19 Facts About Andrew Gaff

Andrew Gaff was born on 16 June 1992 and is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League.

Andrew Gaff made his debut in round one of the 2011 season, and later in the year was nominated for the AFL Rising Star Award.

Andrew Gaff has been a regular in the West Coast line-up since his debut, and in 2015 played in the club's grand final loss to Hawthorn.

Andrew Gaff won the John Worsfold Medal as West Coast's best and fairest player that year, and was named in the 2015 All-Australian team.

Andrew Gaff attended Kew East Primary School until 2004 and Carey Baptist Grammar School in his high school years.

Andrew Gaff starred in the Carey First XVIII football team as a hard-running midfielder who proved to be a prolific goalkicker.

Originally from the Kew Comets Junior Football Club in the Yarra Junior Football League, Andrew Gaff played in the TAC Cup with the Oakleigh Chargers.

Andrew Gaff played his first game for the Eagles in the pool round of the 2011 NAB Cup, playing against Hawthorn and gathering six possessions, before being rested in the second game against Fremantle.

Andrew Gaff became the third player in the Eagles' history to wear the No 3 jumper for the Eagles after Chris Mainwaring and Chris Judd.

Andrew Gaff made his AFL debut in the opening round match against North Melbourne, replacing Chris Masten as the Eagles' first substitute player.

Andrew Gaff was rewarded for his form by being nominated for the 2011 AFL Rising Star award in round 19,2011.

Andrew Gaff had an extremely consistent season in 2012, gathering a total of 591 disposals and booting 9 goals for the season.

In 2014, Andrew Gaff had further improved season, gathering 534 disposals and kicking 10 goals for the year, he played 22 games.

Andrew Gaff is ranked equal fifth in the AFL Coaches Association voting, and averages 29.9 touches a game, including a remarkable run of five straight games where he collected more than 30 disposals.

Andrew Gaff had another consistent year in 2016, despite being knocked unconscious in round 9 by Port Adelaide's Tom Jonas, causing him to miss a week and dip in form, albeit slightly.

Andrew Gaff rebounded strongly in the last month of the year as the Eagles found some stunning form.

Andrew Gaff had a career best 38 disposals in a clinical win over Hawthorn at Subiaco in round 22, and then set a new career-best tally with 41 disposals the next week against Adelaide at Adelaide Oval, as the Eagles entered the finals as the form team of the competition.

Andrew Gaff was rewarded with a place in the 40 person All-Australian squad, but was left out of the final 22-man team.

Andrew Gaff was suspended for eight AFL matches leading to him missing out on playing in West Coast's premiership.