Scott Selwood (born 27 March 1990) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the

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and

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in the Australian Football League (AFL). As an Eagle, Selwood won a

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in 2012, and was one of five acting captains at the club in the second half of the 2014 season after then-

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Darren Glass Darren Glass (born 14 May 1981) is a former Australian rules footballer who played as a full-back for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). Originally from Northam, Western Australia, he attended Carine Senior High Sc ...

retired midway through the season. He moved to Geelong via

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at the end of the 2015 season, playing alongside his brother and current Geelong captain

Joel Selwood Joel Anthony Selwood (born 26 May 1988) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was a quadruple premiership player, a six-time All-Australian, and a three- ...

for a further four seasons. He is now playing senior football with the Ivanhoe Amateur football Club while also serving as an assistant coach at Collingwood Football Club.

Early life

Selwood grew up in

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, where he attended Catholic College Bendigo (now Catherine McAuley College). Selwood was recruited from the

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in the

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with 's fourth pick (number 22 overall) in the

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AFL career

West Coast (2008–2015)

Selwood made his debut against in the round 3

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in 2008. He played the following week against , but was dropped after a poor performance, obtaining only nine possessions. Selwood became a regular in the Eagles' line-up over the following three seasons, initially as a tagger, and later as an inside midfielder. He continued his outstanding form throughout the 2012 season, playing predominantly as a tagger and midfielder depending on the opposition. He capped off a stellar season by winning the

, ahead of teammates

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and

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. When then-skipper

announced his retirement immediately after round 12 of the 2014 season, Selwood, who had already shared acting captain duties with fellow vice-captain Josh Kennedy in the games that Glass had missed that season, was announced as one of several candidates who would rotate the captaincy for the remainder of the season.

Geelong (2016–2019)

On 12 October 2015, Selwood left West Coast and joined his brother Joel at as a

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. Selwood missed most of the 2016 season with an ankle injury, but managed to return for the final five games of the season. Selwood managed to play 27 games over the following two seasons, displaying glimpses of the form that made him one of the best taggers in the competition and leading the competition in average tackles (10.7) in 2017. At the end of the 2019 season, after managing only two appearances due to hamstring injuries, Selwood was delisted by Geelong.

Coaching career

Following his delisting from Geelong in 2019, Selwood joined as a development coach.

Personal life

Selwood has three older brothers who have also played AFL football: twins

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(who also played for West Coast) and

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(who played for the ), and Joel, who is the most recent captain of Geelong, retiring after the end of the 2022 AFL Season. In June 2007, the Selwood brothers and their parents were named AFL celebrity ambassadors for

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Statistics

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2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing ...

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2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

, , 10 , , 14 , , 2 , , 1 , , 97 , , 110 , , 207 , , 46 , , 39 , , 0.1 , , 0.1 , , 6.9 , , 7.9 , , 14.8 , , 3.3 , , 2.8 , , 0 , - style="background:#EAEAEA" , scope="row" text-align:center ,

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

, , 10 , , 20 , , 4 , , 1 , , 153 , , 171 , , 324 , , 70 , , 99 , , 0.2 , , 0.1 , , 7.7 , , 8.6 , , 16.2 , , 3.5 , , 5.0 , , 0 , - , scope="row" text-align:center , 2011 , , 10 , , 25 , , 9 , , 10 , , 220 , , 248 , , 468 , , 69 , , bgcolor="CAE1FF" , 202^† , , 0.4 , , 0.4 , , 8.8 , , 9.9 , , 18.7 , , 2.8 , , bgcolor="CAE1FF" , 8.1^† , , 0 , - style="background:#EAEAEA" , scope="row" text-align:center ,

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

, , 10 , , 24 , , 11 , , 7 , , 265 , , 332 , , 597 , , 114 , , 117 , , 0.5 , , 0.3 , , 11.0 , , 13.8 , , 24.9 , , 4.8 , , 4.9 , , 15 , - , scope="row" text-align:center ,

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment ...

, , 10 , , 18 , , 4 , , 6 , , 228 , , 232 , , 460 , , 82 , , 136 , , 0.2 , , 0.3 , , 12.7 , , 12.9 , , 25.6 , , 4.6 , , bgcolor="CAE1FF" , 7.6^† , , 5 , - style="background:#EAEAEA" , scope="row" text-align:center ,

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

, , 10 , , 12 , , 3 , , 4 , , 120 , , 131 , , 251 , , 40 , , 60 , , 0.3 , , 0.3 , , 10.0 , , 10.9 , , 20.9 , , 3.3 , , 5.0 , , 0 , - , scope="row" text-align:center ,

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April ...

, , 10 , , 13 , , 2 , , 6 , , 96 , , 95 , , 191 , , 27 , , 53 , , 0.2 , , 0.5 , , 7.4 , , 7.3 , , 14.7 , , 2.1 , , 4.1 , , 0 , - style="background:#EAEAEA" , scope="row" text-align:center , 2016 , , 16 , , 5 , , 0 , , 1 , , 45 , , 56 , , 101 , , 19 , , 23 , , 0.0 , , 0.2 , , 9.0 , , 11.2 , , 20.2 , , 3.8 , , 4.6 , , 0 , - , scope="row" text-align:center ,

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

, , 16 , , 14 , , 3 , , 3 , , 107 , , 164 , , 271 , , 45 , , 150 , , 0.2 , , 0.2 , , 7.6 , , 11.7 , , 19.4 , , 3.2 , , bgcolor="CAE1FF" , 10.7^† , , 1 , - style="background:#EAEAEA" , scope="row" text-align:center ,

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

, , 16 , , 13 , , 3 , , 1 , , 80 , , 135 , , 215 , , 40 , , 69 , , 0.2 , , 0.1 , , 6.2 , , 10.4 , , 16.5 , , 3.1 , , 5.3 , , 0 , - , scope="row" text-align:center ,

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

, , 16 , , 2 , , 1 , , 1 , , 21 , , 17 , , 38 , , 8 , , 12 , , 0.5 , , 0.5 , , 10.5 , , 8.5 , , 19.0 , , 4.0 , , 6.0 , , 0 , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3 , Career ! 169 ! 44 ! 41 ! 1483 ! 1748 ! 3231 ! 590 ! 974 ! 0.3 ! 0.2 ! 8.8 ! 10.3 ! 19.1 ! 3.5 ! 5.8 ! 21

Honours and achievements

Individual *

: 2012

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Selwood, Scott 1990 births Living people West Coast Eagles players Geelong Football Club players Bendigo Pioneers players Sandhurst Football Club players John Worsfold Medal winners Australian rules footballers from Bendigo Perth Football Club players East Perth Football Club players