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{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1974}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2016}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Drew Banfield
| image = Drew Banfield.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = Banfield with West Coast in September 2006
| fullname = Drew Anthony Banfield
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|2|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = 
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| originalteam = [[Subiaco Football Club|Subiaco]] ([[West Australian Football League|WAFL]])
| draftpick = No. 1, [[1992 AFL Draft|1992 National Draft]], {{AFL|WC}}
| position = [[Australian rules football positions|Defender]]/[[Australian rules football positions|Utility]]
| statsend = 2006
| careerhighlights = *2× [[West Coast Eagles]] premiership team [[1994 AFL Grand Final|1994]], [[2006 AFL Grand Final|2006]]
*[[John Worsfold Medal|West Coast Club Champion]] 1996
* 2x [[Ross Glendinning Medal]]: 1997, 2001
*[[AFL Rising Star]] nominee: [[1994 AFL Rising Star|1994]]
| debutdate = Round 16, 1993
| debutteam = [[West Coast Eagles|West Coast]]
| debutopponent = [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]]
| debutstadium = [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]]
| height = 184 cm
| weight = 88 kg
| years1 = 1992–2006
| club1 = [[Subiaco Football Club|Subiaco]]
| games_goals1 = 32 (11)
| years2 = 1993–2006
| club2 = [[West Coast Eagles|West Coast]]
| games_goals2 = 265 (76)
| games_goalstotal = 297 (87)
}}
'''Drew Anthony Banfield''' (born 27 February 1974) is a former [[Australian rules footballer]] who played for the [[West Coast Eagles]] in the [[Australian Football League]] (AFL).

Selected as the number 1 pick in the [[1992 AFL Draft]], Banfield was recruited to West Coast, where he became one of their best clubmen and hardest-working defenders and utility players.

He won the Eagles' [[John Worsfold Medal|Club Champion Award]] in 1996, as well as playing in the [[1994 AFL Grand Final|Eagles' 1994 premiership side]].

In 2006, Banfield was struggling for selection and fought his way into the side in round 9, but remained on the fringes of selection throughout the season. He missed out on the semi-final against the {{AFL WB}} but was recalled for the preliminary final against {{AFL Ade}}, and retained for the [[2006 AFL Grand Final|Grand Final]] against {{AFL Syd}} due to his experience. It was his second AFL premiership, twelve years after his first, and made him the only player to appear in both West Coast's 1994 and 2006 premiership teams. On Friday 6 October 2006, Banfield announced his retirement from AFL football at the West Coast Eagles Club Champion awards, having played 265 games.

Banfield is married to Amber Lee-Steere and has four children, three sons, Bailey (not to be confused with [[Bailey Banfield]] of the [[Fremantle Dockers]]), Charlie and Harper, and Willow.{{Citation needed|date=January 2019}}

==Statistics==
:<ref>[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/D/Drew_Banfield.html Drew Banfield's player profile at AFL Tables]</ref>

{{AFL player statistics legend}}
{{AFL player statistics start}}
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1993 AFL season|1993]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL|WC}}
| 31 || 7 || 2 || 2 || 57 || 19 || 76 || 14 || 9 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 8.1 || 2.7 || 10.9 || 2.0 || 1.3
|-
|style="text-align:center;background:#afe6ba;"|[[1994 AFL season|1994]]†
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL|WC}}
| 6 || 24 || 7 || 4 || 192 || 116 || 308 || 39 || 46 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 8.0 || 4.8 || 12.8 || 1.6 || 1.9
|- style="background:#eaeaea;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1995 AFL season|1995]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL|WC}}
| 6 || 23 || 6 || 7 || 180 || 179 || 359 || 53 || 48 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 7.8 || 7.8 || 15.6 || 2.3 || 2.1
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1996 AFL season|1996]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL|WC}}
| 6 || 24 || 9 || 3 || 240 || 220 || 460 || 72 || 48 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 10.0 || 9.2 || 19.2 || 3.0 || 2.0
|- style="background:#eaeaea;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1997 AFL season|1997]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL|WC}}
| 6 || 21 || 14 || 8 || 229 || 176 || 405 || 70 || 53 || 0.7 || 0.4 || 10.9 || 8.4 || 19.3 || 3.3 || 2.5
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1998 AFL season|1998]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL|WC}}
| 6 || 22 || 11 || 4 || 217 || 148 || 365 || 60 || 51 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 9.9 || 6.7 || 16.6 || 2.7 || 2.3
|- style="background:#eaeaea;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1999 AFL season|1999]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL|WC}}
| 6 || 24 || 6 || 8 || 259 || 173 || 432 || 59 || 18 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 10.8 || 7.2 || 18.0 || 2.5 || 0.8
|- 
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2000 AFL season|2000]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL|WC}}
| 6 || 17 || 6 || 3 || 162 || 138 || 300 || 44 || 40 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 9.5 || 8.1 || 17.6 || 2.6 || 2.4
|- style="background:#eaeaea;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2001 AFL season|2001]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL|WC}}
| 6 || 9 || 4 || 1 || 76 || 69 || 145 || 24 || 23 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 8.4 || 7.7 || 16.1 || 2.7 || 2.6
|- 
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2002 AFL season|2002]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL|WC}}
| 6 || 22 || 1 || 2 || 168 || 123 || 291 || 55 || 56 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 7.6 || 5.6 || 13.2 || 2.5 || 2.5
|- style="background:#eaeaea;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2003 AFL season|2003]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL|WC}}
| 6 || 22 || 3 || 4 || 145 || 142 || 287 || 54 || 38 || 0.1 || 0.2 || 6.6 || 6.5 || 13.0 || 2.5 || 1.7
|- 
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2004 AFL season|2004]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL|WC}}
| 6 || 11 || 2 || 0 || 110 || 56 || 166 || 42 || 21 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 10.0 || 5.1 || 15.1 || 3.8 || 1.9
|- style="background:#eaeaea;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2005 AFL season|2005]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL|WC}}
| 6 || 25 || 3 || 2 || 197 || 145 || 342 || 90 || 46 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 7.9 || 5.8 || 13.7 || 3.6 || 1.8
|- 
|style="text-align:center;background:#afe6ba;"|[[2006 AFL season|2006]]†
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL|WC}}
| 6 || 14 || 2 || 0 || 106 || 88 || 194 || 53 || 27 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 7.6 || 6.3 || 13.9 || 3.8 || 1.9
|- class="sortbottom"
! colspan=3| Career
! 265
! 76
! 48
! 2338
! 1792
! 4130
! 729
! 524
! 0.3
! 0.2
! 8.8
! 6.8
! 15.6
! 2.8
! 2.0
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links== 
{{Commons category}}
* {{AFL Tables}}
* {{AustralianFootball}}
* {{WAFL FootyFacts}}

{{Subiaco Football Club Team of the Century}}
{{1994 West Coast Eagles premiership players}}
{{2006 West Coast Eagles premiership players}}
{{John Worsfold Medal winners}}
{{Ross Glendinning Medal}}
{{1995 Western Australia State of Origin players}}
{{1996 Western Australia State of Origin players}}
{{1994 AFL Rising Star nominees}}
{{AFL number one draft picks}}
{{1992 AFL national draft}}

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[[Category:People educated at Scotch College, Perth]]
[[Category:Australian rules footballers from Western Australia]]
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[[Category:John Worsfold Medal winners]]
[[Category:VFL/AFL premiership players]]