Andrew McQualter
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Andrew McQualter (born June 17, 1986) is a midfielder for St Kilda in the Australian Football League.
McQualter was raised in Traralgon, Victoria, and later attended Caulfield Grammar School as a boarder along with later-teammate Brendon Goddard. McQualter, along with Goddard, was an a fine sportsman, co-captaining the school's First XVIII football team and playing in the First XI cricket and also was believed to excel in basketball. He captained the Victorian Country Under-16 and Under-18 teams at the National Football Championships, gaining recognition as a hardworking leader on the field. He was injured for the 2004 national carnival, meaning many AFL scouts didn't see him play during his final year of amateur football, resulting in his relatively low draft selection.
He was selected by St Kilda with the seventeenth pick in an impressive 2004 AFL Draft where he finished 5th in a 10min. time trial, and debuted for St Kilda in the 2005 season. He has impressed AFL commentators with his ability to win the ball so early in his AFL career, averaging 13 possessions per game over his seven senior games in his debut season. His tackling is his asset and the reason why the 180 cm rover was drafted, along with his talented ability to read the play and his running.
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