Travis Gaspar 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 in the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

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He was recruited as the number 14 draft pick in the 1999 AFL Draft

1999 AFL Draft

The 1999 AFL Draft consisted of a pre-season draft, a national draft, a trade period and a rookie elevation. The AFL Draft is the annual draft of talented players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League.In 1999 there...

 from South Fremantle

South Fremantle Football Club

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. Travis made his debut for the West Coast Eagles

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 in Round 8, 2001 against Hawthorn

Hawthorn Football Club

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After playing only 26 games in four seasons, Gaspar played his first game of the 2005 season in the preliminary final against Adelaide Football Club. Before the opening bounce of the match, Gaspar elbowed Adelaide's Ken McGregor

Ken McGregor (footballer)

Ken McGregor is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He was drafted at Pick 75 in the 1998 AFL Draft.. He is currently a journalist for the Adelaide Advertiser and playing at SAAFL club Henley....

, conceding a 50-metre penalty and goal. He would later face the tribunal, but was found not guilty of the striking charge. Despite this slow start, West Coast won by 16 points to reach the 2005 AFL Grand Final

2005 AFL Grand Final

The 2005 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Sydney Swans and West Coast Eagles, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 24 September 2005. It was the 109th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League, staged to...

, in which they lost to Sydney. After playing in the Grand Final, Gasper never played AFL again after his contract was not renewed at the end of the 2006 season.

Gaspar is the youngest brother of Damien and Darren

Darren Gaspar

Darren Gaspar is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League .-Sydney Swans career :...

, two players who also reached AFL level.

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