Corey Gault

Corey Gault (born 28 October 1992) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Corey Gault
Gault training with Collingwood in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Corey Gault
Date of birth	(1992-10-28) 28 October 1992 (age 32)
Original team(s)	Swan Districts (WAFL)
Draft	No. 65, 2011 national draft
Height	199 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	96 kg (212 lb)
Position(s)	Forward
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2012–2016	Collingwood	6 (4)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

He made his debut for Collingwood against Hawthorn in round 23 of the 2014 AFL season.^[1] Gault was delisted at the end of 2013 season but was given another chance and re-drafted to the rookie list via the 2014 AFL Rookie Draft.^[2] Standing at 199 cm and 96 kg Gault is a tall forward.

In October 2016, Gault retired from AFL level football to return home to Western Australia and re-joined Swan Districts.^[3][4][5] He represented Western Australia in the interstate match against South Australia in 2021.^[6]

Statistics

^[7]

Legend

G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks

Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)
				G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
2012	Collingwood	44	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	Collingwood	44	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	Collingwood	44	1	2	0	6	1	7	3	4	2.0	0.0	6.0	1.0	7.0	3.0	4.0
2015	Collingwood	44	3	2	1	13	13	26	5	5	0.7	0.3	4.3	4.3	8.7	1.7	1.7
2016	Collingwood	44	2	0	0	6	5	11	2	6	0.0	0.0	3.0	2.5	5.5	1.0	3.0
Career			6	4	1	25	19	44	10	15	0.7	0.2	4.2	3.2	7.3	1.7	2.5

Post-Playing Career

Whilst injured and unable to play AFL, Corey started a teaching degree which he completed in around 2018, and also moved back to Perth. He then got a job teaching at Eastern Hills Senior High School where he was from 2019 until 2023, when he applied for a job at Guildford Grammar School which was successful.