Adam Cooney is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Western Bulldogs and Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League. Born on 30 September 1985, he was recruited from West Adelaide in the SANFL to the Western Bulldogs with the number-one pick in the 2003 National Draft as a priority pick, and he debuted in round 1 of 2004. A pacey midfielder who kicked goals on the run, he won the Brownlow Medal in 2008 with 24 votes, one more than Simon Black, becoming the first number-one draft pick and the first priority pick to win the award. He spent his final seasons at Essendon after being traded there in October 2014.
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is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Western Bulldogs and Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL)
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in the Australian Football League (AFL)
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played for the Western Bulldogs
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Western Bulldogs and Essendon Football Club
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