Steven Febey

Steven Febey (born 19 August 1969) is a former Australian rules football player for the Melbourne Football Club from Devonport. He is the twin brother of Matthew Febey who he played beside for most of his career.

Steven Febey
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-08-19) 19 August 1969
Original team(s) Devonport
Draft No. 3, 1986 national draft
Height 184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 82 kg (181 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1987–2001 Melbourne 258 (40)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
1989 Tasmania 1 (0)
1990 Victoria 1 (0)
1993 Tasmania 1 (0)
1995 Allies 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2001.
Career highlights
  • 3rd 1998 Best and Fairest
  • 1989 Pre-season premiership side
  • 1997 Melbourne Life Member
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Febey debuted in 1988 and was a regular in the team throughout the 1990s, wearing guernsey number 21. During the 2001 season he was dropped from the side but came back strongly to finish fourth in the best and fairest.

When he retired in 2002 with 258 games to his name he held the record for most appearances by a player selected in the national draft. He fell just short of Robert Flower's club record of 272 games and as of 2007 only four people have played more games for the Demons

After the 2002 season, Febey went to Bali with his teammates and was caught up in the bombings which devastated the island. Standing beside former Demons player Steven Armstrong and David Robbins, Febey was about to enter the Sari Club when the car bomb exploded. He escaped with just minor injuries.

He was the only Demon to play in both of Melbourne's 1988 and 2000 losing grand finals.

Statistics
[1]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
1988 Melbourne 21121791231142490.10.67.61.99.52.00.8
1989 Melbourne 2120312528633873260.20.112.64.316.93.71.3
1990 Melbourne 2123692568033677260.30.411.13.514.63.31.1
1991 Melbourne 2119382206828869350.20.411.63.615.23.61.8
1992 Melbourne 2114221218120244210.10.18.65.814.43.11.5
1993 Melbourne 21202525817943757220.10.312.99.021.92.91.1
1994 Melbourne 21253430115445566430.10.212.06.218.22.61.7
1995 Melbourne 21222428710739495230.10.213.04.917.94.31.0
1996 Melbourne 215003824621050.00.07.64.812.42.01.0
1997 Melbourne 21202621513234751230.10.310.86.617.42.61.2
1998 Melbourne 21257330919150077600.30.112.47.620.03.12.4
1999 Melbourne 2112021257319833160.00.210.46.116.52.81.3
2000 Melbourne 21212423912436355380.10.211.45.917.32.61.8
2001 Melbourne 21207220715336067380.40.110.47.718.03.41.9
Career 258 40 57 2919 1475 4394 798 385 0.2 0.2 11.3 5.7 17.0 3.1 1.5

References
  1. "Steven Febey stats". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
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