Dean Hartigan

Dean Hartigan
Personal information
Full name Dean Hartigan
Date of birth (1954-08-23) 23 August 1954
Original team(s) Horsham
Height/Weight 180 cm / 73 kg
Position(s) Back pocket
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1974–1977 Essendon 36 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1977 season.

Dean Hartigan (born 23 August 1954) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Biography

Essendon career

Hartigan, a recruit from Horsham, started out in the Essendon Under 19s, which he joined in 1972.[1] He got called up to the seniors for the first time in the 1974 VFL season.[2] Aged 19, Hartigan was one of three Essendon players to debut against St Kilda in round 15, most famous of the trio being Simon Madden.[3] He did not miss a game for the rest of the year in an encouraging start to his career and continued his sequence by playing in the first 10 rounds of the 1975 season.[2][4] In round 14, an 80-point loss to Carlton at Windy Hill, Hartigan was knocked unconscious by Phillip Pinnell during a second quarter brawl in which eight players were put on report.[5][6] A back pocket player, Hartigan finished the 1975 season with 15 games.[2] He played much of 1976 in the Essendon reserves and won the club's best and fairest award, but still put together 10 senior games.[2] In 1977, his final season, Hartigan played just three league games.[2]

Later career

From 1978 to 1981, Hartigan played for Coburg in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).[1] He was a back pocket in Coburg's 1979 premiership winning team.[7] In 1980 he was a VFA representative and played in the Coburg side which lost to Port Melbourne the grand final.[1][8]

He left Coburg in 1982 to captain-coach Seddon, then from 1983 to 1987 captain-coached Aberfeldie.[1]

Family

Hartigan was not the first member of his family to play VFL football.[9] His father, Jack Hartigan, played for Hawthorn and St Kilda in the 1950s.[10]

Brent Hartigan, his son, played for Richmond from 2004 to 2006.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Past Player Profiles – H". essendonfc.com.au. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "AFL Tables – Dean Hartigan – Games Played". AFL Tables. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Murray, John (2009). Glory and Fame: The Rise and Rise of the Essendon Football Club. Slattery Media Group. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-9805162-9-6.
  4. ↑ Sheahan, Mike (5 August 1974). "Richmond roars to the top". The Age. p. 26. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  5. ↑ Barker, Geoff (7 July 1975). "For game, read shame". The Age. p. 20. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  6. ↑ Anderson, Jon (6 July 2007). "Fields admits starting blue". Herald Sun. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  7. ↑ Fiddian, Marc (2013). The VFA – A History of the Victorian Football Association 1877 – 1995. Melbourne Sports Books. p. 282.
  8. ↑ Fiddian, Marc (22 September 1980). "Port snatches flag in Lion taming finale". The Age. p. 27. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  9. ↑ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  10. 1 2 Hillier, K. (2004). Like Father Like Son. Pennon Publishing, Melbourne. p. 209. ISBN 1-877029-73-4.

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