17 Facts About Emily Bates

Emily Bates was born on 18 October 1995 and is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Hawthorn Football Club in the AFL Women's.

Emily Bates previously played for the Brisbane Lions from 2017 to season 7.

Emily Bates represented Brisbane in 2016, the last year that the games were held, and was drafted by the club with the second selection in the 2016 AFL Women's draft prior to the inaugural AFL Women's season.

Emily Bates won an AFL Women's premiership with Brisbane in 2021 and was awarded the league's highest individual accolade, the AFL Women's best and fairest, in season 6.

Emily Bates is a three-time AFL Women's All-Australian, four-time Brisbane best and fairest winner and won the Hawthorn best and fairest award in 2023.

Emily Bates was born in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria as one of three sisters.

Emily Bates was selected by the Western Bulldogs with the forty-fourth selection in the inaugural national women's draft in 2013, and represented them in the first three years of the exhibition games staged prior to the creation of the league.

Emily Bates was taken with the number two pick, Brisbane's first, in the 2016 AFL Women's draft.

Emily Bates was announced as one of the "values leaders" to assist captain Emma Zielke alongside Sabrina Frederick-Traub, Leah Kaslar and Sam Virgo in January 2017.

Emily Bates made her debut in the Lions' inaugural game against Melbourne at Casey Fields in the opening round of the 2017 AFL Women's season.

Emily Bates was nominated by her teammates for the 2017 AFLW Players' Most Valuable Player Award, was named Brisbane's best and fairest and was listed in the All-Australian team.

Emily Bates signed on with Brisbane for 2 more years on 15 June 2021.

In 2022 season 6, Emily Bates elevated her game to new heights and averaged nearly 22 disposals and six tackles a game, becoming the Lions' best player.

Emily Bates polled 21 votes in the best and fairest count and became the club's first league best and fairest recipient, the highest individual accolade in the sport.

Emily Bates earned the Coaches Association Champion Player of the Year award and the Players Association Most Valuable Player award, which made her the second player in the competition's history to win all three individual end-of-season awards.

Emily Bates was named among Hawthorn's best players in its win over Carlton in week 1 but was a late withdrawal from Hawthorn's win over Collingwood in week 2, missing an AFLW match for the first time in her career.

Emily Bates returned against Adelaide in week 3 and was named among Hawthorn's best players.