Andrew McKay

Who is Andrew McKay?

Dr Andrew Ian McKay is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League and Glenelg Football Club in the South Australian National Football League.

McKay grew up in eastern South Australia, and played junior football for Lucindale in the Kowree-Naracoorte Football League. Recruited by South Australian National Football League club Glenelg, McKay moved to Adelaide in 1991 and played 40 games for Glenelg as a half-back flanker, finishing second in the Magarey Medal in 1992 behind Port Adelaide's Nathan Buckley.

McKay was recruited by Carlton Football Club with its first round selection in the 1992 AFL Draft and made his debut in Round 1, 1993,immediately displaying the outstanding defensive skills that he had displayed at Glenelg. In his first AFL season, McKay was named on the half-back flank in the All-Australian team. He also represented South Australia at State of Origin that season, a feat he repeated in 1994 and 1995. In 1995, McKay was a member of Carlton's premiership team, the only premiership in his senior career.