Craig Bird

AFL:	Essendon
Number:	24
Worth:	$192,000
Status:	Retired

Craig Bird is a retired player most recently playing for Essendon.

Craig Bird (born 21 January 1989) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL).

He was drafted to the Swans with the 59th pick in the 2007 AFL Draft after previously being part of the NSW AFL Scholarship Program. He was recruited from Nelson Bay and made his debut in round one of 2008 season, wearing the number 14 guernsey, previously worn by club legends Paul Kelly and Bob Skilton. At the end of the 2008 season he was named as the Sydney Swans Rising Star of 2008 tied with Kieran Jack.

His 2010 season was delayed due to a stress fracture of the toe.

Bird enjoyed his best year at the Swans in 2011, managing to play 22 out of 24 games for the season. Bird was given a tagging role for much of the year and played the role exceptionally well for the most part. He played on some of the best midfielders in the league over the course of the season. However his best performance of the year came against the Western Bulldogs in round 18 when he kicked 4 goals as a defensive forward having been given the job of limiting the influence of dangerous rebounding defender, Rob Murphy.

Bird continued his consistent run of form in 2012 as he played on the competition's best midfielders and running defenders. Bird took his place in the Swans' 22 for the 2012 AFL Grand Final victory and went on to finish 9th in the 2012 Bob Skilton Medal, the highest placing of his career to date.

Player info and photos from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Bird

Statistics

Round	Score	G	P	K	H	M	T	H	FF	FA	IN	RB	CL
Round	Season: 2015
(Average)		1	0	8	8	3	4	0	1	1	2	1	3
Round 1	20.4	2	0	11	9	3	3	0	2	2	3	0	3
Round 23	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 22	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 21	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 20	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 19	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 18	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 17	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 16	8	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 15	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 14	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 13	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 11	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 10	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 9	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 8	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 7	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 6	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 5	14	0	0	6	8	2	3	0	0	0	2	1	2
Round 4	21	0	1	9	12	3	2	0	1	0	2	1	6
Round 3	25	1	0	11	11	4	5	0	2	0	5	1	5
Round 2	22	0	0	11	9	3	6	0	0	2	2	5	0
Season: 2017
(Average)		0	0	10	11	2	4	0	1	0	5	0	3
Round 23 (Round 23)	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 22 (Round 22)	23	0	0	12	11	2	4	0	0	0	5	0	3
Round 21 (Round 21)	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 20 (Round 20)	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 19	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 18	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 17	18	0	0	7	11	2	4	0	1	0	4	0	3
Round 16	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 15	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 14	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 12	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 11	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 10	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 9	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 8	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 7	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 6	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 5	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 4	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 3	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 2	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Season: 2016
(Average)		0	0	8	13	2	6	0	1	1	2	1	4
Round 23 (Round 23)	29	0	1	10	12	5	5	0	1	0	2	3	6
Round 22 (Round 22)	19	0	0	7	12	2	7	0	1	2	2	0	0
Round 21 (Round 21)	33	1	0	8	17	1	9	0	0	1	0	1	6
Round 20 (Round 20)	19	0	0	7	12	1	5	0	1	2	2	1	4
Round 19	37	0	0	11	10	5	9	0	3	0	4	1	4
Round 18	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 17	32	0	0	9	15	3	7	0	0	0	3	0	8
Round 16	22	0	1	10	9	1	6	0	0	1	2	2	3
Round 15	38	0	0	12	14	5	8	0	2	0	1	3	6
Round 13	25	0	0	4	8	1	7	0	0	0	0	1	2
Round 12	16	1	0	4	12	0	5	0	1	2	2	0	2
Round 11	35	0	0	8	14	3	9	0	1	0	1	3	2
Round 10	33	0	0	6	13	2	7	0	1	0	2	2	8
Round 9	29	0	0	6	14	4	6	0	0	0	2	1	6
Round 8	27	0	0	7	20	1	5	0	0	0	4	0	7
Round 7	20	1	0	11	9	3	4	0	0	1	3	2	2
Round 6	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 5	27	0	0	8	17	2	7	0	3	0	7	0	4
Round 4	24	0	1	8	16	4	4	0	2	2	1	0	3
Round 3	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 2	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 1	22	0	0	4	7	1	6	0	0	0	2	2	1
Season: 2014
(Average)		0	0	11	11	3	5	0	1	1	3	1	4
Round 23	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 22	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 21	15	0	1	5	10	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	3
Round 20	37	0	0	10	14	3	10	0	1	2	2	2	6
Round 19	26	0	0	11	15	5	5	0	0	0	5	2	4
Round 18	25	0	0	15	10	3	5	0	1	2	2	2	7
Round 17	27	0	1	10	9	1	8	0	1	2	1	1	5
Round 16	31	0	1	13	14	0	8	0	1	3	6	2	11
Round 15	17	1	1	10	7	4	5	0	0	3	2	1	3
Round 14	23	0	0	6	5	5	6	0	0	1	1	0	2
Round 13	25	0	0	15	10	3	3	0	0	1	7	1	5
Round 12	24	0	0	9	15	3	1	0	1	0	3	2	2
Round 11	33	1	0	18	15	7	5	0	0	0	4	2	6
Round 9	34	1	0	18	13	6	7	0	2	0	7	2	5
Round 8	23	1	0	9	14	2	5	0	0	0	4	1	2
Round 7	22	0	0	12	8	6	4	0	1	0	4	2	2
Round 6	35	0	0	13	10	3	10	0	0	1	6	1	3
Round 5	19	0	0	6	13	0	5	0	0	2	2	0	2
Round 4	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 3	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 2	8	0	0	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	1
Round 1	20	1	1	9	7	2	6	0	0	1	2	2	0
Season: 2013
(Average)		1	0	12	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grand Final	24	0	0	12	12	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Preliminary Finals	19	0	0	8	8	1	6	0	1	0	0	0	0
Finals Round 2	26	0	0	15	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finals Round 1	20	0	0	11	9	2	4	0	1	2	0	0	0
Round 19	20.4	2	0	8	3	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 18	20	0	1	15	5	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0
Round 17	22	0	1	13	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 16	28	2	3	23	5	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Round 15	20.4	2	0	13	7	4	5	0	1	2	0	0	0
Round 14	33	0	0	25	8	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	0
Round 13	27	0	0	14	7	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 11	20.4	2	0	13	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 10	27	1	0	17	10	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	0
Round 9	15	1	0	9	6	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 8	8	0	0	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 7	14	0	0	10	4	3	4	0	1	1	0	0	0
Round 6	13	0	0	7	6	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
Round 5	25	0	0	12	4	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 4	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 3	6	0	0	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 2	7	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Round 1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Season: 2012
(Average)		1	0	9	8	3	4	0	1	1	0	0	0
Grand Final	16	0	1	6	10	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
Preliminary Finals	23	0	0	7	16	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
Finals Round 2	22	0	1	12	10	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0
Finals Round 1	16	1	1	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 19	11.9	1	1	7	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 18	18	1	0	6	12	5	5	0	0	1	0	0	0
Round 17	18	1	0	7	11	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
Round 16	22	1	0	9	13	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Round 15	12	0	0	7	5	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
Round 14	9	0	2	6	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
Round 13	15	0	0	12	3	6	3	0	1	0	0	0	0
Round 11	24	0	0	10	14	2	7	0	2	3	0	0	0
Round 10	16	0	0	10	6	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
Round 9	21	0	0	12	9	4	3	0	1	3	0	0	0
Round 8	6	0	0	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 7	13	0	0	8	4	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
Round 6	23	0	0	7	5	1	8	0	0	1	0	0	0
Round 5	26	2	0	15	11	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 4	35	0	1	9	8	4	11	0	0	1	0	0	0
Round 3	20.4	2	0	11	4	5	6	0	1	2	0	0	0
Round 2	29	0	0	7	9	1	10	0	3	1	0	0	0
Round 1	27	2	2	15	12	8	7	0	1	3	0	0	0
Season: 2011
(Average)		1	0	8	8	2	5	0	1	1	0	0	0
Grand Final	11	0	0	4	7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Preliminary Final	6	0	0	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finals Round 2	10	0	2	5	5	1	5	0	2	3	0	0	0
Finals Round 1	17	1	0	8	9	1	6	0	0	1	0	0	0
Round 20	17	1	0	9	8	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 18	40.8	4	0	9	11	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0
Round 17	20	0	0	10	8	1	7	0	1	1	0	0	0
Round 16	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 15	17	1	0	6	11	1	5	0	0	1	0	0	0
Round 14	23	0	1	10	13	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 13	23	1	0	6	4	2	7	0	1	0	0	0	0
Round 12	28	0	0	4	11	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	0
Round 11	26	1	3	18	8	8	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
Round 10	27	0	2	15	9	2	9	0	0	1	0	0	0
Round 9	19	0	0	10	9	2	5	0	1	1	0	0	0
Round 8	21	1	0	15	6	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
Round 7	13	0	0	7	6	2	4	0	0	2	0	0	0
Round 6	19	0	0	8	8	0	7	0	1	1	0	0	0
Round 4	18	0	0	7	10	1	7	0	1	2	0	0	0
Round 3	18	0	0	5	7	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 2	11	0	0	4	7	0	4	0	3	2	0	0	0
Round 1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Season: 2010
(Average)		0	0	9	9	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0
Grand Final	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Preliminary Final	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Qualifying Final	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Elimination Final	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 18	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 17	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 16	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 15	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 14	19	0	0	11	8	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0
Round 13	16	1	0	6	8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 12	21	0	0	9	12	7	2	0	1	1	0	0	0
Round 11	15	0	0	9	6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
Round 10	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 9	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 8	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 7	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 6	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 5	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 4	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 3	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 2	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Season: 2009
(Average)		0	0	7	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0
Grand Final	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Preliminary Final	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Qualifying Final	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Elimination Final	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 18	10.2	1	0	2	7	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
Round 17	24	0	0	9	15	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 16	16	0	0	3	13	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 15	13	0	0	6	7	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
Round 14	28	2	0	7	9	1	9	0	1	0	0	0	0
Round 13	15	0	0	8	7	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0
Round 12	20	0	1	8	12	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0
Round 11	11	0	0	8	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 10	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 9	14	0	0	4	10	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 8	18	0	0	4	8	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 7	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 6	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 5	13	0	1	6	7	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0
Round 4	16	1	0	10	6	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
Round 3	20	0	0	9	11	4	4	1	1	2	0	0	0
Round 2	16	1	1	9	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 1	26	0	0	15	11	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0