Robert Scott (born 1 March 1969) 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 with the

Geelong Football Club The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed the Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club based at Kardinia Park in South Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The club competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier comp ...

and

North Melbourne North Melbourne is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, Central Business District, located within the City of Melbourne Local government ar ...

in the AFL. As part of John Devine's recruiting drive that would yield good results in the future, Scott was recruited from

Torquay Torquay ( ) is a seaside town in Devon, England, part of the unitary authority area of Torbay. It lies south of the county town of Exeter and east-north-east of Plymouth, on the north of Tor Bay, adjoining the neighbouring town of Paignt ...

. Starting as a goal sneak earlier in his career, he used his blistering pace to speed away from opponents to kick goals. As he matured and gained fitness, he was using sparingly in the midfield. He once famously had a set shot after the siren to win the match for Geelong against Sydney Swans at Kardinia Park, but hit the post, resulting in a 3-point loss. At the end of 1994, Scott was traded from Geelong to

, with Geelong receiving Brad Sholl in return. He played in

's 1996 Premiership Victory, after having played in losing Grand Finals with

Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung language, Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in Victoria, Australia, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River (Victo ...

in 1989 and 1992. Scott would experience Grand Final defeat in 1998 as

lost to the

Adelaide Crows The Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed the Crows, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Adelaide, South Australia that was founded in 1990. The Crows have fielded a men's team in the Australian Football League (AFL) since 199 ...

. In 1999, Scott would miss out on selection for the Kangaroos eventual Grand Final victory over Carlton. According to Captain

Wayne Carey Wayne Francis Carey (born 27 May 1971) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the North Melbourne Football Club and Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A dual-premiership captain at North Melbourne ...

post-match, was "very unlucky to miss out". His son Bailey was drafted by

as a father-son recruit in 2018 National Draft with 49th pick.

Statistics

:Robert Scott's player profile at AFL Tables
/ref> , - , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. ** Spain and Portugal en ...

, style="text-align:center;", , 50 , , 2 , , 0 , , 1 , , 3 , , 4 , , 7 , , 0 , , , , 0.0 , , 0.5 , , 1.5 , , 2.0 , , 3.5 , , 0.0 , , , , 0 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

, style="text-align:center;", , 45 , , 12 , , 10 , , 5 , , 115 , , 65 , , 180 , , 28 , , 27 , , 0.8 , , 0.4 , , 9.6 , , 5.4 , , 15.0 , , 2.3 , , 2.3 , , 1 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , 1988 , style="text-align:center;", , 8 , , 20 , , 15 , , 22 , , 272 , , 147 , , 419 , , 52 , , 33 , , 0.8 , , 1.1 , , 13.6 , , 7.4 , , 21.0 , , 2.6 , , 1.7 , , 7 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

, style="text-align:center;", , 8 , , 23 , , 42 , , 24 , , 217 , , 176 , , 393 , , 66 , , 43 , , 1.8 , , 1.0 , , 9.4 , , 7.7 , , 17.1 , , 2.9 , , 1.9 , , 6 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

, style="text-align:center;", , 8 , , 14 , , 17 , , 20 , , 145 , , 70 , , 215 , , 32 , , 20 , , 1.2 , , 1.4 , , 10.4 , , 5.0 , , 15.4 , , 2.3 , , 1.4 , , 2 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

, style="text-align:center;", , 8 , , 8 , , 6 , , 7 , , 86 , , 68 , , 154 , , 16 , , 11 , , 0.8 , , 0.9 , , 10.8 , , 8.5 , , 19.3 , , 2.0 , , 1.4 , , 1 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

, style="text-align:center;", , 8 , , 24 , , 42 , , 21 , , 295 , , 166 , , 461 , , 74 , , 50 , , 1.8 , , 0.9 , , 12.3 , , 6.9 , , 19.2 , , 3.1 , , 2.1 , , 3 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

, style="text-align:center;", , 8 , , 20 , , 27 , , 12 , , 206 , , 143 , , 349 , , 43 , , 51 , , 1.4 , , 0.6 , , 10.3 , , 7.2 , , 17.5 , , 2.2 , , 2.6 , , 5 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

, style="text-align:center;", , 8 , , 9 , , 5 , , 3 , , 91 , , 38 , , 129 , , 21 , , 13 , , 0.6 , , 0.3 , , 10.1 , , 4.2 , , 14.3 , , 2.3 , , 1.4 , , 0 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

, style="text-align:center;", , 8 , , 25 , , 17 , , 18 , , 215 , , 106 , , 321 , , 36 , , 44 , , 0.7 , , 0.7 , , 8.6 , , 4.2 , , 12.8 , , 1.4 , , 1.8 , , 0 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" , style="text-align:center;background:#afe6ba;",

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

† , style="text-align:center;", , 8 , , 24 , , 13 , , 9 , , 219 , , 132 , , 351 , , 47 , , 50 , , 0.5 , , 0.4 , , 9.1 , , 5.5 , , 14.6 , , 2.0 , , 2.1 , , 1 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

, style="text-align:center;", , 8 , , 25 , , 14 , , 15 , , 216 , , 140 , , 356 , , 49 , , 35 , , 0.6 , , 0.6 , , 8.6 , , 5.6 , , 14.2 , , 2.0 , , 1.4 , , 3 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

, style="text-align:center;", , 8 , , 22 , , 6 , , 3 , , 193 , , 76 , , 269 , , 27 , , 43 , , 0.3 , , 0.1 , , 8.8 , , 3.5 , , 12.2 , , 1.2 , , 2.0 , , 1 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

, style="text-align:center;", , 8 , , 16 , , 8 , , 4 , , 83 , , 38 , , 121 , , 19 , , 16 , , 0.5 , , 0.3 , , 5.2 , , 2.4 , , 7.6 , , 1.2 , , 1.0 , , 0 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

, style="text-align:center;", , 8 , , 1 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 1 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 1.0 , , 0 , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3, Career ! 245 ! 222 ! 164 ! 2356 ! 1369 ! 3725 ! 510 ! 437 ! 0.9 ! 0.7 ! 9.6 ! 5.6 ! 15.2 ! 2.1 ! 1.8 ! 30

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Robert 1969 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) North Melbourne Football Club players North Melbourne Football Club premiership players Geelong Football Club players Living people Victorian State of Origin players VFL/AFL premiership players