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Clint Bizzell Personal information Birth 28 June 1976 , Brisbane, Queensland Recruited from Kedron Grange (QLD) Height and weight 188cm / 88kg Playing career¹ Debut Round 6, 1996, Geelong Football Club v.
Kangaroos Football Club, at Melbourne Cricket GroundTeam(s) Geelong (1996-2001)
75 Games, 72 Goals
Melbourne (2002-2007)
88 Games, 7 Goals
¹ Statistics to end of 2007 season Career highlights Clinton "Clint" Bizzell (born 28 June 1976) was a professional Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.
He is currently a television extra.
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Early life
The son of Robin Bizzell a QAFL player who played over 200 games, Clint was born in and grew up in Brisbane, Queensland and attended Payne Road Primary School, then attended Brisbane Boys' College. He was soon identified by talent scouts.
AFL career
Bizzell began his professional football career at the Geelong Football Club after being taken at #74 overall in the 1995 AFL Draft. During his stint at Geelong, Bizzell usually played in the forward line and by many accounts, was regarded as a "reasonable" player with some signs of potential, especially in the weeks following his 5 goals against Collingwood in 2001. However, that potential would not be realised at Geelong. At the end of the 2001 season, he was traded to the Melbourne Football Club.
At the Demons, Bizzell quickly rose to become a first class and reliable defender, who was capable of playing forward if the need arose. Throughout the 2003 and 2004 seasons, commentators began to recognise Bizzell as a strong playmaker off the back-half and a genuine talent in the AFL. In 2005, he played 20 games for the season, including his 150th. However, a back injury resulted from a knock he sustained in a preseason match in 2006 and shortly after, he sustained a leg fracture which ultimately impeded his ability regain the senior-level match fitness before the end of the season. While he played a number of solid games for the Demon's VFL affiliate Sandringham when he recovered from injury, he was unable to break into the senior side due to a number of factors, including the fact that Bizzell was competing for a spot against some young emerging talent, most of whom began earning regular senior selection in 2006.
Unfortunately, he did not play a senior AFL game in 2006.
Breaking back into the side in round 8 in 2007, Bizzell produced a string of performances which guaranteed his re-selection, including a near best-on-ground performance against the Kangaroos, despite Melbourne losing by a solitary point.
Bizzell retired at the end of 2007, along with Byron Pickett and Nathan D. Brown.
Post AFL
Following his retirement from the AFL, Bizzell pursued an acting career. He obtained a five week guest role as Adam Clarke in the Australian soap opera Neighbours. Clarke was an AFL star for the Carlton Football Club.[1]
External links
- Clint Bizzell's profile on the Official AFL Website of the Melbourne Football Club
- Clint Bizzell's statistics from AFL Tables
- DemonWiki profile
- Queensland Team of the Century profile
References
Australian squad – Barry | Bell | Bickley | Bizzell | Brown | Burgoyne | Carr | Crouch | Crawford | Hall | Harvey | Hasleby | Hayes | Jakovich | B. Johnson | C. Johnson | Kirk | Murphy | Pavlich | Power | Rawlings | Scarlett | Simpson | Smith | Wells | Wirrpanda | Coach: Lyon 1995 AFL Draft 1. Clive Waterhouse • 2. Matthew Primus • 3. Brendon Fewster • 4. Scott Bamford • 5. Brendan Krummel • 6. Daniel Healy • 7. Ben Edwards • 8. Jared Crouch • 9. Allen Jakovich • 10. Simon Prestigiacomo • 11. Donald Cockatoo-Collins • 12. Andrew Gowling • 13. Brad Rowe • 14. Luke Trew • 15. Darren Wheildon • 16. Shane Clayton • 17. Scott Welsh • 18. Brent Williams • 19. Barry Hall • 20. Nick Carter • 21. Clinton King • 22. Joe McLaren • 23. Jay Burton • 24. Paul Licuria • 25. Daniel Chick • 26. Chris Groom • 27. Kane Johnson • 28. Nick Trask • 29. Todd Curley • 30. Craig Smoker • 31. Andrew Ukovic • 32. Nigel Credlin • 33. Sam McFarlane • 34. Jason Snell • 35. Brad Smith • 36. Andrew Lamb • 37. Scott Grainger • 38. Jason Cripps • 39. Glenn Kilpatrick • 40. Luke Godden • 41. Ryan Grinter • 42. Troy Johnson • 43. Mark West • 44. Jonson Clifton • 45. Scott Hodges • 46. Ben Moore • 47. Brent Harvey • 48. Darren Milburn • 49. Ronnie Burns • 50. Brad Cassidy • 51. Kane Fraser • 52. Tony Campbell • 53. Adam Ugrinic • 54. Adam Ansell • 55. Mark Bradly • 56. Daniel Bradshaw • 57. Paul Whitelaw • 58. Peter Berbakov • 59. Ewan Thompson • 60. Darren O'Brien • 61. Daniel Lowther • 62. Adrian Burdon • 63. Jacob Anstey • 64. Matthew Carr • 65. Eric Lissenden • 66. Neil Marshall • 67. Michael Raidis • 68. Brady Anderson • 69. Daniel Marshall • 70. Ashley Fernee • 71. Jason Bevan • 72. Ashley Gehling • 73. Stuart Lamond • 74. Mark Bradley • 75. Clint Bizzell • 76. Ben Kemp • 77. Steven PittCategories:- 1976 births
- Living people
- Melbourne Football Club players
- Geelong Football Club players
- Kedron Grange Football Club players
- People from Brisbane
- People educated at Brisbane Boys' College
- Australian rules footballers from Queensland
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