Scott Thornton (footballer)

Scott Thornton
Personal information
Date of birth	(1982-09-11) 11 September 1982
Original team(s)	Sandringham Dragons
Debut	Round 8, 2002, Fremantle v. Melbourne, at Subiaco Oval
Height/Weight	194cm / 89kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2002-2009	Fremantle	88 (21)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2009 season.

Scott Thornton (born 11 September 1982) is a former Australian rules footballer who played mainly as a defender for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) between 2002 and 2009.

After being selected with the 66th selection in the 2000 AFL Draft he made his AFL debut in 2002, playing just a single game that year. Apart from in 2005, when he played in all 22 games, injuries, illness (Crohn's Disease^[1]) and poor form restricted him to just 66 games in his other seven seasons. At the end of the 2008 season Thornton re-signed with Fremantle for another two seasons.^[2]

When not selected for Fremantle, Thornton has played 69 games for South Fremantle in the WAFL, including three grand finals, their premiership victory in 2009 and losses in 2001 and 2006.

Thornton announced his retirement during the 2010 season after breaking his leg whilst playing for South Fremantle, having not played a game for Fremantle since Round 18, 2009.^[1]

References

1 2 Barbieri, Paul (28 June 2010) Docker Thornton retires; Sportal
↑ Clarke, Time (8 September 2008). "Thornton and Duffield get new Docker deals". WA Today (Fairfax Media). Retrieved 26 December 2009.

External links

Scott Thornton's profile on the official website of the Fremantle Football Club
Scott Thornton's statistics from AFL Tables
WAFL player profile and statistics

2000 AFL national draft

First round	1. Nick Riewoldt (PP) 2. Justin Koschitzke 3. Alan Didak 4. Luke Livingston 5. Andrew McDougall 6. Dylan Smith 7. Laurence Angwin 8. Daniel Motlop 9. Kayne Pettifer 10. Jordan McMahon 11. Trent Sporn 12. Shaun Burgoyne 13. Ashley McGrath 14. Daniel Harris 15. Simon Wiggins 16. Scott Thompson 17. James Davies

Second round	18. Daniel Kerr 19. Jason Cloke (F/S) 20. Kane Cornes 21. Nick Ries 22. Richard Hadley 23. Drew Petrie 24. Luke Ablett 25. Mark Coughlan 26. Shane Birss 27. Ted Richards 28. Steven Greene (F/S) 29. Jamie Charman 30. Sav Rocca 31. Blake Campbell 32. Sam Hunt

Third round	33. Martin Pike 34. Ryan Lonie 35. Allen Murray 36. Jeremy Humm 37. Guy Richards 38. Michael Handby 39. Adam McPhee 40. Chris Hyde 41. Andrew Krakouer 42. Daniel Pratt 43. Mark Williams 44. Josh Hunt 45. Trent Carroll 46. Sean O'Keeffe 47. Jordan Bannister 48. Matthew Smith

Fourth round	49. Shane Wakelin 50. Domenic Cassisi 51. Dion Woods 52. Amon Buchanan 53. Hayden Skipworth 54. Jarrad Sundqvist 55. Chris Newman 56. Daniel Cross 57. Steven Sziller 58. Nathan Lonie 59. Luke Hammond 60. Corey Jones 61. Callan Beasy 62. Daniel Breese 63. Marc Bullen

Fifth round	64. Mark Gale 66. Scott Thornton 67. Graham Johncock 70. Wayde Skipper 71. Daniel Lowther 73. Ross Funcke 74. Michael Davis

Sixth round	75. Robert Powell 79. Hamish Simpson 80. Mitchell Craig

Seventh round	82. Daniel Wulf

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