Paul Sharkey is a former 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 played with Collingwood

Collingwood Football Club

The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

 in the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (AFL) during the 1990s.

Sharkey was only 16 when he came to Collingwood from Bendigo, after being secured with the 22nd pick of the 1990 AFL Draft

1990 AFL Draft

The 1990 AFL Draft was the 5th annual draft of Australian rules footballers to the 14 clubs in the Australian Football League. It consisted of the national draft held at the end of the 1990 season, the pre-season draft, held before 1991 AFL season and a mid-season draft.Clubs receive picks based...

. He didn't make his league debut until 1994 and made ten appearances in total for the season, including a qualifying final against West Coast

West Coast Eagles

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. A tall defender, he played just once in 1995 but added another ten games in 1996.

He was traded to Hawthorn Football Club

Hawthorn Football Club

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 prior to the 1998 season, in exchange for Shannon Gibson

Shannon Gibson

Shannon Gibson is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn and Collingwood in the Australian Football League during the 1990s....

. Sharkey however wouldn't play another AFL game and saw out the decade at the Bendigo Bombers

Bendigo Bombers

The Bendigo Bombers Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia playing in the Victorian Football League .-Brief history:...

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