Scott West

Infobox afl player | firstname = Scott
lastname = West

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birthdate = birth date and age|1974|11|14|df=y
birthplace =
originalteam = Strathmore, Victoria
heightweight = 1.78 m / 80 kg
dead = alive
deathdate =
deathplace =
debutdate = Round 1, 1993
debutteam = Footscray
debutopponent = Collingwood
debutstadium = Melbourne Cricket Ground
playingteams = Western Bulldogs (1993-2008)

324 games, 104 goals
coach = notcoach
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statsend = Rnd 2, 2008
careerhighlights =

* 7 club best-and-fairest awards (1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005)
* 5 All-Australian honours (1998, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006)
* Lou Richards Medal (2006)
* AFL Rising Star Nominee (1993)
* International Rules Series 1999, 2000
* Top 5 in the Brownlow medal: 2nd in 2000, 2006; 3rd in 1998; 4th in 2004, 2005

Scott West (born 14 November 1974) is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League. West was a tough "in-and-under" midfielder who was hard at the ball, especially around the stoppages, and was regularly one of the leading possession accumulators in the competition.

Early career

West attended Essendon Grammar and was recruited to the Footscray Football Club (now Western Bulldogs) where he made his debut in 1993. He won an AFL Rising Star nomination that season. From 1993 to 1997 He wore the number 14 guernsey on the back of his western bulldogs jumper before changing to his famous number 7

Best and fairest record

West is regarded as one of the most consistent players in the AFL over a long time-frame. He has regularly made the most disposals in the AFL in the past ten years, and has made AFL All-Australian selection on five occasions in 1998, 2000, 2004, 2005 and 2006. He has won seven club best-and-fairest awards, and the most Charles Sutton Medals; his victory in 2005 overtaking Gary Dempsey's previous record of 6.

Late in 2006 West had been described as being in the best form of his career despite him being 32 years of age and completing his 300th game. This run of form included an incredible career best 45 disposals in one match against the Adelaide Crows, one short of the AFL disposals record of 46, held by Nathan Buckley. In the 2006 season, West became the first player on record (recorded since 1987) to amass more than 400 handpasses in a season, finishing with 423.

Scott West is considered to be one of the best ever players not to have won a Brownlow medal. He came third in 1999, second (by 2 votes) in 2000 and (by 3 votes) in 2006 and fourth in 2004 and 2005. In 2006 he won the Sunday Footy Show's Lou Richards award for best player as voted by Channel 9's football commentators. He was the crowd favourite to win the Brownlow medal in 2006, due to is his string of close misses and secondly, because he was one of the few Victoria-based players with a high chance of winning the award, during a period when non-Victorian teams were dominating the league.

On September 23, 2008, his illustrated career came to an end after the club said he was no longer required at the club.cite web|url=http://www.afl.com.au/News/NEWSARTICLE/tabid/208/Default.aspx?newsId=68139|title=Bulldogs axe West|publisher=AFL.com.au|accessdate=2008-09-23|date=2008-09-23]

In early 2008, West was named in the Western Bulldogs Team of the Century along with Footscray great Ted Whitten.The Scott West Award was named in his honour.

References

Media Profile

West has made several appearances on the AFL Footy Show and appeared on a pizza ad with Melbourne's David Neitz.

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