- Don Scott (footballer)
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Don Scott Personal information Full name Don Scott Date of birth 20 December 1947 Height/Weight 190cm / 89kg Playing career1 Years Club Games (Goals) 1967–1981 Hawthorn 302 (133) 1 Playing statistics to end of 1981 season .Career highlights Don Scott (born 20 December 1947) is a former Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League. Scott was a fearless ruckman and premiership captain for Hawthorn Football Club.
In 1996, Scott was the founder of the Operation Payback campaign, which was ultimately successful in its efforts to prevent Hawthorn from merging with another AFL club, Melbourne Football Club. Scott rallied many supporters and former Hawthorn players in opposition to the proposed Melbourne Hawks club's formation.
In 2001 Scott was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
Career highlights
Playing career:
- Hawthorn 1967-1981 (Games: 302 Goals: 133)
Player honors:
- Hawthorn club Best and Fairest 1973
- Hawthorn captain 1976-1980
- Hawthorn premierships 1971, 1976 (captain), 1978 (captain)
- Hawthorn Team of the Century
- Victorian representative (4 games, 2 goals)
References
Hawthorn Football Club 1971 VFL Premiers Hawthorn 12.10 (82) defeated St Kilda 11.9 (75), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground Coach: Kennedy Captains of the Hawthorn Football Club 1925: Jackson • 1926: Minogue/Burke • 1927: Lethlean • 1928: Sutton • 1929: Chadwick • 1930–1931: Harris • 1932: Mills • 1933: Twomey • 1934: Mills • 1935–1937: McAlpine • 1938: Mills • 1939: Thomas • 1940–1941: Mills • 1942: Carmody • 1943: Williams • 1944: Bohan • 1945: Shea • 1946: Bohan • 1947–1949: Albiston • 1950–1951: O'Donohue/Curran • 1952: O'Donohue • 1953–1954: Fletcher • 1955–1959: Kennedy • 1960–1964: Arthur • 1965: Arthur/Peck • 1966–1968: Arthur • 1969–1973: Parkin • 1974–1975: Crimmins • 1976–1980: Scott • 1981–1985: Matthews • 1986–1991: Tuck • 1992–1993: Ayres • 1994: Langford • 1995–1998: Dunstall • 1999–2004: Crawford • 2005–2007: Vandenberg • 2008–2010: Mitchell • 2011: HodgePeter Crimmins Medal • Hawthorn Football Club Best and Fairest Winners 1927: Utting • 1930: Utting • 1931: Sharpley • 1932: Spinks • 1933: Mills • 1934: Loveless • 1935: Mills • 1936: Murphy • 1937: Murphy • 1938: Spinks • 1939: Mills • 1940: Angwin • 1941: Albiston • 1942: Barker • 1943: Bohan • 1944: Blackman • 1945: Bohan • 1946: Albiston • 1947: Culpitt • 1948: Curran • 1949: Austen • 1950: Kennedy • 1951: Kennedy • 1952: Kennedy • 1953: Fletcher • 1954: Kennedy • 1955: Arthur • 1956: Simmonds • 1957: Hughes • 1958: Arthur • 1959: Woodley • 1960: Edwards • 1961: Law • 1962: Arthur • 1963: Law • 1964: Law • 1965: Parkin • 1966: Wilson • 1967: Keddie • 1968: Hudson • 1969: Keddie • 1970: Hudson • 1971: Matthews • 1972: Matthews • 1973: Scott • 1974: Matthews • 1975: Knights • 1976: Matthews • 1977: Matthews • 1978: Matthews/Knights • 1979: Moore • 1980: Matthews • 1981: Wallace • 1982: Matthews • 1983: Wallace • 1984: Greene • 1985: Brereton • 1986: Ayres • 1987: Platten • 1988: Dunstall • 1989: Dunstall • 1990: Collins • 1991: Allan • 1992: Dunstall • 1993: Dunstall • 1994: Platten • 1995: Jarman • 1996: Salmon • 1997: Salmon • 1998: Crawford • 1999: Crawford • 2000: Chick/Holland • 2001: Smith • 2002: Crawford • 2003: Crawford • 2004: Everitt • 2005: Hodge • 2006: Mitchell • 2007: Sewell • 2008: Franklin • 2009: Mitchell • 2010: Hodge • 2011: MitchellCategories:- Hawthorn Football Club players
- Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees
- Peter Crimmins Medal winners
- 1947 births
- Living people
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria
- Australian rules biography, 1940s birth stubs
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