Shannon Grant

Shannon Grant
Personal information
Full name	Shannon Grant
Date of birth	(1977-04-19)19 April 1977
Original team(s)	Flemington/Western U18
Draft	No. 3,1994 national draft
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	0580(38)
1998–2008	North Melbourne	243 (323)
Total		301 (361)
1Playing statistics correct to the end of 2008.
Career highlights
Kangaroosbest and fairest2001 Norm Smith Medal1999 Kangaroospremiership side 1999 All-Australian2005 AFL Rising Starnominee 1996 International Rules2005
Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball

Shannon Grant(born 19 April 1977) is a formerAustralian rules footballerwho was a midfielder in theAFL.He began his career at theSydney Swansin 1995 before moving to theKangaroosin 1998 and being a part of their 1999 premiership side, in which he also won theNorm Smith Medalfor 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 theSydney Swans,atManuka 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 againstSt Kilda,the Roos again lifted from a 3rd quarter shocker, trailing against the highly fancied St Kilda which had not lost a game atDocklands Stadiumsince 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 againstCollingwoodat Telstra Dome.

Grant announced his retirement on 26 August 2008. The following Saturday, he played the 300th game of his career.His 301st and last game of AFL football was an elimination final against his former club, the Sydney Swans, atANZ Stadiumin 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 theFrankston Football Clubfor one season in theVictorian Football League(VFL) in 2009.

At season end of 2009, he was appointed coach of the strugglingBendigo Bombersfor 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 atGreenvale Football Clubin theEssendon District Football League.The team played off in the grand final, losing toAberfeldie Football Club.

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

Playing statistics

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

• AFL premiership player(North Melbourne/Kangaroos):1999
• McClelland Trophy(Sydney):1996
• McClelland Trophy(North Melbourne):1998

Individual

• Norm Smith Medal:1999
• Syd Barker Medal:2001
• All-Australian team:2005
• Australian international rules football team:2005
• AFL Rising Star nominee:1996 (Round 6)

External links

• Shannon Grant's playing statisticsfrom AFL Tables