1. Aaron Wade Sandilands was born on 6 December 1982 and is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League.
14 Facts About Aaron Sandilands
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Originally from Mount Barker, Western Australia, Sandilands played with the East Fremantle Football Club in the West Australian Football League, before being rookie listed by Fremantle in the 2002 Rookie Draft.
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Aaron Sandilands was named in the All-Australian team for three consecutive years between 2008 and 2010, and again in 2014.
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Aaron Sandilands is a dual Doig Medallist as Fremantle's best and fairest player, won in 2009 and 2015.
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Aaron Sandilands was inducted into the West Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2024.
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Originally from the small town of Mount Barker in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, Aaron Sandilands originally played at Under 17s level for the Mount Barker Football Club.
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Aaron Sandilands moved to Perth, joined Willetton Junior Football Club and was selected by Fremantle in the rookie draft prior to the 2002 season.
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Aaron Sandilands spent the entire 2002 year playing for East Fremantle in the WAFL, before being elevated to the senior list prior to the 2003 season.
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In 2006 Aaron Sandilands suffered a broken jaw in the round 6 Western Derby in a clash with then West Coast Eagles ruckman Mark Seaby.
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Aaron Sandilands has been named in the All-Australian Team four times: on the interchange bench in 2008, as the only ruckman in the 2009 team, and as the key ruckman in 2010 and 2014.
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In 2010, Aaron Sandilands polled a team-high 20 votes in the Brownlow Medal, placing equal sixth overall alongside Matthew Boyd.
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Aaron Sandilands suffered broken ribs and a collapsed lung after being kneed in the back by Nic Naitanui in the Western Derby in round 3,2016.
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Aaron Sandilands did not return to football until round 20, playing two of the final three games of the season.
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Aaron Sandilands retired at the end of the 2019 AFL season.