Andrew Obst is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played for Melbourne

Melbourne Football Club

The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....

 in the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (AFL) during the 1990s.

Obst started his career in the South Australian Amateur Football League and represented the Australian Amateurs team at the 1988 Adelaide Bicentennial Carnival

1988 Adelaide Bicentennial Carnival

The 1988 Adelaide Bicentennial Carnival was the 22nd edition of the Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian rules football State of Origin competition. Australia was celebrating its Bicentenary in 1988 so the carnival was known as the 'Bicentennial Carnival'...

. He was drafted to Melbourne with pick 37 in the 1987 VFL Draft

1987 VFL Draft

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 but couldn't break into the seniors until the 1990 season. An on-baller, Obst was also used as a centreman and tagger. He took part in seven finals matches while at Melbourne and was a member of Port Adelaide's 1999 premiership

1999 SANFL Grand Final

The 1999 South Australian National Football League Grand Final saw the Port Adelaide Magpies defeat the Norwood Redlegs by 8 points.The match was played on Sunday 3 October 1999 at Football Park in front of a crowd of 39,135.....

team.