Murray Vance is a former Australian rules football

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er who played with Carlton

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 in the Australian Football League

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. Drafted with Carlton's first selection in 1998, Vance debuted the following year and played four senior games, but spent the majority of the season with the reserves, finishing second in their best and fairest

Best and Fairest

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. Plagued by injuries in 2000, he failed to play senior game that year. The following season Vance made just one senior appearance, before being dropped and again being beset by injuries. He was delisted by Carlton at the end of 2001 and went on to play for the Bendigo Bombers

Bendigo Bombers

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 in the Victorian Football League

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Sources

• Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 8th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
• Murray Vance's profile at Blueseum