Round 5, 2017, Sydney vs. Greater Western Sydney, at SCG
Height
193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight
95 kg (209 lb)
Position(s)
Defender
Club information
Current club
Sydney
Number
43
Playing career1
Years
Club
Games (Goals)
2015–
Sydney
68 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2022 season.
Career highlights
AFL Rising Star nominee: 2017
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com
Lewis Melican (born 4 November 1996) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by Sydney with their third selection and fifty-second overall in the 2015 rookie draft.[1] He made his debut in the forty-two point loss against Greater Western Sydney at the Sydney Cricket Ground in round five of the 2017 season.[2]
Melican received the AFL Rising Star nomination for round 18 after restricting St Kilda key forward Nick Riewoldt to ten disposals and one goal in the Swans' forty-two point win at the Sydney Cricket Ground.[3] After not playing at all in the 2022 season, Melican returned to the swans senior side in round 13 2023. He has started consistently in the 2024 season.
^Paolucci, Tanya (3 December 2014). "Swans finalise 2015 list at Rookie Draft". SydneySwans.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
^"Melican makes it six". SydneySwans.com.au. Bigpond. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
^McGowan, Marc (24 July 2017). "Swan's shutdown job rewarded with Rising Star". AFL.com.au. Telstra. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
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