Taylor Duryea
Taylor Duryea (born 24 April 1991) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). Duryea initially played with Wahgunyah in the Coreen & District Football League, winning back to back Coreen & DFL Thirds best and fairest awards in 2004 and 2005. AFL career. Hawthorn career (2010–2018). Duryea was drafted with No. 69 in the 2009 AFL draft, being a fifth round selection. Tried as a small forward when he first arrived at Hawthorn, he has switched to the backline and has carried out a similar playmaking role to Matt Suckling  and Brent Guerra. A knee injury to Suckling helped open up an opportunity for Duryea to debut against Collingwood in Round 3 of the 2013 AFL season. Duryea played 18 games in 2013 and won the "Best first year player" award. Duryea played 23 of a possible 25 matches in 2014. With the retirement of Brent Guerra at the end of last season, a spot opened up for the young Hawk. He was noted for his skills in rebound defense. He showed good form throughout the 2014 finals series and earned himself a premiership medal. On 9 October 2017, Duryea  signed a one–year deal to remain at the club until the end of 2018. On 16 October 2018, Duryea was traded to the Western Bulldogs. Duryea re-signed with the Bulldogs for one year on the 19th of November 2020. Statistics. !| Career ! 159 !! 24 !! 28 !! 1715 !! 862 !! 2577 !! 834 !! 334 !! 0.2 !! 0.2 !! 10.8 !! 5.4 !! 16.2 !! 5.2 !! 2.1 !! 0 Notes Honours and achievements. Team Individual