Scott West
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| Personal Info | |
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| Birth | November 14, 1974, |
| Recruited from | Strathmore, Victoria |
| Height/Weight | 178cm / 80kg |
| Playing Career¹ | |
| Debut | Round 1, March 26, 1993, Footscray vs. Collingwood, at Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| Team(s) | Western Bulldogs (1993-)
300 games, 104 goals |
| ¹ Statistics to end of 2006 season | |
| Career Highlights | |
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Scott West (born November 14, 1974) is an Australian rules football player who plays for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League. He is a true champion of the AFL and has the respect of footy players and fans alike. He finds the ball more than any other player the game has ever seen and as a result has earned the infamous nickname of "handball master"
[edit] Early career
West attended Essendon Grammar and was recruited to the Footscray Football Club (now Western Bulldogs) where he made his debut in 1993. He won an AFL Rising Star nomination that season.
[edit] Best and fairest record
West is regarded as one of the most consistent players in the AFL over a long time frame. He has regularly made the most disposals in the AFL in the past 10 years, and has made AFL All-Australian selection on five occasions in 1998, 2000, 2004, 2005 and 2006. He has won seven club best and fairest awards, and has won the most Charles Sutton Medals, his victory in 2005 overtaking Gary Dempsey's previous record of six.
Late in 2006 west had been described as being in the best form of his career despite him being 32 years of age and completing his 300th game. This run of form included an incredible career best 45 disposals in one match against the Adelaide Crows, one short of the AFL disposals record of 46, held by Nathan Buckley also against Adelaide.
West is considered one of the best players yet to win a Brownlow Medal, a view supported by the fact that he has the highest number of career Brownlow votes of any present day player to have not won the award (164 career votes). In 2006 he came second (by 3 votes), fourth in 2004 and 2005, second in 2000 (by 2 votes) and third in 1998. In 2006 he won the Sunday Footy show's Lou Richards for best player as voted by Channel 9's football commentators. He was the crowd favourite to win the Brownlow in 2006, for two main reasons, first of which, is his string of close misses where the Brownlow medal is concerned. Secondly, he was one of the the few Victorian based players which seemed to have a high chance of winning the award (at a time where non-Victorian teams were dominating the league).
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| Preceded by Chris Grant |
Western Bulldogs Best and Fairest winner 1995 |
Succeeded by Chris Grant, Jose Romero |
| Preceded by Chris Grant, Jose Romero |
Western Bulldogs Best and Fairest winner 1997-1998 |
Succeeded by Brad Johnson |
| Preceded by Brad Johnson |
Western Bulldogs Best and Fairest winner 2000 |
Succeeded by Luke Darcy |
| Preceded by Brad Johnson |
Western Bulldogs Best and Fairest winner 2003-2005 |
Succeeded by Brad Johnson |
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