| Simon Black | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Simon Black | |
| Date of Birth | April 3, 1979 | |
| Place of Birth | Mount Isa, Queensland | |
| Recruited from | East Fremantle (WAFL) | |
| Draft | 31st overall, 1997 Brisbane Lions |
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| Height/Weight | 186cm / 82kg | |
| Position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club |  Brisbane Lions |
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| Number | 20 | |
| Playing Career1 | ||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) |
| 1998- | Brisbane Lions |
212 (133) |
| ¹ Club statistics to end of 2007 season | ||
| ² Representative statistics to end of {{{repstatsend}}} | ||
Simon Black (born April 3, 1979) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League. Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Mount Isa is a city in North-West Queensland, Australia. It came into existence because the area holds vast mineral deposits Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent Home ground: East Fremantle Oval, Moss Street East Fremantle Formed: 1898 Colours Current teams The teams currently playing in the WAFL are Salary Cap The WAFL is classed as a Semi-professional competition and has a Salary The 1997 AFL Draft was held at the conclusion of the 1997 Australian Football League (AFL season Brisbane Lions Australian Football Club (the trading name for the Brisbane Bears-Fitzroy Football Club) is an Australian Football League club based in Brisbane Brisbane Lions Australian Football Club (the trading name for the Brisbane Bears-Fitzroy Football Club) is an Australian Football League club based in Brisbane 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 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Australian (rules football, or simply known as football, footy or Aussie rules, is a Team sport played between two teams of 18 players Brisbane Lions Australian Football Club (the trading name for the Brisbane Bears-Fitzroy Football Club) is an Australian Football League club based in Brisbane The Australian Football League (AFL is both the professional Australian national competition in the Sport of Australian Rules Football and its highest
Black is a midfielder with a reputation for hard work and skill. He has the ability to get under the pack to retrieve the ball as well as deliver it with precision to teammates and rarely wastes a possession.
Born in Mount Isa, Queensland, he relocated to Western Australia with his family at a very young age, where he attended school at Corpus Christi College in Bateman. Mount Isa is a city in North-West Queensland, Australia. It came into existence because the area holds vast mineral deposits Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. Corpus Christi College is a private, Co-educational, Catholic, Secondary College, located in Bateman, a southern Suburb [1]
He was drafted by the Brisbane Lions in 1997 from the East Fremantle Football Club, and he debuted in the first game of the 1998 season and immediately showed his class. Brisbane Lions Australian Football Club (the trading name for the Brisbane Bears-Fitzroy Football Club) is an Australian Football League club based in Brisbane His numerous awards for his efforts include the 2002 Brownlow Medal, the 2003 Norm Smith Medal and the 2001, 2002, and 2006 Merrett-Murray Medals awarded to the best and fairest player with the Brisbane Lions. For the list of winners of the award see List of Brownlow Medal winners. The Norm Smith Medal is the award given in the AFL Grand Final to the player adjudged by an independent panel of experts to have been the best player in the match The Merrett-Murray Medal has been awarded annually since 1997, to the player adjudged the Brisbane Lions Club Champion over the immediately preceding AFL Best and Fairest (also known as Fairest and Best in some competitions notably the Australian Football League) is the term commonly used in Australian sport to describe Brisbane Lions Australian Football Club (the trading name for the Brisbane Bears-Fitzroy Football Club) is an Australian Football League club based in Brisbane His individual awards are accompanied by the three premiership medallions he received as a part of the Lions' hat-trick of premierships in 2001, 2002 and 2003.
Black's individual achievements include a personal best possession count of 39 disposals (16 kicks, 23 handballs) to win the Norm Smith. A handball or handpass is a method of disposal in the sport of Australian rules football. In his Brownlow year of 2002, he had 20 or more disposals 19 times in the 25 games played, including three occasions where he amassed over 30 possessions. Black's victory in 2002 was confirmed only in the final round, the added intrigue arising as his main rival for the medal, Josh Francou, had opposed him in the final round of the season at AAMI Stadium, a clash the Power won by less than a kick, when Roger James goaled with a minute remaining. He had an uninterrupted run of 109 straight games from 2000 until 2004, when he was suspended for three games due to an incident which arose in the Grand Final loss to Port Adelaide. The AFL Grand Final is an annual Australian rules football match traditionally held on the final Saturday in September at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Port Adelaide Football Club, often referred to as simply Port or the Power is an Australian rules football club based in Adelaide, South Australia It has been the only blemish on an otherwise spotless record.
2007
Black's strong preseason form in 2007 has been seen by experts as indicative of a big year ahead. His odds of a second Brownlow dropped to $25 after three weeks of the 2007 preseason. Black started the 2007 AFL season in great fashion with 39 Disposals in his first game of the season against the Hawthorn Hawks. Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2007. Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed The Hawks, are an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL founded in 1902 Then on Round 9 he played his 200th game against the Collingwood Magpies where he disposed of the ball 37 times collecting best on ground honours. Collingwood Football Club, officially nicknamed The Magpies is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. He then had a bad patch where he got 11 and 9 touches but the next week he fired back with 28 disposals and a goal. In 2007 he gathered 466 disposals in 21 games, a great achievement. So far he looks like gaining his 4th Club Champion Award and was a surprise packet in the Brownlow Medal, polling 22 votes to finish equal second. Best and Fairest (also known as Fairest and Best in some competitions notably the Australian Football League) is the term commonly used in Australian sport to describe The 2007 Brownlow Medal was held at the Crown Palladium in Melbourne Victoria on September 24, 2007. Simon Black is also known for his effective use of the ball and his rarely use trademark cross kick which is effectively used.
Leadership
In 2004, Black was made a vice captain of the Lions, a position he retained in 2005. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " In team sports a captain is a title given to the member of the team Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In 2006, he was made a member of the nine-man leadership group of the Lions led by captain Michael Voss alongside senior players Jason Akermanis, Jonathan Brown, Chris Johnson, Nigel Lappin, Justin Leppitsch, Luke Power, and Chris Scott, though disciplinary action against Akermanis and Leppitsch's mid-season retirement due to injury reduced the group to seven. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Michael Voss (born 7 July 1975 is the senior coach of the Brisbane Lions and also a former Australian rules footballer usually playing midfield for Australian Jason "Aka" Akermanis (born 24 February 1977 is an Australian rules footballer who currently plays for the Western Bulldogs. Jonathan Brown (born 29 October 1981 is an Australian rules footballer for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League. Christopher Lloyd Johnson (born 30 May 1976 is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. Nigel Lappin (born 21 June 1976 is an Australian rules footballer. Justin "Leppa" "the Red Terror" Leppitsch (born 1 October 1975 was a key defender for Australian rules football team Brisbane Lions. Luke Power (born 8 January 1980 is an Australian rules footballer As part of the Brisbane Lions ' once star midfield he has been dubbed the fifth member Christopher Michael "Chris" Scott (born 3 May 1976 is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. Of these, Lappin and Scott spent the year out through injury; likewise, Johnson and Brown also endured long-term injuries that precluded them from playing much of the season. This left much of the on-field leadership to Black and Power, especially as Voss prepared to step down from the captaincy at the end of the season. Black and Power shared on-field leadership duties, including the coin toss, through the end of the 2006 season. The leadership group was also instrumental in the off-field culture of the club, particularly in the handling of the Akermanis situation.
After Voss retired at the end of 2006, the leadership group of Black, Johnson, Brown, and Power (Lappin being unavailable through injury for all games) acted as co-captains through the 2007 NAB Cup. The Australian Football League pre-season competition, which is known at present as the NAB Cup, is a competition held before the beginning of the Australian The club announced on 20th March 2007 that all five players would share the captaincy for the 2007 season. [2]
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Michael Voss |
Captain of Brisbane Lions 2007 (shared with Chris Johnson, Luke Power, Jonathan Brown, and Nigel Lappin) |
Succeeded by incumbent |
| Awards | ||
| Preceded by Michael Voss |
Brisbane Lions Merrett-Murray Medallist 2001 - 2002 |
Succeeded by Michael Voss |
| Preceded by Jason Akermanis |
Brownlow Medallist 2002 |
Succeeded by Mark Ricciuto, Nathan Buckley, Adam Goodes |
| Preceded by Nathan Buckley |
Norm Smith Medallist 2003 |
Succeeded by Byron Pickett |
| Preceded by Jason Akermanis |
Brisbane Lions Merrett-Murray Medallist winner 2006 |
Succeeded by Jonathan Brown |
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