William "Billy" Frampton (born 20 November 1996) is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for the Collingwood Football Club .

Billy Frampton
Personal information
Full name William Frampton[1]
Nickname(s) Framp-chise[2]
Date of birth (1996-11-20) 20 November 1996 (age 27)
Original team(s) South Fremantle (WAFL)
Draft No. 84, 2014 national draft
Debut Round 23, 2018, Port Adelaide vs. Essendon, at Adelaide Oval
Height 201 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Weight 100 kg (220 lb)
Position(s) key defender
Club information
Current club Collingwood
Number 17
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2015–2019 Port Adelaide 03 0(4)
2020–2022 Adelaide 21 0(8)
2023– Collingwood 34 0(8)
Total 58 (20)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2024 season.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

AFL career

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He was selected with the 84th pick in the 2014 AFL Draft,[3] but did not make his debut until the 23rd round of the 2018 AFL season against Essendon Football Club on 24 August 2018.[4] Prior to his AFL debut, Frampton played 42 games and kicked 18 goals for Port Adelaide reserves in the South Australian National Football League, gaining a following with his aggressive style of play.[5] Frampton was traded to Adelaide at the conclusion of the 2019 AFL season and played 21 games and kicked 8 goals at the club.

Frampton was traded to Collingwood after the 2022 AFL season.[6][7] For a couple rounds of the 2023 AFL season, Frampton took on the role as one of the main ruckman at Collingwood due to the club's shortage of ruckmen, and he played a career-high sixteen games for the year.[8] After being dropped for the early finals, he was recalled for the 2023 AFL grand final; in a polarising performance, he had the worst statistics of any player on the ground – committing four clangers despite having only two disposals – but nevertheless had a positive impact as a defensive key forward at limiting the impact of Brisbane Lions rebounding full-back Harris Andrews.[9]

Statistics

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Updated to the end of the 2024 season.[10]

Legend
  G  
Goals
  K  
Kicks
  D  
Disposals 
  T  
Tackles
  B  
Behinds 
  H  
Handballs 
  M  
Marks
H/O
Hit-outs
  #  
Played in that season's 
premiership team
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T H/O G B K H D M T H/O
2015 Port Adelaide 38 0
2016 Port Adelaide 38 0
2017 Port Adelaide 14 0
2018 Port Adelaide 14 1 1 2 6 1 7 5 0 15 1.0 2.0 6.0 1.0 7.0 5.0 0.0 15.0
2019 Port Adelaide 14 2 3 2 11 12 23 3 3 1 0.0 0.1 9.4 5.5 14.8 4.6 1.5 0.5
2020[a] Adelaide 22 5 5 1 22 18 40 17 5 20 1.0 0.2 4.4 3.6 8.0 3.4 1.0 4.0
2021 Adelaide 22 10 2 11 64 33 97 50 8 24 0.2 1.1 6.4 3.3 9.7 5.0 0.8 2.4
2022 Adelaide 22 6 1 0 82 26 108 39 0 0 0.2 0.0 13.7 4.3 18.0 6.5 0.0 0.0
2023# Collingwood 17 16 7 3 100 49 149 51 19 133 0.4 0.2 6.3 3.1 9.3 3.2 1.2 8.3
2024 Collingwood 17 18 1 4 107 53 160 60 21 15 0.1 0.2 5.9 2.9 8.9 3.3 1.2 0.8
Career 58 20 23 392 192 584 225 56 208 0.3 0.4 6.8 3.3 10.1 3.9 1.0 3.6

Notes

  1. ^ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

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  1. ^ "William Frampton - Public Profile | PlayHQ". www.playhq.com. 7 April 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  2. ^ McGowan, Marc (2 April 2023). "Older Daicos brother says Pies are still building as flag hype intensifies". The Age. Frampton, who Pies players have nicknamed "The Framp-chise"...
  3. ^ "PTV: Billy Frampton – Pick 84 – portadelaidefc.com.au". 27 November 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  4. ^ "South Freo product confirmed for AFL debut". The West Australian. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  5. ^ Founten, Loukas (23 August 2018). "Fact file: Billy Frampton". portadelaidefc.com.au. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  6. ^ @AFL_House (15 October 2019). "Trade paperwork lodged" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ @AFL_House (11 October 2022). "Trade paperwork lodged" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ Baum, Greg; McGowan, Marc (31 March 2023). "Ruck crisis? Magpies set to lose Cameron for extended period". The Age. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  9. ^ Mark Robinson (2 October 2023). "Forget the stats sheet, Billy Frampton played the game of his life on grand final day". Herald Sun. Melbourne, VIC. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Billy Frampton statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
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