Joel Smith

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Joel Michael Smith
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-05-03) 3 May 1977 (age 44)
Original team(s) Yarrawonga / Murray Bushrangers
Debut Round 3, 16 April 1995, St Kilda
vs. Adelaide, at Football Park
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 87 kg (192 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1995–1997 St Kilda 058 (51)
1998–2007 Hawthorn 163 (39)
Total 221 (90)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2007.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Joel Smith (born 3 May 1977) is a former Australian rules footballer.

Beginning his career in 1995 as a bright young prospect for St Kilda, Smith was touted as the future of the club.

Smith played in St Kilda’s 1996 AFL Ansett Australia Cup winning side – the club's first AFL Cup win.[1]

He provided 3 good years of service before being incurring a serious anterior cruciate ligament injury requiring reconstruction late in the 1997 home and away season, missing the Saints' finals series.

A contractual dispute meant he moved to Hawthorn at the end of 1997.[2] While he was injured all throughout 1998 and did not play a game, Hawthorn recognised this talent and kept him on the list.

Smith made his return in the 1999 season and his role at the Hawks was as a running half-back, setting up attacking plays. He has been very successful playing this role throughout his career, and in 2001, won All-Australian selection and the Peter Crimmins Medal. He again won All-Australian selection in 2003, was vice captain in the 2005 season, and consistently finished in the top bunch of players in his club's best and fairest award.

Smith retired at the end of the 2007 season, during which Hawthorn returned to the finals for the first time in 6 years, citing that the rapidly improving Hawthorn side was likely to mean reduced opportunities for him in 2008.[3]

Statistics[]

[4]
Legend
 G  Goals  K  Kicks  D  Disposals  T  Tackles
 B  Behinds  H  Handballs  M  Marks
AFL playing statistics
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
1995 St Kilda 4 20 6 7 190 99 289 65 25 0.3 0.4 9.5 5.0 14.5 3.3 1.3 1
1996 St Kilda 4 22 22 22 246 122 368 96 30 1.0 1.0 11.2 5.5 16.7 4.4 1.4 1
1997 St Kilda 4 16 23 17 207 94 301 63 17 1.4 1.1 12.9 5.9 18.8 3.9 1.1 3
1998 Hawthorn 11 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
1999 Hawthorn 11 17 8 12 130 58 188 34 14 0.5 0.7 7.6 3.4 11.1 2.0 0.8 2
2000 Hawthorn 11 17 10 5 131 77 208 52 17 0.6 0.3 7.7 4.5 12.2 3.1 1.0 0
2001 Hawthorn 11 24 0 5 315 87 402 82 33 0.0 0.2 13.1 3.6 16.8 3.4 1.4 7
2002 Hawthorn 11 5 2 2 62 18 80 19 5 0.4 0.4 12.4 3.6 16.0 3.8 1.0 1
2003 Hawthorn 11 22 5 6 222 92 314 76 43 0.2 0.3 10.1 4.2 14.3 3.5 2.0 3
2004 Hawthorn 11 22 7 2 261 106 367 73 48 0.3 0.1 11.9 4.8 16.7 3.3 2.2 0
2005 Hawthorn 11 20 4 4 233 146 379 95 24 0.2 0.2 11.7 7.3 19.0 4.8 1.2 5
2006 Hawthorn 11 19 0 1 199 115 314 111 28 0.0 0.1 10.5 6.1 16.5 5.8 1.5 0
2007 Hawthorn 11 17 3 5 147 124 271 93 28 0.2 0.3 8.6 7.3 15.9 5.5 1.6 0
Career 221 90 88 2343 1138 3481 859 312 0.4 0.4 10.6 5.1 15.8 3.9 1.4 23

References[]

  1. ^ "AFL 1996 Ansett Cup Grand Final – St Kilda v Carlton". Slattery Media Group. 23 March 1996. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
  2. ^ Denham, Greg (3 February 1998). "Young Saint quits to join Hawks". The Age.
  3. ^ "Hawthorn's Joel Smith retires from AFL". 25 September 2007.
  4. ^ "Joel Smith stats". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 October 2019.

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