Dee Heslop


Dion 'Dee' Heslop is an Australian rules footballer playing for Gold Coast in the AFL Women's competition.

Early life

Heslop was born in Auckland, New Zealand and moved to the Gold Coast at 10 years of age. She attended Helensvale State High School throughout her upbringing and her first sporting interest was netball where she was a junior state representative for Queensland. She later tried Australian rules football for the Southport Sharks and was identified as a standout by the Gold Coast Suns where she was placed in their developmental academy and subsequently quit netball to pursue a career in the AFLW. She was selected for numerous junior football state representative teams and joined the top level Yeronga Devils in the lead up to her draft year.

AFLW career

Heslop was drafted by the Gold Coast Suns with the 69th pick in the 2019 AFL Women's draft. She made her AFLW debut against Greater Western Sydney in round 1 of the 2020 AFL Women's season.

Statistics

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! 7
! 0
! 0
! 27
! 5
! 32
! 4
! 31
! 0.0
! 0.0
! 3.9
! 0.7
! 4.6
! 0.6
! 4.4
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