| Shane Crawford | |||
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| Full name | Shane Crawford | ||
| Date of birth | 9 September 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Mount Barker, South Australia | ||
| Original team | Assumption College | ||
| Draft | 13th overall, 1991 Hawthorn |
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| Height/Weight | 174cm / 80 kg | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1993–2008 | Hawthorn | 305 (224) | |
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1 Playing statistics to end of 2008 season .
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Shane Barry Crawford (born 9 September 1974) is a former Australian rules footballer, having played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League. He is currently an Australian television personality who appears regularly on the AFL Footy Show.
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Crawford spent his childhood in Finley, New South Wales and played his junior football with the Finley Football Club.[1] He attended boarding school at Assumption College in Kilmore, Victoria and was selected by Hawthorn with the 13th pick in the 1991 AFL Draft. He made his debut in 1993, writer Matt Burgan noting he "has since become an all-time club great and remains the only link from Hawthorn's golden era through to today."[2]
Crawford played 305 career AFL games. He is also a four-time All-Australian player and played in three International Rules series' for Australia. He became Captain of Hawthorn in 1999 and that season also won the AFL's top individual honours, the Brownlow Medal and the Leigh Matthews Trophy. He has won four Hawthorn Best & Fairest Awards (1998, 1999, 2002, 2003) and came second in the Brownlow in 2003, losing to the winner by one vote. He was also a member of Hawthorn's 2008 Premiership side.
Crawford stepped down from the Hawthorn Captaincy after the 2004 season, in which he broke his arm and the Hawks finished second last on the AFL ladder. He regained some form in the 2005 season and was again one of the league's leading possession winners.
He played his 300th game for Hawthorn against Brisbane in Round 19 in 2008 in Launceston when, after a slow start, Hawthorn eventually defeated the Lions by 69 points.
On 27 September 2008, Crawford won his first Premiership in his 305th AFL match, aged 34. He played more AFL games before receiving his first Premiership Medal than any other player.
Crawford was offered another year with the Hawks,[3] but he announced his retirement, wanting to go out on a high note. He ended his career after Hawthorn won the 2008 Grand Final, and is now remembered as one of the greatest midfielders in the modern era of AFL football.[4]
Crawford is currently a television presenter on Channel Nine, being part of three current shows. He is a co-host of World's Funniest Videos. The show is part of Channel Nine's 'Stimulus Package' which also includes another light entertainment show, Commercial Breakdown which contains a segment called My Beef with Shane Crawford, a segment where Crawford discusses his opinion on an issue. Crawford is now a permanent panel member of The Footy Show and is a presenter on Postcards, a holiday and destination program which airs on Saturday afternoons. He was also a contestant on the first season of Channel 9's series The Celebrity Apprentice, where celebrities compete for charities of their choosing. Shane raised $49,311 for his charity the Breast Cancer Network Australia. He finished third overall behind dance guru Jason Coleman and comedian Julia Morris.
Crawford is the holder of five Guinness world records. All the records occurred during broadcasts of The Footy Show.
Crawford has a longtime girlfriend, Olivia Anderson and they have 2 sons – Charlie (born 2006) and Benjamin (born 2008). On 11 August 2011, on Channel Nine's 'The Footy Show', he revealed that they are expecting identical twin boys. He did remark they were hoping for a girl, but ended up getting two more boys.
Crawford's interests outside football are diverse, including his passion for horse racing.[9] In 2011 Crawford launched his children's wear range Kiniki onto the market.[10]
On 16 September 2010, Crawford completed a 780 km run from Rundle Mall in Adelaide to the Channel 9 studio in Melbourne to raise awareness for breast cancer. He took a total of 11 days to complete the run and as a welcome into Melbourne, ran the final leg into the Channel 9 Footy Show's studio where the panel and crowd awaited his arrival. Hundreds of 'pink ladies' who were affected in some way by breast cancer showed their appreciation and support by making way for Crawford as he ran into the studio. Crawford appeared humbled and initially struggled to come to terms with what he had achieved and the stories that he had heard along the journey from breast cancer sufferers and family/friends of those with breast cancer.
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| Preceded by Nathan Buckley |
Alex Jesaulenko Medal 1998 |
Award retired |
| Preceded by Paul Salmon Joel Smith |
Peter Crimmins Medal 1998–1999 2002–2003 |
Succeeded by Daniel Chick and Nick Holland Peter Everitt |
| Preceded by Robert Harvey |
Brownlow Medal 1999 |
Succeeded by Shane Woewodin |
| Preceded by Wayne Carey |
Leigh Matthews Trophy 1999 |
Succeeded by Anthony Koutoufides |
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