Scott Chisholm (footballer)

Infobox afl player


firstname = Scott
lastname = Chisholm


| birthdate = Birth date and age|1973|5|28|df=y
birthplace =
originalteam = St Marys Football Club, Darwin
dead = alive
deathdate =
deathplace =
debutdate = Round 1, 1 April 1995
debutteam = Fremantle
debutopponent = Richmond
debutstadium = MCG
playingteams = Fremantle (1995-1998)

63 games, 25 goals

Melbourne (1999-2000)

18 games, 8 goals
coach = notcoach
coachingteams =
statsend = 2005
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Scott Chisholm (born 28 May 1973) is an Australian rules footballer. He played as a Half-Back Flanker and began his football career at St Marys Football Club.

Royal family links

Chisholm is known to all Freo fans as 'Prince' or 'The Prince of Pockets', because of his insistence that he was related by blood to the British Royal Family. His grandfather, David Anthony Chisholm, has been claimed to be the illegitimate son of King Edward VIII.

Early career

Chisholm's early senior career was split between St Marys, with whom he gained selection in the 'Northern Territory Team of the Year' for 1992-93, and Claremont, where his pace, anticipation and sublime ball skills were ideally suited to coach Gerard Neesham's renowned 'chip and draw' tactics. An attacking player by propensity and temperament, Chisholm found himself transformed by Neesham into a vibrant, running half back, instructed to run with the ball whenever possible, drawing opposition players towards him to attempt to tackle before releasing the ball into the space created, where a team mate would inevitably be waiting.

AFL career

Chisholm continued to play under Neesham at AFL level in 1995 when the Fremantle Dockers joined the league and was awarded the club's Beacon Award as the best young player. After reaching his peak as a player in 1996 when he finished 3rd in Fremantle's best and fairest count, following a 4th placing in 1995, Chisholm's form and fitness began to deteriorate. He moved to Melbourne Football Club in 1998 after 63 games for the Dockers, but despite playing some good games for the Demons in his debut season his lack of consistency and erratic kicking caused concern despite being handed kick-in duties by coach Neale Daniher. He played just 1 game for a vastly improved Melbourne side in 2000 before being delisted. One sad moment of Chisholm's career was in the late 1990s when he was racially attacked by St Kilda's Peter Everitt. However, Everitt publicly apologised and placed a self-imposed suspension on himself.

Final days

Chisholm resumed playing semi-professional football in the minor leagues, including stints in the West Australian Football League and at his former NTFL club St Marys, finishing his senior league career back in Western Australia at South Fremantle, playing 30 games for the Bulldogs between 2001 and 2003. In 2002 he was awarded the Herald Medal as the best player from the two Fremantle WAFL sides. [http://www.australianrules.com.au/2003stories/heraldmedal.html]

External links

*AflRleague|ref=S/Scott_Chisholm.html
* [http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/NT%20Team%20of%20the%20Century%20HB.htm Full Points Footy Biography]