Mathews • Joe Allen

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