Chris M. Scott

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Chris Scott
Personal information
Full name	Christopher Michael Scott
Date of Birth	May 3, 1976 (1976-05-03) (age 32)
Place of Birth
Recruited from	Eastern U18
Draft	12th overall, 2004 Brisbane Bears
Height/Weight	182 cm / 92kg
Playing Career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1994-2007	Brisbane Bears/Lions	215 (79)
¹ Club statistics to end of 2007 season
² Representative statistics to end of {{{repstatsend}}} Career highlights AFL Rising Star winner 1994 Merrett-Murray Medal 1998 Ansett Cup Grand Final 2001 Brisbane Lions premiership side 2001, 2002 Brisbane Lions vice-captain 1999-2004

Christopher Michael "Chris" Scott (born May 3, 1976) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

The identical twin brother of Brad Scott, Chris was picked by Brisbane in the AFL Draft and moved to Queensland whilst still at high school. He studied at Brisbane Boys College during his first years as an AFL player.

Scott made his AFL debut in 1994 with the Brisbane Bears, taking out the Norwich Rising Star award.

Scott became one of the AFL's toughest defensive players, using his strength to outmuscle opposing forwards. Along with his brother Brad, they were nicknamed the Kray brothers by some fans for their forceful and ruthless styles of play.

During Brisbane's three-peat era Scott was part of a powerful backline also containing Mal Michael, Chris L. Johnson and Justin Leppitsch. He caused controversy in round 1 of 2005, when along with Mal Michael he crashed into St Kilda's Nick Riewoldt as he was leaving the field with a broken collarbone. In the same game Scott also had several teeth knocked out after receiving a back-handed fist from opponent Aaron Hamill. ^[1]

After participating in 2 premiership sides, Scott's later career has been plagued with injuries, but his occasional appearances show his experience and skill. Brisbane's round 22 match against the Geelong Cats on September 1, 2007 was his last after announcing his retirement. In 2008, Scott joined Fremantle as an assistant coach.^[2]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Chris M. Scott profile on the Official AFL Website of the Brisbane Lions Football Club
• Chris M. Scott's statistics from AFL Tables

Awards
Preceded by Nathan Buckley	AFL Rising Star 1994	Succeeded by Nick Holland
Preceded by Matthew Clarke	Brisbane Lions Best and Fairest winner 1998	Succeeded by Jason Akermanis & Justin Leppitsch

v • d • e Brisbane Lions Football Club – current squad 1 Clark • 2 Proud • 3 Sheldon • 4 Johnstone • 5 Harding • 6 Power • 7 Adcock • 8 Notting • 9 McGrath • 10 Moody • 11 Sherman • 12 Hawksley • 13 Schmidt • 14 Henderson • 15 Tyler • 16 Brown • 17 Brennan • 18 Corrie* • 19 Charman • 20 Black • 21 Merrett • 22 Collier • 23 Leuenberger • 24 Patfull • 25 Mills • 26 Macdonald • 27 Garner* • 28 Selwood • 29 Roe • 30 Copeland • 31 Polkinghorne • 32 Stiller • 33 Hooper • 34 Dalziell • 35 Rischitelli • 36 Bradshaw • 37 Austin • 38 Kiel* • 39 Drummond • 40 Hamill* • 41 Clouston* • 43 McDonald • 44 Lappin • 45 Dzufer* • 46 Begley* • 47 Tippett* • n/a Hanley* • n/a Smith* • Coach: Matthews |} * denotes Rookie Listed players

v • d • e Brisbane Lions squad – 2001 AFL Premiers (1st premiership) Captain: Voss | Akermanis | Ashcroft | Black | Bradshaw | Brown | Copeland | Hart | Johnson | Keating | Lappin | Leppitsch | Lynch | McDonald | McRae | Michael | Notting | Pike | Power | B. Scott | C. Scott | White Coach: Matthews

v • d • e Brisbane Lions squad – 2002 AFL Premiers (2nd premiership) Captain: Voss | Akermanis | Ashcroft | Black | Brown | Hart | Headland | Johnson | Keating | Lappin | Leppitsch | Lynch | McDonald | McRae | Michael | Notting | Pike | Power | B. Scott | C. Scott | Shattock | White Coach : Matthews

v • d • e AFL Rising Star Award 1993: Buckley | 1994: Scott | 1995: Holland | 1996: Cousins | 1997: Wilson | 1998: Pickett | 1999: Goodes | 2000: Hasleby | 2001: Koschitzke | 2002: Riewoldt | 2003: Mitchell | 2004: Rivers | 2005: Deledio | 2006: Pearce | 2007: Selwood