Lewis Broome 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...

er, who was drafted by the West Coast Eagles

West Coast Eagles

The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...

 with their first selection in 2010 AFL Rookie Draft.

Originally from Looma, a small indigenous

Indigenous Australians

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 community 120 km from Derby

Derby, Western Australia

Derby is a town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. At the 2006 census, Derby had a population of 3,093. Along with Broome and Kununurra, it is one of only three towns in the Kimberley to have a population over 2,000...

, Broome attended the Clontarf Academy and played for Claremont

Claremont Football Club

The Claremont Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is an Australian rules football club in the West Australian Football League . Its official colours are navy blue and gold....

 in the West Australian Football League

West Australian Football League

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 (WAFL). In 2009 he kicked five goals and was awarded the Mel Whinnen

Mel Whinnen

Mel Whinnen is a former Australian rules footballer who played with West Perth in the West Australian National Football League during the 1960s and 1970s. His 371 senior games for West Perth is a club record and also league record for any one club....

 Medal for being the best player in Claremont's premiership victory over Peel Thunder.

On October the 25th, Broome notified the club he would not be renewing his contract, and had decided to abandon his AFL career in order to move back and live with his family in Looma.

External links

• Lewis Broome's profile at the Official AFL Website of the West Coast Eagles