years clubs statsend name originalteam birth_date article_title heightweight
1991-1993 1994 1995-1997 west coast footscray -lrb- sanfl -rrb- 1997 robbie west west perth 7 march 1969 robbie west
 178cm / 77 kg
robbie west

robbie west -lrb- born 7 march 1969 -rrb- is a former australian rules footballer who played for the west coast eagles and footscray in the australian football league -lrb- afl -rrb- .
originally from western australian football league -lrb- wafl -rrb- club west perth , west was drafted by west coast at the 1990 afl draft and made his afl debut in the 1991 afl season .
west was unable to break into west coast 's strong side , managed just three games in eash of his first two seasons , instead playing most of his football with west perth , winning the sandover medal for best and fairest player in the wafl as well as west perth 's fairest and best award .
west 's most successful year in the afl came in 1993 when he played 10 games and the following year he crossed to footscray for one season .
in 1995 he joined south australian national football league -lrb- sanfl -rrb- club port adelaide , playing 25 games , playing in port 's premiership team , and winning the club 's best and fairest award .
west was the victim of an assault in late 1995 that left him fighting for his life .
west recovered and after rehabilitation played for port adelaide again in 1997 , playing seven league games and 14 reserves games .
not surprisingly , west never regained his form of 1995 , but it was a major feat that he was able to recover and return to league football .
