Dale Kickett
Fremantle, St Kilda, Fitzroy, Essendon and West Coast
AFL career
181 games64 goals
- Debut
- R1 1990 v ESS31 Mar 1990
- Most recent
- R14 2002 v PAD6 July 2002
Stats
2002 | FRE | 4 | 7.5 | 2.3 | 9.8 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 40 |
2001 | FRE | 15 | 8.7 | 6.7 | 15.4 | 4.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 64 |
2000 | FRE | 15 | 8.6 | 4.9 | 13.5 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 57 |
1999 | FRE | 21 | 9.9 | 8.4 | 18.3 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 60 |
1998 | FRE | 17 | 10.2 | 7.5 | 17.7 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 63 |
1997 | FRE | 22 | 9.4 | 8.3 | 17.7 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 61 |
1996 | FRE | 21 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 19.8 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 68 |
1995 | FRE | 20 | 10.4 | 9.5 | 19.9 | 3.7 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 68 |
1994 | ESS | 8 | 5.9 | 3.1 | 9.0 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 39 |
1992 | STK | 21 | 8.8 | 6.6 | 15.3 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 58 |
1991 | WCE | 2 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 22 |
1990 | FIT | 15 | 7.5 | 5.8 | 13.3 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 52 |
Bio
Hailing from a prominent Western Australian football family, Dale Kickett's early career was defined by unprecedented movement before he cemented his legacy as a Fremantle icon. He holds the rare distinction of playing for five different AFL clubs, enduring short and often unsettled stints at Fitzroy, St Kilda, and Essendon, as well as a season at West Coast where he played in the 1991 Grand Final. For the first half of the 1990s, he was viewed as a talented but inconsistent journeyman utility who struggled to find a permanent home in the league landscape.
Everything changed when he signed with the inaugural Fremantle squad in 1995. At the Dockers, Kickett reinvented himself as a courageous and skilful rebounding defender who used his elite kicking to set up play from the backline. He became the heart of the club's defence, winning the Doig Medal in 1997 and finishing runner-up on two other occasions. While his uncompromising physical style occasionally led to tribunal trouble, most notably following the Demolition Derby in 2000, he retired as a revered foundation player who had finally transformed his potential into consistent, high-level performance.
Profile
- Born
- 04 May 1968 (age 58y 170d)
- Height
- 179 cm
- Weight
- 81 kg
Teams
Honours
- Fremantle B&F1997
- 2nd
- 1996
- 3rd
- 1999
- Top 10
- 1998
Family
- Nephew:Leon Kickett
- Cousin:Lance Franklin, Jeff Garlett
Bio
1 revisionHailing from a prominent Western Australian football family, Dale Kickett's early career was defined by unprecedented movement before he cemented his legacy as a Fremantle icon. He holds the rare distinction of playing for five different AFL clubs, enduring short and often unsettled stints at Fitzroy, St Kilda, and Essendon, as well as a season at West Coast where he played in the 1991 Grand Final. For the first half of the 1990s, he was viewed as a talented but inconsistent journeyman utility who struggled to find a permanent home in the league landscape.
Everything changed when he signed with the inaugural Fremantle squad in 1995. At the Dockers, Kickett reinvented himself as a courageous and skilful rebounding defender who used his elite kicking to set up play from the backline. He became the heart of the club's defence, winning the Doig Medal in 1997 and finishing runner-up on two other occasions. While his uncompromising physical style occasionally led to tribunal trouble, most notably following the Demolition Derby in 2000, he retired as a revered foundation player who had finally transformed his potential into consistent, high-level performance.