Steve Armstrong

DOB

12/1/1984

Height

180 cm

Weight

80 kg

Junior club

Perth/Kalamunda JFC

Arrived

Pick 15 in the 2006 rookie draft

Number

35

Debut

Round 13 2006 vs Western Bulldogs
(168th Eagles player)

Games

36

Goals

27

Honours

Premiership medal (2006)

B&F Top 10

0

Best Finish

N/A

Last app.

Round 22 2008 vs Geelong

Departed

Delisted at the end of the 2008 season

Other clubs

Perth (WAFL) 2000-2001,
2006-2011
Melbourne (AFL) 2002-2005
Sandringham (VFL) 2002-2005
Kalamunda (WAAFL) 2016

2006 premiership player Steven Armstrong came from good footballing stock – his grandfather Ken was a premiership player and coach at Perth and his father Gary also played for and coached the club.

Melbourne career[]

The third in the Armstrong dynasty was drafted from Perth to the other Demons - Melbourne - in the 2001 national draft after winning the Larke Medal in the national under-18s carnival. He played 43 games for the Dees in four seasons, despite being injured in the 2002 Bali bombing.

West Coast career[]

After being delisted by Melbourne at the end of the 2005 season, Armstrong was picked up in the rookie draft by West Coast. Usually a hard-working midfielder, he came into the side mid-season as a crumbing forward , a position the Eagles had struggled to fill after the retirement of Phil Matera and the decline of Ashley Sampi. Armstrong played five of the last six games of the year and held his spot for the finals series, kicking a vital last-quarter goal in the grand final as West Coast prevailed by a point.

Armstrong was in and out of the senior side in the next two seasons, playing 12 games in 2007 and another 14 in 2008. 2008 was probably his best season in an Eagles jumper, with the tenacious utility hitting a purple patch late in the season, averaging 25 touches across four games. Despite that form, his cards were marked and he was delisted at the end of the season.

Post-AFL career[]

Armstrong continued on at Perth, captaining the Demons for a couple of seasons before retiring at just 27 years of age to move into coaching as colts coach at Subiaco.^[1] He spent 2017 as an assistant coach at Swan Districts,^[2] before switching to Claremont in 2018.^[3]

Stats[]

AFL	Gm	G	B	K	M	H	D	T	Cl	WAFL	Gm	G	B	K	M	H	D
2006	10	10	9	73	39	62	135	15	9	Per	12	5	12	215	99	138	353
2007	12	8	10	96	38	71	167	28	16		7	1	5	110	44	95	205
2008	14	9	11	107	55	109	216	43	27		5	4	3	72	33	43	115
Tot	36	27	30	276	132	242	518	86	52
Avg		0.8		7.7	3.7	6.7	14.4	2.4	1.4