| Shaun Hart | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Shaun Hart | |
| Date of Birth | May 17, 1971 | |
| Place of Birth | Ferntree Gully, Victoria | |
| Recruited from | Shepparton United Football Club (Goulburn Valley Football League) | |
| Draft | TBC, 1989 Brisbane Bears | |
| Height/Weight | 175cm / 75kg | |
| Position | Midfielder | |
| Playing Career1 | ||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) |
| 1989-1996 1997-2004 | 102 (81) 171 (96) | |
| ¹ Club statistics to end of Preliminary final, 2004 season | ||
| ² Representative statistics to end of {{{repstatsend}}} | ||
Shaun Hart (born 17 May 1971) is a three-time Australian Football League premiership-winning utility player for the Brisbane Lions. Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Ferntree Gully is a Suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. Current clubs Benalla Football Club Brisbane Bears were an Australian rules football Club and was the first Queensland-based club in the Victorian Football League Brisbane Bears were an Australian rules football Club and was the first Queensland-based club in the Victorian Football League Brisbane Lions Australian Football Club (the trading name for the Brisbane Bears-Fitzroy Football Club) is an Australian Football League club based in Brisbane Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. The Australian Football League (AFL is both the professional Australian national competition in the Sport of Australian Rules Football and its highest In sport a utility player is one who can play several positions competently a sort of jack of all trades. Brisbane Lions Australian Football Club (the trading name for the Brisbane Bears-Fitzroy Football Club) is an Australian Football League club based in Brisbane
He was born in Ferntree Gully, Victoria and was recruited to the Brisbane Bears from Shepparton United Football Club in the 1989 national AFL draft, playing his first senior game in the first match of the 1990 season. Ferntree Gully is a Suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. Brisbane Bears were an Australian rules football Club and was the first Queensland-based club in the Victorian Football League Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar)
He initially struggled with the demands of professional football and played a great deal of football in reserve grade. Ironically, 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. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar.
At some point around this time Hart became a born again Christian, an event which he credits with helping provide him with some direction in his life. A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth
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 halftime lead over Port Adelaide due to injuries to key forwards Jonathan Brown and Alastair Lynch. Port Adelaide Football Club, often referred to as simply Port or the Power is an Australian rules football club based in Adelaide, South Australia Jonathan Brown (born 29 October 1981 is an Australian rules footballer for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League. Alastair Graeme Lynch (born 19 June 1968 is an Australian Football League full forward from Burnie, Tasmania who had a highly-successful career despite He announced his retirement from football not long afterwards.
Not long after retiring, Hart supported the newly-formed, Christian-aligned Family First Party in 2004 Federal election to the Australian House of Representatives. The Family First Party is a socially conservative minor Political party in Australia. Federal elections were held in Australia on 9 October, 2004. All 150 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 seats in the 76-member The House of Representatives is one of the two houses (chambers of the Parliament of Australia; it is the Lower house, the Upper house being the Senate He currently works as a football commentator for radio and has a personal a group trainer of Bodyfit.
In 2007 he stood as a Family First candidate in Queensland for the Senate at the 2007 Australian federal election[1], although he was unsuccessful. The Senate is the upper of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia. Federal elections for the Parliament of Australia were held on Saturday 24 November 2007 after a 6-week campaign in which 13
Shaun Hart becomes senior coach for AFLQ powerhouse, Broadbeach Cats. He is rumoured to become player-coach.
| Preceded by James Hird | Norm Smith Medallists 2001 | Succeeded by Nathan Buckley |