Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haifi Embley a Perth, Western Australia, ga iyaye Maurice da Anne Embley. Mahaifinsa dan asalin Anglo-Burmese ne kuma ɗan asalin Spain ne kuma an haife shi a Rangoon, ya yi hijira zuwa Ostiraliya a 1964 tare da danginsa bayan juyin mulkin Burma na 1962
da kuma sauka a Victoria Park. Mahaifiyarsa, asalinsa daga Ballarat, dan asalin Italiya ne da Irish. Mahaifinsa ya buga wasan ƙwallon ƙafa don Perth, kuma ya wakilci Yammacin Ostiraliya a gasar zakarun kasa ta matasa ta 1973 a Melbourne. 'Yan uwan Embley James (wasu wasanni 17) da Michael (wasu wasanni 8) duk sun buga wasan ƙwallon ƙafa don Swan Districts Football Club. Michael Embley kuma ya kasance rookie-listed by West Coast na tsawon yanayi uku daga 2004 zuwa 2006, amma bai buga babban wasa ba don kulob din. Tare da 'yan uwansa, Embley ya halarci Kwalejin Trinity a Gabashin Perth, kuma ya buga wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na matasa don Bassendean Junior Football Club. Ya fara buga WAFL ne a Swan Districts a 1998, kuma West Coast Eagles ta dauka shi a matsayin na 57 a cikin 1998 National Draft.