Dylan Addison is an 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...

 player who was drafted by the Western Bulldogs

Western Bulldogs

The Western Bulldogs are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne...

 in the 2005 AFL Draft, 2nd round, number 27 overall. He plays with number 22.

The Western Bulldogs have taken a bit of a gamble in using such a high draft selection on a young player from the suburbs of Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

, traditionally not an Australian football area. To date he has played as a tall forward and an onballer and is described as having good speed and being highly competitive.

He was one of the better NSW-ACT Rams players in the 2005 AFL Under-18 Championships, coming via the St George Crows in the SFL.

He attended St Gregory's College, Campbelltown

St Gregory's College, Campbelltown

St Gregory's College is a Catholic, secondary, day and boarding school for boys, located in Campbelltown, a south-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....

and completed his HSC in 2005.

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