Wayne Anthony Blackwell (born 30 August 1960) is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er who 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 Western Australian National Football League (WANFL) and Carlton

Carlton Football Club

The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...

 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL) from 1978 to 1990.

Born in England

England

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, Wayne Blackwell played his early football in Western Australia and he was a centreman in Claremont's

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....

 1981 premiership team. After 112 WANFL games, some as vice-captain, he crossed to Carlton where he was used mostly on the wing and was a member of the side which lost the 1986 VFL Grand Final

1986 VFL Grand Final

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. Also in 1986 he finished third in the 'Best and Fairest' for Carlton. He missed out on playing in their 1987 premiership team due to a knee injury, while a groin injury would force him to retire in 1990.

At interstate level Blackwell was a regular for Western Australia throughout the 1980s and made a total of eight appearances. He is often remembered for a smother in his state's three point win over Victoria at Subiaco in 1986 when he prevented Brian Royal

Brian Royal

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 from kicking the winning goal.

His son Luke Blackwell

Luke Blackwell

Luke Blackwell is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for Claremont in the West Australian Football League . He formerly played for Carlton in the Australian Football League...

arrived at Carlton under the father-son rule and made his debut in 2006.