Paul Maher is an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er who played for the Fremantle Dockers

Fremantle Football Club

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 between 1998 and 2000. He was drafted from Perth

Perth Football Club

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 in the WAFL

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 as the 21st selection in the 1997 AFL Draft

1997 AFL Draft

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 and played mainly as a key forward.

Maher was elevated from the rookie list midway through the 1998 season, but suffered a bad knee injury in his third AFL game, Round 17, 1998 against Adelaide

Adelaide Crows

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 at Subiaco Oval. Luke Toia

Luke Toia

Luke Toia was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Dockers between 1996 and 2003. He was drafted from Subiaco in the WAFL as a predraft selection in the 1994 AFL Draft and played mainly as a rover. He last played for Claremont in the WAFL.-External links:...

also hurt his knee in the same game. Maher would play two more games late in 1999 but could not regain his form and was delisted after not playing an AFL game in 2000. Maher is currently the reserves coach at the Perth Football Club in the WAFL.

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