Courtenay Dempsey
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Courtenay Dempsey is a professional Australian rules football
er for the Essendon Football Club
of the Australian Football League
.
's South/Central West region.
Dempsey began playing football in Cairns
, where he played with the Manunda Hawks in the AFL Cairns
competition.
He later moved to Brisbane
to play with the Kenmore Bears
junior football club while also playing for his school Brisbane Boys' College
.
After playing senior football at the Morningside Australian Football Club
where he was drafted at pick 19 by Essendon in the 2005 AFL draft.
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 for the Essendon Football Club
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
of the Australian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
.
Early life
Dempsey has Indigenous Australian heritage and his ancestry can be traced to the Kalkadoon, a tribe from QueenslandQueensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
's South/Central West region.
Dempsey began playing football in Cairns
Cairns, Queensland
Cairns is a regional city in Far North Queensland, Australia, founded 1876. The city was named after William Wellington Cairns, then-current Governor of Queensland. It was formed to serve miners heading for the Hodgkinson River goldfield, but experienced a decline when an easier route was...
, where he played with the Manunda Hawks in the AFL Cairns
AFL Cairns
The Australian Football League Cairns is a semi-professional Australian rules football league that includes clubs from the Cairns region in Queensland, Australia...
competition.
He later moved to Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
to play with the Kenmore Bears
Kenmore Australian Football Club
The Kenmore Australian Football Club, also known as the Kenmore Bears is an Australian rules football club formed as an off-shoot of an older junior club which is notable as having produced Australian Football League players Mal Michael and Courtenay Dempsey.- Formation :The Kenmore Bears was...
junior football club while also playing for his school Brisbane Boys' College
Brisbane Boys' College
Brisbane Boys' College , is an independent, Presbyterian and Uniting Church, day and boarding school for boys, located in Toowong, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia....
.
After playing senior football at the Morningside Australian Football Club
Morningside Australian Football Club
Morningside Australian Football Club, also known as Morningside AFC or the Panthers, is an Australian Rules football club based at Jack Esplen Oval in the suburb of Hawthorne in Brisbane...
where he was drafted at pick 19 by Essendon in the 2005 AFL draft.