Shannon Grant
Personal information
Full name Shannon Grant
Date of birth (1977-04-19) 19 April 1977 (age 46)
Original team(s) Flemington / Western U18
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Position(s) Small forward, midfielder
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1995–1997 Sydney 058 0(38)
1998–2008 North Melbourne 243 (323)
Total 301 (361)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2008.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Shannon Grant (born 19 April 1977) is a former Australian rules footballer who was a midfielder in the AFL. He began his career at the Sydney Swans in 1995 before moving to the Kangaroos in 1998 and being a part of their 1999 premiership side, in which he also won the Norm Smith Medal for best on ground. In 1996, he actually played against North Melbourne in the Grand Final, playing on the losing side of Sydney.

In the 2005 season, Grant was involved in numerous comeback victories by the Kangaroos. The first was in Round 2 against the Sydney Swans, at Manuka Oval. Trailing by 17 points at 3 quarter time, Grant and his team mates lifted with Grant kicking three goals to help the Roos to a convincing win. The following week against St Kilda, the Roos again lifted from a 3rd quarter shocker, trailing against the highly fancied St Kilda which had not lost a game at Docklands Stadium since 2003. Grant once again kicked four goals in the last quarter to defeat the Saints by seven points (100 to 93). In Round 19, the Kangaroos trailed by three goals with four minutes to play against Collingwood at Telstra Dome.

Grant announced his retirement on 26 August 2008. The following Saturday, he played the 300th game of his career.[1] His 301st and last game of AFL football was an elimination final against his former club, the Sydney Swans, at ANZ Stadium in Sydney, which the Kangaroos lost by 35 points. Grant was given a standing ovation by both Sydney and North Melbourne players as he left the ground for the final time.

Grant coached the Frankston Football Club for one season in the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 2009.

At season end of 2009, he was appointed coach of the struggling Bendigo Bombers for 2010, also in the VFL.

Grant joined the Western Bulldogs' coaching panel as an assistant coach for 2012 after two seasons at Essendon.

In 2015, Grant coached the senior team at Greenvale Football Club in the Essendon District Football League. The team played off in the grand final, losing to Aberfeldie Football Club.

In June 2018, Grant was sentenced to six months in prison for assaulting his former partner.[2] The sentence was overturned on appeal, and he was ordered to complete 200 hour of community service.[3]

Playing statistics

[4]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
  #  
 Played in that season's 
premiership team
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
1995 Sydney 9 10 9 10 80 47 127 38 11 0.9 1.0 8.0 4.7 12.7 3.8 1.1
1996 Sydney 9 25 11 8 276 154 430 104 43 0.4 0.3 11.0 6.2 17.2 4.2 1.7
1997 Sydney 9 23 18 13 233 108 341 64 27 0.8 0.6 10.1 4.7 14.8 2.8 1.2
1998 North Melbourne 6 25 46 16 261 137 398 70 35 1.8 0.6 10.4 5.5 15.9 2.8 1.4
1999# Kangaroos 6 24 37 11 310 181 491 110 27 1.5 0.5 12.9 7.5 20.5 4.6 1.1
2000 Kangaroos 6 25 29 18 304 131 435 127 28 1.2 0.7 12.2 5.2 17.4 5.1 1.1
2001 Kangaroos 6 20 26 21 315 164 479 101 46 1.3 1.1 15.8 8.2 24.0 5.1 2.3
2002 Kangaroos 6 20 12 17 227 125 352 76 33 0.6 0.9 11.4 6.3 17.6 3.8 1.7
2003 Kangaroos 6 20 22 23 287 159 446 108 41 1.1 1.2 14.4 8.0 22.3 5.4 2.1
2004 Kangaroos 6 22 23 18 273 194 467 89 55 1.0 0.8 12.4 8.8 21.2 4.0 2.5
2005 Kangaroos 6 23 39 24 296 135 431 122 29 1.7 1.0 12.9 5.9 18.7 5.3 1.3
2006 Kangaroos 6 18 21 18 247 109 356 127 31 1.2 1.0 13.7 6.1 19.8 7.1 1.7
2007 Kangaroos 6 25 39 21 281 137 418 135 40 1.6 0.8 11.2 5.5 16.7 5.4 1.6
2008 North Melbourne 6 21 29 17 209 129 338 111 41 1.4 0.8 10.0 6.1 16.1 5.3 2.0
Career 301 361 235 3599 1910 5509 1382 487 1.2 0.8 12.0 6.3 18.3 4.6 1.6

Honours and achievements

Team

Individual

References

  1. ^ "North Melbourne midfielder Shannon Grant set to retire". The Australian. 27 August 2008.
  2. ^ "Former AFL player Shannon Grant pleads guilty to assaulting ex-partner". ABC News. 26 June 2018.
  3. ^ Farnsworth, Sarah. "Shannon Grant wins appeal against jail sentence for assaulting former partner". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Commission. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  4. ^ Shannon Grant's player profile at AFL Tables

External links

Kangaroos 1999 AFL premiers
Norm Smith Medal
Syd Barker Medal · North Melbourne Football Club best and fairest winners
2005 All-Australian team
1996 AFL Rising Star nominees
Australian squad – 2005 International Rules Series
1994 AFL national draft
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