(8th Eagles player)
A man-mountain of a ruckman, Alex Ishchenko was recruited from East Perth as part of West Coast’s inaugural squad, and played in the club’s first ever game against Richmond.
West Coast career[]
Ishchenko played 18 games in the club's first season, splitting the ruck duties with Laurie Keene, and finished fifth in the Club Champion award.
The following year he played 12 games, missing the second half of the season. At the end of the season he was traded to the Brisbane Bears for the second pick in the national draft.
Brisbane and North Melbourne career[]
The big Russian played 42 games in three seasons at Brisbane before shifting to North Melbourne, where he played another 70 games before retiring in 1995. He finished his career on 142 games.
Stats[]
| VFL | Gm | G | B | K | M | H | D | T | WAFL | Gm | G | |
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| 1987 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 100 | 97 | 71 | 171 | 12 | EP | 0 | ||
| 1988 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 66 | 53 | 62 | 128 | 7 | 7 | 6 | ||
| Tot | 30 | 10 | 11 | 166 | 150 | 133 | 299 | 19 | ||||
| Avg | 0.3 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 10.0 | 0.6 |
Links[]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Ishchenko
http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/A/Alex_Ishchenko.html
http://waflfootyfacts.net/player/stats.php?PlayerID=3160
| Inaugural West Coast Eagles Team Round 1 1987 - West Coast 20.13.133 def Richmond 16.23.119 |
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B: Dwayne Lamb, Michael Brennan, Paul Peos |