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Lawson Humphries (born 24 April 2003) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).




Early career


Humphries is of indigenous Australian heritage and grew up across northern Australia. He is Nyul Nyul, Oomiday and Worrora.
He started playing football in the Pilbara for the Wickham Wolves. Moving to Perth to attend boarding school at Hale and be part of the West Coast next generation academy, he would play in Swan Districs West Australian Football League (WAFL) colts premiership in 2021, and in the club's 2023 WAFL reserves premiership victory, before entering the AFL draft for a third time. He would also be awarded Swan District's 2023 reserves best and fairest.




AFL career


Drafted by Geelong in the 2023 AFL draft, Humphries started the 2024 season with the club's Victorian Football League (VFL) team. After a strong game against Sydney in June, he would be selected to make his AFL debut for Geelong in round 16 of the 2024 AFL season against Essendon.
He received a Rising Star nomination after round 18 of the 2024 season.




References






External links


Lawson Humphries's profile on the official website of the Geelong Football Club
Lawson Humphries's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Lawson Humphries at AustralianFootball.com
WAFL profile (archived)

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