Greg Harding (born 17 September 1976) is an

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. He played for both the

Fremantle Football Club The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Dockers or colloquially Freo, is a professional Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The team was founded in 1994 to represen ...

and the

West Coast Eagles The West Coast Eagles are a professional Australian rules football club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and first competed in 1987 as one of two expansion teams in the Australian Football League (AFL), then known ...

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). He was drafted by Fremantle from

Claremont Claremont may refer to: Places Australia *Claremont, Ipswich, a heritage-listed house in Queensland * Claremont, Tasmania, a suburb of Hobart * Claremont, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth * Town of Claremont, Perth * Claremont Airbase, an ...

in the

West Australian Football League The West Australian Football League (WAFL "waffle" or "W-A-F-L") is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The league currently consists of ten teams, which play each other in a 20-round season usually lasting f ...

(WAFL) as a zone selection in the 1995 AFL Draft and played mainly as a defender. He made his AFL debut in the opening round

Western Derby The Western Derby () is the name given to the Australian rules football matches between the West Coast Eagles and the Fremantle Dockers, who both participate in the Australian Football League (AFL) and AFL Women's (AFLW). As both teams are ba ...

in 1996. In round 4 of that year, he was awarded the weekly nomination for the

AFL Rising Star The AFL Rising Star is an Australian rules football award presented annually to the player adjudged the best young player in the Australian Football League (AFL) for the year. It was first presented in the 1993 season, and was won by Nathan Bu ...

award. In 1997 he had his best season for Fremantle, playing in 18 games and coming fifth in the club's

best and fairest In Australian sport, the best and fairest award recognises the player(s) adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition. The awards are sometimes dependent on not receiving a suspensi ...

award. Injuries and poor form hampered his career after 1997, and he played only a further 33 games in the next three seasons for Fremantle before being traded to the

in return for

Daniel Metropolis Daniel Metropolis (born 17 March 1972) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles and the Fremantle Dockers The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Dockers or colloquially Freo, is a professional Austral ...

and a draft selection that would be used to draft

Dion Woods Dion Woods (born 25 January 1982) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for Fremantle in the Australian Football League (AFL) between 2001 and 2005. Woods was drafted from Perth in the West Australian Football League ...

. His career at West Coast was brief, with only 9 games in 2001 before he again succumbed to injury. In total he underwent 12 operations during his time in the AFL.High degree of injury for graduate half back flank
/ref> After being delisted by West Coast at the end of the 2002 season, Harding continued to play for Claremont, being appointed their vice-captain in 2003 and 2004 and winning their best and fairest award in 2003.
/ref> Greg Harding was the

Swan Districts Football Club The Swan Districts Football Club, nicknamed the Swans, is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW). The club is based at Bassendean Oval, in Bassendean, Western Australia, ...

colts' coach. He took the colts to a premiership in 2008, and consecutive finals in 2009 and 2010. On 27 October 2010, Harding was appointed the head coach of the league side for Swan Districts Football Club.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Harding, Greg 1976 births Fremantle Football Club players Claremont Football Club players West Coast Eagles players Living people Australian rules footballers from Western Australia Swan Districts Football Club coaches