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This article is about the Australian rules footballer. For the cryptographer, see Nigel Smart (cryptographer).
Nigel Smart Personal information Full name Nigel Smart Date of birth 21 May 1969 Original team South Adelaide Height/Weight 188 cm / 91 kg Playing career1 Years Club Games (Goals) 1991-2004 Adelaide 278 (116) 1 Playing statistics to end of 2004 season .Nigel James Smart (born 21 May 1969) was an Australian rules footballer with the Adelaide Crows from 1991 to 2004.[1] He was a defender who was a crowd favourite with his bald head and goatee.
One of the most famous incidents attributed to Smart's career was during the 1992 pre-season, where the Adelaide Crows organised a session to walk over hot coals. Smart suffered burns to his feet but returned to play football soon after.
After his retirement from football, Smart was an unsuccessful candidate for the Liberal Party for the electoral district of Norwood in the 2006 South Australian state election.[2]
Smart has been a member of the Crows' board since 2005, and will assume the role of Deputy Chairman for the 2009 season.
References
- ^ "Nigel Smart". Footy Wire. http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/pp-adelaide-crows--nigel-smart. Retrieved 20100123.
- ^ Antony Green (20060426). "Norwood Electorate Profile". 2006 South Australian Election. ABC News Online. http://www.abc.net.au/cgi-bin/common/printfriendly.pl?http://www.abc.net.au/elections/sa/2006/guide/norw.htm. Retrieved 20100123.
Adelaide Football Club inaugural team Full-back Half-back Robbie Thompson • Tom Warhurst, Jr. • Bruce LindsayCentre Half-forward Full-forward Ruck Interchange Coach Adelaide defeated Hawthorn 24.11 (155) to 9.15 (69), Round 1, 1991, at Football Park Adelaide Football Club 1997/1998 AFL Premiers Coach: Blight Guy McKenna (West Coast) • Anthony Daniher (Essendon) • Nigel Smart (Adelaide)
David Grant (St Kilda) • Paul Roos (Fitzroy) (captain) • Ken Hinkley (Geelong)Forwards
Gavin Brown (Collingwood) • Stewart Loewe (St Kilda) • Nicky Winmar (St Kilda)
Tony Francis (Collingwood) • Tony Lockett (St Kilda) • Garry Hocking (Geelong)Ben Hart (Adelaide) • Alastair Lynch (Fitzroy) • Gavin Wanganeen (Essendon)
Guy McKenna (West Coast) • Mark Harvey (Essendon) • Andrew McKay (Carlton)Forwards
Craig Bradley (Carlton) • Wayne Carey (North Melbourne) (Captain) • Garry Lyon (Melbourne)
Garry Hocking (Geelong) • Gary Ablett, Sr. (Geelong) • Tony Modra (Adelaide)David King (North Melbourne) • Ashley McIntosh (West Coast) • Glenn Archer (North Melbourne)
Nathan Buckley (Collingwood) • Sean Wellman (Essendon) • Nigel Smart (Adelaide)Forwards
Paul Hudson (Western Bulldogs) • Wayne Carey (Kangaroos) (Captain) • Mark Ricciuto (Adelaide)
Ben Cousins (West Coast) • Tony Lockett (Sydney) • Matthew Lloyd (Essendon)Interchange
Chris Grant (Western Bulldogs) • Andrew McLeod (Adelaide) • Shaun Rehn (Adelaide) • Anthony Stevens (North Melbourne)Categories:- Adelaide Football Club players
- 1969 births
- Living people
- All-Australians
- South Adelaide Football Club players
- South Australian State of Origin players
- Australian rules footballers from South Australia
- Australian rules biography, 1960s birth stubs
- Liberal Party of Australia politician stubs
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