Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whānau a Embley ki Perth, i Ahitereiria ki te Hauauru, ki ngā mātua o Maurice rāua ko Anne Embley. Ko tōna pāpā he uri o Ingarangi-Burmese me Paniora, i whānau ki Rangoon, i heke ki Ahitereiria i te tau 1964 me tōna whānau i muri i te
Ko te 1962 Burmese coup me te noho ki Victoria Park. Ko tana whaea, no Ballarat i te timatanga, he uri Itari me Iraki. I takaro tana papa i te whutupaoro mo Perth, a, i tohu hoki ia i te Hauauru o Ahitereiria i te 1973 National Junior Athletic Championships i Melbourne. Ko nga tuakana o Embley a James (17 kēmu) me Michael (8 kēmu) kua takaro takaro mo te Swan Districts Football Club. I whakauruhia ano a Michael Embley ki te raarangi rookie e te Tai Hauauru mo nga tau e toru mai i te 2004 ki te 2006, engari kaore i purei i tetahi keemu matua mo te karapu. I te taha o ona tuakana, i haere a Embley ki te Whare Wananga o Trinity i East Perth, ka takaro whutupaoro rangatahi mo te Karapu Whutupaoro Rangatahi o Bassendean. I timata ia i tana WAFL mo nga Rohe Swan i te tau 1998, a i tohua e te West Coast Eagles me te 57 o nga whiringa katoa i te 1998 National Draft.