Shane Ellis is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er who played with the West Coast Eagles

West Coast Eagles

The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...

 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL) and East Fremantle

East Fremantle Football Club

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 in the West Australian Football League

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 (WAFL).

Ellis won East Fremantle's 'Fairest and Best' award in 1982 and twice played in losing Grand Finals with the WAFL club, in 1984 and 1986. The year in between, Ellis had spent with Essendon

Essendon Football Club

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 but hadn't been able to break into the seniors.

A half back, he got another opportunity to play in the VFL when he was signed by West Coast. He appeared in the first six games for the 1989 VFL season

1989 VFL season

-Notable events:* In Round 13, horrendous conditions at Windy Hill saw Essendon and Footscray play the lowest scoring game since the 1927 Grand Final, with the teams combining for only 6.15 ....

, during which time he kicked three goals in a game against Sydney

Sydney Swans

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 at the SCG

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. Ellis played four further games that year and finished his career back at East Fremantle where he brought up his 200th game before retiring in 1991. He represented Western Australia at interstate football

Interstate matches in Australian rules football

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on five occasions between 1982 and 1986.