Paddy Shea

Paddy Shea played 155 senior VFL games chiefly for Essendon, as well as Fitzroy between 1904 and 1918, lining up most often as a midfielder. On 23-0, Paddy Shea's career spans 2 decades, from the 1900s to the 1910s of football.

Our era-fair model rates Paddy Shea at a peak of 90 out of 100, reached in the 1910s. That figure measures Paddy Shea only against the players of that same era — the teammates and opponents actually faced — using standardised output, honours and finals impact, so a 1910s midfielder can be compared fairly with players from any other decade of the game.

Honours on the record for Paddy Shea include 2 premierships.

Season by season, the data credits Paddy Shea with 164 career goals. The full year-by-year breakdown is below.