Lochie O'Brien


Lochie O'Brien is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League. He was drafted by Carlton with their second selection and tenth overall in the 2017 national draft. He made his debut in the eighty-six point loss to at Blundstone Arena in round four of the 2018 season. O'Brien was given a contract extension keeping him at the club until 2021.

Early life and junior career

Lochie grew up in rural Victoria and played junior football for the South Mildura Football Club. Growing up a Collingwood fan, his father Denis managed to play a single senior game for the Magpies in 1971. Lochie had a promising athletics career growing up, breaking regional records in the 400 and 1500m categories and eventually breaking the state's school record with a time of 51.06 seconds. His impressive sporting background gave him the opportunity to attend Geelong Grammar School. It was not long before he was picked up by the Bendigo Pioneers of the TAC Cup.

Statistics

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2018
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2019
! colspan=3| Career
! 32
! 8
! 3
! 298
! 128
! 426
! 143
! 42
! 0.3
! 0.1
! 9.3
! 4.0
! 13.3
! 4.5
! 1.3