Steven Handley is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er who played with Geelong

Geelong Football Club

The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...

 in the AFL

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 during the 1990s.

Handley started his career in the Gold Coast at Southport where he was a member of premiership sides in 1989 and 1990. He played some reserves games with the Brisbane Bears before moving to Western Australia and joining WAFL club Swan Districts

Swan Districts Football Club

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. A key position player who could also ruck, Handley was recruited to Geelong in 1991. He missed out on selection in the 1992 AFL Grand Final

1992 AFL Grand Final

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but played in Geelong's 1994 and 1995 teams which lost to West Coast and Carlton respectively. He was delisted after the 1996 season.