Shaun Hart

Shaun Hart
Personal information
Full name Shaun Hart
Date of birth (1971-05-17) 17 May 1971
Place of birth Ferntree Gully, Victoria
Original team(s) Shepparton United Football Club
(Goulburn Valley Football League)
Draft 33, 1989
Brisbane Bears
Height/Weight 175cm / 75kg
Position(s) Midfielder
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1989 – 1996
1997 – 2004		 Brisbane Bears
Brisbane Lions		 102 (81)
171 (96)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of Preliminary final, 2004 season.
Career highlights
  • Brisbane Bears reserves premiership 1991
  • Brisbane Lions premiership side 2001, 2002, 2003
  • Brisbane Lions Preliminary Final side 2004
  • Norm Smith Medal 2001

Shaun Hart (born 17 May 1971) Is a former Australian rules football player, who played for the Brisbane Bears and Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League. Hart played in the Lions Hatrick of premierships from 2001-2003, as utility player. He is currently the Director of Coaching at Port Adelaide Power and has also been an Assistant Coach.[1]

Early life

He was born in Ferntree Gully, Victoria and moved to country Victoria where he played for the Shepparton United Football Club.

Hart was recruited to the Brisbane Bears from Shepparton in the 1989 national VFL draft.

AFL career

Shaun Hart played his first senior game in the first match of the 1990 season.

He initially struggled with the demands of professional football and played a great deal of football in reserve grade. This allowed him to gain a place in the Bears' only premiership side by being eligible to play in the 1991 reserve grade Grand Final.

In 2001 he was awarded his highest individual honour, the Norm Smith Medal, as best on ground in the Lions' first premiership win. He also went on to play important roles in the Lions successful campaigns in 2002 and 2003.

In the 2004 Preliminary Final, with the Lions poised to enter a playoff for a record-equalling fourth consecutive premiership, Hart was unlucky enough to find himself in the path of teammate Daniel Bradshaw on a lead. Bradshaw was unable to avoid a collision and Hart emerged with massive facial injuries. He was immediately taken to hospital, where shocked medical staff commented that his injuries were consistent with being in a car crash at speed without wearing a seat belt. As a consequence of consistent head injuries, for much of his career, he wore a soft helmet.

Unable to take his place in the Lions side for the 2004 Grand Final, he was forced to watch from his hospital bed as his team failed to maintain a half-time lead over Port Adelaide due to injuries to key forwards Jonathan Brown and Alastair Lynch. He announced his retirement from football not long afterwards.

Statistics

[2]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
† Denotes seasons in which Hart won an AFL Premiership
Led the league for the Season only*
Led the league after finals only*
Led the league after Season and Finals*

*10 games required to be eligible.

Season Team # Games G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
Totals Averages (per game)
1990 Brisbane Bears 32 11 2 6 52 43 95 14 14 0.2 0.5 4.7 3.9 8.6 1.3 1.3
1991 Brisbane Bears 32 6 1 1 51 32 83 13 13 0.2 0.2 8.5 5.3 13.8 2.2 2.2
1992 Brisbane Bears 32 12 1 5 156 90 246 51 24 0.1 0.4 13.0 7.5 20.5 4.3 2.0
1993 Brisbane Bears 32 19 9 4 205 88 293 56 46 0.5 0.2 10.8 4.6 15.4 2.9 2.4
1994 Brisbane Bears 32 11 11 2 86 41 127 22 15 1.0 0.2 7.8 3.7 11.5 2.0 1.4
1995 Brisbane Bears 32 23 32 21 307 173 480 87 42 1.4 0.9 13.3 7.5 20.9 3.8 1.8
1996 Brisbane Bears 32 20 25 21 255 115 370 56 59 1.3 1.1 12.8 5.8 18.5 2.8 3.0
1997 Brisbane Lions 32 19 11 15 250 124 374 75 39 0.6 0.8 13.2 6.5 19.7 3.9 2.1
1998 Brisbane Lions 32 18 12 14 218 151 369 66 40 0.7 0.8 12.1 8.4 20.5 3.7 2.2
1999 Brisbane Lions 32 23 18 7 272 121 393 75 35 0.8 0.3 11.8 5.3 17.1 3.3 1.5
2000 Brisbane Lions 32 24 14 15 264 142 406 97 52 0.6 0.6 11.0 5.9 16.9 4.0 2.2
2001† Brisbane Lions 32 19 8 7 195 94 289 62 33 0.4 0.4 10.3 4.9 15.2 3.3 1.7
2002† Brisbane Lions 32 23 8 3 178 108 286 77 57 0.3 0.1 7.7 4.7 12.4 3.3 2.5
2003† Brisbane Lions 32 25 18 13 290 126 416 104 60 0.7 0.5 11.6 5.0 16.6 4.2 2.4
2004 Brisbane Lions 32 20 7 6 182 113 295 46 41 0.4 0.3 9.1 5.7 14.8 2.3 2.1
Career 273 177 140 2961 1561 4522 901 570 0.6 0.5 10.8 5.7 16.6 3.3 2.1

Post playing career

Not long after retiring, Hart supported the newly formed, Christian-aligned Family First Party in 2004 Federal election to the Australian House of Representatives. In 2007 he stood as a Family First candidate in Queensland for the Senate at the 2007 Australian federal election,[3] although he was unsuccessful.

In 2008, Hart was appointed the senior coach of the Broadbeach football club in Queensland.[4]

Hart held a number of coaching and development roles at the Gold Coast Football Club from 2009 until January 2014 and then joined Port Adelaide as Director of Coaching in January 2014.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Jackson, Ed (10 January 2014). "Suns lose Hart to Power". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Shaun Hart's player profile at AFL Tables
  3. ↑ "Lions star runs for Family First". The Australian. 2007-11-02. Retrieved 2007-11-12.
  4. ↑ "Shaun Hart". Fox Sport Pulse. Fox Sport Pulse. 27 November 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  5. ↑ Morgan, Kym (10 January 2014). "Brisbane champion Shaun Hart replaces Alan Richardson as coaching director at Port Adelaide". Herald Sun. News Ltd. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

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