fullname years clubs position statsend name originalteam birth_date article_title heightweight
michael werner 1989-92 1993-94 '' ` total - '' ' essendon sydney swans key forward 1994 michael werner west torrens 10 june 1969 michael werner -lrb- footballer -rrb-
 188 cm / 88 kg
michael werner -lrb- footballer -rrb-

michael werner -lrb- born 10 june 1969 -rrb- is a former australian rules footballer who played for essendon and the sydney swans in the australian football league -lrb- afl -rrb- .
werner , who was from canberra , started his career at manuka-weston after playing junior football with eastlake .
he spent the 1988 season in the sanfl as a full-forward with west torrens and kicked 38 goals to finish as their leading goal kicker .
in 1988 he also represented the act at the adelaide bicentennial carnival .
essendon then secured his services with pick nine in the 1988 vfl draft and he went on to spend the next four seasons as a key forward in the afl .
he kicked 27 goals in 1990 but missed that year 's finals series where essendon made the grand final .
in 1991 he made just six senior appearances but notably kicked four goals in essendon 's elimination final loss to melbourne .
at the end of the 1992 season , werner was traded to sydney .
in his first game against his old club , and third for sydney , werner kicked a career best six goals .
he later played with gisborne and kicked a record 173 goals in the 1997 riddell district football league season .
