Beau Waters was born on 30 March 1986 and is a former professional Australian rules footballer and vice-captain of the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League.
23 Facts About Beau Waters
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Beau Waters was in the All-Australian team in 2012, on a half-back flank.
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Beau is married to Belle Waters and has two children, Elijah and Levi.
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Beau Waters grew up in Happy Valley, South Australia, playing for the Happy Valley Football Club in the Southern Football League.
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Beau Waters made his senior debut in the SANFL for West Adelaide at the age of 17 in 2003, and was named in the 2003 Under-18 All-Australian team.
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Beau Waters was recruited as the Eagles' first-round draft pick in the 2003 National Draft with pick 11.
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Beau Waters made his debut for the Eagles against Essendon at the Telstra Dome in Round 3 of the 2004 AFL season, gathering ten possessions and four marks in a game the Eagles lost by six points.
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Beau Waters played nine more games in his debut season, gathering 25 possessions and eight marks as the youngest player in an Eagles win against the Western Bulldogs in Round 18.
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Beau Waters did not play a game in the 2005 season after being ruled out with osteitis pubis.
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Beau Waters returned to the side in 2006 as a key part of the squad, playing 23 matches throughout the season.
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Beau Waters scored his first AFL goal in Round 3 against Richmond.
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Beau Waters gained his first Brownlow votes in Round 18 against St Kilda for a 34-possession game.
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Beau Waters played in every one of the Eagles' finals matches.
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Beau Waters gathered 26 possessions and took ten marks as the youngest member of the Eagles' premiership side in the Grand Final win over Sydney, in the process gaining a vote in the 2006 Norm Smith Medal.
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Beau Waters played 20 games in 2007 and eight games in 2008 before suffering a season-ending elbow injury.
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Beau Waters resumed full-training in May of 2009 but then re-injured the same elbow, ruling him out for the remainder of the 2009 season.
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Beau Waters was awarded the Chris Mainwaring Award for Best Clubman in 2009 for his work for the club while off injured.
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Beau Waters made a long-awaited return in the 2010 season, after one-and-a-half years out due to injury.
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Beau Waters was one of the Eagles best players in a year where the club finished last, averaging 21 possessions and seven marks in a 20-game season.
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Beau Waters captained the club for a number of games after regular captain Darren Glass was ruled out for the season with a knee injury.
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Beau Waters was named the Eagles sole vice-captain for the 2011 AFL season.
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Beau Waters retired in February 2015 due to ongoing injury.
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In 2014, Beau Waters won the Jim Stynes Community Leadership Award for his work for the Cancer Council Western Australia.