Brent Heaver (born 15 June 1971) is a former

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who played for

Melbourne Football Club The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Demons or colloquially the Dees, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier comp ...

Carlton Football Club The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club based at Princes Park (stadium), Princes Park in Carlton North, Victoria, Carlton North, an inner suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. The c ...

and the

Port Adelaide Football Club Port Adelaide Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia, Alberton, South Australia. The club's senior men's team plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), where it is nicknamed the ...

in the

Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional sports, professional competition of Australian rules football. It was originally named the Victorian Football League (VFL) and was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition ...

(AFL) during the 1990s.

AFL career

Melbourne career (1990–1991)

A rover and

forward pocket In the sport of Australian rules football, each of the eighteen players in a team is assigned to a particular named position on the field of play. These positions describe both the player's main role and by implication their location on the gro ...

, Heaver started his career at Melbourne and is often remembered for his debut game. Playing against Carlton at the MCG, he kicked five goals and had 20 disposals to set up a win.

Carlton career (1992–1996)

After two seasons he was delisted and Carlton picked him up in the 1992 Mid Season Draft. He had his best year at Carlton in 1993 when he kicked 48 goals to finish second in their goal kicking behind

Stephen Kernahan Stephen Scott Kernahan (born 1 September 1963) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and for the Glenelg Football Club in the South Australian National Football ...

. He played in the Grand Final against Essendon that season but finished in the losing team.

Port Adelaide career (1997–1998)

Heaver was traded to Port Adelaide for their inaugural year in the AFL and retired after the 1998 season. He is also noted for kicking Port Adelaide Power's second goal. He commonly had injury issues in his time at Port Adelaide.

Coaching

Heaver was senior coach of Greensborough in 2001 and 2002.

Personal life

Heaver now lives in Canberra where he works for the Australian Federal Government.

References

External links

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Blueseum profile of Brent Heaver
{{DEFAULTSORT:Heaver, Brent 1971 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Melbourne Football Club players Carlton Football Club players Port Adelaide Football Club players Port Adelaide Football Club players (all competitions) Greensborough Football Club coaches Epping Football Club players