Zac Dawson

Zac Dawson

Personal information
Full name	Zac Dawson
Date of birth	(1986-02-22) 22 February 1986
Original team(s)	Calder Cannons (TAC Cup)
Draft	#41, 2003 National Draft, Hawthorn #13, 2009 Rookie Draft, St Kilda #87 (RP), 2009 National Draft, St Kilda #10, 2012 Pre-Season Draft, Fremantle
Height/Weight	197cm / 92kg
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current club	Fremantle
Number	3
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2005–2008 2009–2011 2012– Total	Hawthorn St Kilda Fremantle	014 (0) 063 (4) 075 (3) 152 (7)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2015 season.

Zac Dawson (born 22 February 1986) is an Australian rules footballer who has played for the Hawthorn, St Kilda^[1] and Fremantle Football Clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL).

AFL career

Dawson at training prior to the 2009 AFL Grand Final

Hawthorn

Dawson was recruited from Calder Cannons with pick no. 41 in the 2003 AFL Draft.

Dawson's first game at the professional level of competition in the AFL was in 2005. He played the first eight games of 2006, until being dropped from the team, returning for four games in Rounds 15–18.

The key position prospect was being groomed for the full-back role during a 12-game stint in 2006, but his confidence received a battering after Anthony Rocca kicked eight goals on him in round two of that year.

Dawson failed to play a senior game for Hawthorn in 2007 and 2008. He spent the time playing for Box Hill, on one occasion he kicked eight goals. Dawson was delisted from Hawthorn after the end of the 2008 season.

St Kilda

2009 season

Dawson was drafted with pick 13 by St Kilda in the 2008 rookie draft. He was promoted to the senior team for Round 1 in 2009 due to injuries to other players and played the first 16 games in an undefeated side until being reported for rough conduct in Round 16 and suspended for two matches.

Dawson played in 20 of 22 matches in the 2009 home and away rounds in which St Kilda qualified in first position for the finals, winning the club’s third minor premiership.^[2]

St Kilda played off in the 2009 AFL Grand Final after qualifying and preliminary finals wins. Dawson played in the grand final in which St Kilda were defeated by 12 points.

2010 season

Dawson played 20 games in 2010, and was named St Kilda's player of the finals series (jointly with Lenny Hayes).

As of the end of the 2010 season, Dawson had played in seven finals matches including three grand finals.

Fremantle

2012 season

In November 2011, Dawson left the Saints after deciding against signing a new contract with the club.^[1] He moved to Fremantle Dockers for the 2012 season, reuniting him with former St Kilda coach Ross Lyon.

2013 season

Zac Dawson's ability to organise his teammates has been crucial in Ross Lyon's 'defensive chain' at St Kilda and now at Fremantle.^[3]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2015 season ^[4]

Legend
G	Goals	B	Behinds	K	Kicks	H	Handballs	D	Disposals	M	Marks	T	Tackles

Season	Team	#	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
Season	Team	#	Totals								Averages (per game)
2005	Hawthorn	26	2	0	0	8	12	20	5	4	0.0	0.0	4.0	6.0	10.0	2.5	2.0
2006	Hawthorn	26	12	0	0	35	68	103	37	24	0.0	0.0	2.9	5.7	8.6	3.1	2.0
2009	St Kilda	43	23	2	1	127	157	284	136	39	0.1	0.0	5.5	6.8	12.4	5.9	1.7
2010	St Kilda	6	20	1	3	99	122	221	89	22	0.0	0.2	5.0	6.1	11.0	4.4	1.1
2011	St Kilda	6	20	1	1	61	153	214	80	25	0.0	0.0	3.0	7.6	10.7	4.0	1.2
2012	Fremantle	3	18	2	2	60	107	167	50	21	0.1	0.1	3.3	5.9	9.3	2.8	1.2
2013	Fremantle	3	24	0	0	60	158	218	72	40	0.0	0.0	2.5	6.6	9.1	3.0	1.7
2014	Fremantle	3	22	1	0	60	162	222	77	26	0.0	0.0	2.7	7.4	10.1	3.5	1.2
2015	Fremantle	3	5	0	0	10	35	45	13	6	0.0	0.0	2.0	7.0	9.0	2.6	1.2
Career			146	7	7	520	974	1494	559	207	0.0	0.0	3.6	6.7	10.2	3.8	1.4

References

1 2 Dawson turns back on Saints. Theage.com.au (2011-11-11). Retrieved on 2012-06-12.
↑ "2009 Season Scores and Results – Ladder". AFL Tables. 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
↑ http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/dawson-the-smoky-when-it-comes-to-coachs-plans-20130614-2o9ss.html
↑ Zac Dawson's player profile at AFL Tables

External links

Zac Dawson's profile on the official website of the Fremantle Football Club
Zac Dawson's statistics from AFL Tables

Fremantle Football Club – current squad

1 Ballantyne
2 Morabito*
3 Dawson
4 Bennell
5 Ibbotson
6 D. Pearce
7 Fyfe
8 Suban
9 de Boer
10 Walters
11 Sheridan
12 Griffin
13 Mzungu
14 Weller
15 Hughes
16 Mundy (c)
17 Crozier
18 Tucker
19 Blakely
20 Taberner
21 Barlow
22 Smith*
23 Mayne
24 Balic
25 A. Pearce
26 Langdon
27 Neale
28 Grey
29 Pavlich
30 Clarke
31 Sandilands
32 Hill
33 Sutcliffe
34 Spurr
35 Apeness
36 Silvagni
37 Johnson
38 Hannath
39 Deluca*
40 Collins
41 Yarran
42 Uebergang*
43 Nyhuis*
45 Hurley*
46 C. Pearce

Coach: Lyon

* denote rookie listed players

2003 AFL national draft

First round	1. Adam Cooney (PP) 2. Andrew Walker (PP) 3. Colin Sylvia (PP) 4. Farren Ray 5. Brock McLean 6. Kepler Bradley 7. Kane Tenace 8. Raphael Clarke 9. David Trotter 10. Ryley Dunn 11. Beau Waters 12. Ryan Murphy 13. Brent Stanton 14. Fergus Watts 15. Troy Chaplin 16. Josh Willoughby 17. Billy Morrison 18. Llane Spaanderman

Second round	19. David Mundy 20. Sam Butler 21. Alex Gilmour 22. Cameron Thurley 23. Matthew Moody 24. Chad Jones 25. Harry Miller 26. Daniel McConnell 27. Adam Campbell 28. Jay Nash 29. Tim Schmidt 30. Brad Symes 31. Joshua Krueger 32. Brayden Shaw (F/S) 33. Jed Adcock

Third round	34. Luke Peel 35. Brent Hall 36. Chris Johnson (F/S) 37. Tom Roach (F/S) 38. Mark Blake (F/S) 39. Robert Forster-Knight 40. Eddie Sansbury 41. Zac Dawson 42. Matthew Spencer 43. Brett Peake (F/S) 44. Ricky Dyson 45. Amon Buchanan 46. Michael Pettigrew 47. Andrew Erikson 48. Heath Shaw (F/S) 49. Tom Logan

Fourth round	50. Izaac Tomson 51. Matthew Ball 53. Daniel Jackson 55. Sam Fisher 56. Brent LeCras 57. Ricky Mott 58. Ben Hudson 59. Matthew Davis 60. Julian Rowe 61. Michael Rischitelli

Fifth round	63. Glen Bowyer 64. Shane Morrison 65. Craig Callaghan

Sixth round	69. Jordan Bannister 70. Brent Hartigan

Seventh round	72. Adrian Deluca 73. Shane Tuck

Eighth round	75. Stephen Kenna 76. Andrew Raines

Ninth round	79. Simon Fletcher

Tenth round	81. Kyle Archibald

2009 AFL rookie draft

First round	1. Jordie McKenzie 2. Liam Bedford 3. Casey Sibosado 4. Wade Thompson 5. Bryce Carroll 6. Jeff Garlett 7. Daniel Murray 8. Robin Nahas 9. Marcus White 10. Ricky Henderson 11. Tristan Francis 12. Kristin Thornton 13. Zac Dawson 14. Jamason Daniels 15. Adam Varcoe 16. Riley Milne

Second round	17. Rhys Healey 18. Adam Cockie 19. Matt de Boer 20. Danny Meyer 21. Thomas German 22. Luke Stanton 24. David Gourdis 25. Luke Delaney 26. Chris Schmidt 27. Jarryd Blair 28. Taylor Gilchrist 29. Tom Simpkin 30. Liam Picken 31. Bryn Weadon 32. Haydn Kiel

Third round	33. Daniel Hughes 34. Hamish Shepheard 35. Daniel Stewart 36. Christian Bock 37. Greg Bentley 39. Andrew Browne 40. Ben Speight 42. Johnny Bennell 43. Kyle Coney 44. Brad Howard 46. Tom Allwright 47. Luke Breust

Fourth round	48. Clancee Pearce 49. Matthew Martin 50. Kade Klemke 51. Darren Pfeiffer 53. Alroy Gilligan 54. Alan Obst 55. Brian Donnelly 56. Tobais Thoolen 57. Mike Pyke 58. Steven Gaertner 60. Ranga Ediriwickrama (NSWSE) 61. Carl Peterson

Fifth round	62. Jay van Berlo 63. Jesse Laurie 64. Michael Quinn 65. Lachie Hill 66. Adam Spackman 68. Conor Meredith 69. Lachlan Keeffe 71. Ross Tungatulum 72. Christopher Ogle 73. Garry Moss

Sixth round	74. Greg Broughton 76. Samuel Jacobs 77. Daniel Dzufer 78. Scott Reed (NSWSE) 80. Samuel McGarry 81. Matt Suckling

Seventh round	82. Joel Tippett 84. Blake McGrath (NSWSE) 85. Will Sierakowski (NSWSE)

2009 AFL national draft

First round	1. Tom Scully (PP) 2. Jack Trengove 3. Dustin Martin 4. Anthony Morabito 5. Ben Cunnington 6. Gary Rohan 7. Brad Sheppard 8. John Butcher 9. Andrew Moore 10. Jake Melksham 11. Jordan Gysberts 12. Kane Lucas 13. Daniel Talia 14. Lewis Jetta 15. Christian Howard 16. Jasper Pittard 17. Daniel Menzel

Second round	18. Luke Tapscott 19. Ben Griffiths 20. Nathan Fyfe 21. Ryan Bastinac 22. Gerrick Weedon 23. Koby Stevens 24. Jake Carlisle 25. Aaron Black 26. Travis Colyer 27. Callum Bartlett 28. Mitch Duncan 29. Jack Gunston 30. Luke Ball 31. Jason Tutt 32. Nicholas Winmar 33. Anthony Long

Third round	34. Max Gawn 35. David Astbury 36. Joel Houghton 37. Jamie Macmillan 38. Sam Reid 39. Sam Grimley 40. Allen Christensen 41. Ayden Kennedy 42. Nathan Vardy 43. Marcus Davies 44. Matt Dea 45. Sam Shaw 46. Ben Stratton 47. Ryan Harwood 48. Jesse Crichton 49. Dylan Roberton

Fourth round	50. Jack Fitzpatrick 51. Troy Taylor 52. Justin Bollenhagen 53. Brayden Norris 54. Byron Sumner 55. Trent Dennis-Lane 56. Josh Cowan 57. Jordan Williams 58. Rhan Hooper 59. Rohan Kerr 60. Jesse W. Smith 61. James Craig 62. Ben Sinclair 63. Lukas Markovic 64. Adam Pattison 65. Jeremy Laidler (RP)

Fifth round	67. Jeromey Webberley 69. Taylor Duryea 70. Matt Suckling (RP) 71. Ben Nason 72. Sam Jacobs (RP) 73. Jesse O'Brien 74. Brodie Martin (RP) 75. Josh Thomas 76. Shane Thorne 77. Will Johnson

Sixth round	79. Greg Broughton (RP) 80. Cruize Garlett (RP) 82. Daniel Stewart (RP) 83. Aaron Joseph (RP) 84. Bryce Retzlaff (RP) 85. Simon Buckley 86. Liam Picken (RP) 87. Zac Dawson (RP) 88. Wade Thompson (RP)

Seventh round	89. Robin Nahas (RP) 90. Kristin Thornton (RP) 91. Matt Maguire 92. James Mulligan (RP) 93. Luke Miles (RP)

Eighth round	94. Andrew Browne (RP) 95. Pearce Hanley (RP)

RP = Rookie Promotion

2012 AFL pre-season draft

7. Aaron Hall 8. John McCarthy 9. Brett O'Hanlon 10. Zac Dawson 11. Fletcher Roberts

Picks 1 through to 6 passed by Greater Western Sydney

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