fullname heightweight years article_title position statsend originalteam birth_date careerhighlights draftpick name
sam blease 184cm / 80kg 2009 -- 2014 2015 '' ` total '' ' sam blease
 midfielder 2015 eastern ranges -lrb- tac cup -rrb- 19 february 1991 * , 2012 2 × afl rising star nominee : 2011 # , 17 -lrb- pp -rrb- , 2008 national draft sam blease
sam blease

sam blease -lrb- born 19 february 1991 -rrb- is a former australian rules footballer who played for the melbourne football club and geelong football club in the australian football league .
selected by melbourne with pick 17 in the 2008 afl draft , he previously played with the eastern ranges in the tac cup , represented the under-18 vic metro side in 2008 and is an ais/afl academy graduate .
blease suffered a setback in his first year with the demons when he broke his leg , ruling him out for majority of the 2009 season .
he was nominated for the 2011 afl rising star after his round 23 performance against gold coast .
blease kicked a career high five goals against the saints in round 20 of the 2012 afl season , for this he was nominated for the 2012 afl rising star , becoming only the ninth player to be nominated in two different seasons .
blease struggled to break into the senior side during 2014 , due to the defensive nature of paul roos ' coaching .
he was called into the side for round 18 against and retained his position to play against the next week .
he was dropped after the brisbane game and requested to be traded from the club at the end of the season , however , was unable to find a new home .
he was officially delisted on october 22 , 2014 .
on 3 november 2014 , blease joined the geelong football club as a delisted free agent .
he announced his immediate retirement from the afl on 31 august 2015 after failing to recover from a serious head knock during a vfl match against essendon on 25 july .
