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Michael Schulze

Geelong

AFL career

91 games12 goals

Debut
R12 1985 v HAW15 June 1985
Most recent
R17 1991 v STK13 July 1991

Stats

1991
GEE
9
4.1
3.2
7.3
1.9
1.0
1.1
0.9
0.2
0.1
28
1990
GEE
9
5.0
2.6
7.6
1.8
0.8
1.4
0.8
0.4
0.6
30
1989
GEE
26
6.3
3.9
10.2
2.9
1.7
1.0
1.1
0.2
0.0
41
1988
GEE
18
5.8
4.7
10.6
3.1
0.8
1.2
0.6
0.0
0.0
37
1987
GEE
14
5.7
4.4
10.1
3.6
1.4
1.1
0.8
0.1
0.1
41
1986
GEE
11
5.1
2.7
7.8
2.6
1.3
0.9
-
0.0
0.0
-
1985
GEE
4
2.5
2.0
4.5
1.3
1.0
1.0
-
0.3
0.3
-
League
Season
STK
MO
R17
5
2
7
2
2
1
0
1
0.0
28
ESS
KP
R16
3
3
6
1
2
2
1
1
0.0
19
RCH
WP
R15
5
5
10
3
1
3
1
3
0.0
39
MEL
MCG
R13
6
4
10
2
2
3
1
1
0.0
30
HAW
PP
R12
7
3
10
1
0
0
0
1
0.0
34
ADE
KP
R11
3
6
9
2
1
0
0
1
0.0
32
FIT
PP
R10
3
4
7
3
1
1
1
0
0.1
26
COL
VP
R9
3
0
3
2
0
0
0
0
2.0
27
NTH
KP
R8
2
2
4
1
0
0
1
0
0.0
14

Profile

Born
30 Oct 1962 (age 63y 356d)
Height
193 cm
Weight
88 kg

Teams

  • 91 games, 12 goals
    1985–1992

Recruited from local club Grovedale, Michael Schulze developed into a reliable key defender for Geelong during the high-scoring Malcolm Blight era. Standing 193cm, he established himself as a structural pillar at centre half-back, tasked with quelling the competition's dangerous tall forwards while the Cats' attacking stars dominated the other end. His career reached its zenith in 1989, where he played 26 games and manned the key defensive post in the legendary Grand Final loss to Hawthorn. Despite being a fixture of the side during that breakout season, injuries and selection issues restricted his output in subsequent years, and he eventually departed the club in the early 1990s after struggling to recapture his best form.