Shane Crawford
Personal information
Full name	Shane Crawford
Date of birth	9 September 1974 (1974-09-09) (age 35)
Place of birth	Mount Barker, South Australia
Recruited from	Assumption College
Draft	13th overall, 1991 Hawthorn Hawks
Height/Weight	174cm / 80kg
Club information
Current club	Hawthorn
Number	9
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1993-2008	Hawthorn	305 (224)
1 Playing statistics to end of 2008 season .

Shane Barry Crawford (born 9 September 1974 in Mount Barker, South Australia) is a former Australian rules football player for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League. He is also a multi-Guinness World Record holder.

Crawford spent much of his childhood in Finley, New South Wales and Myrtleford, Victoria.^{[citation needed]}

Contents 1 Current occupations 2 Football career 3 World records 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Current occupations

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, a spin-off of the long running Australian TV series Australia's Funniest Home Videos.^{[citation needed]} The show is part of Channel Nine's 'Stimulus Package' which also includes another light entertainment show, Commercial Breakdown which runs similarly to AFHV, except that it contains a segment called My Beef with Shane Crawford, a segment where Crawford discusses his opinion on an issue.^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Football career

Crawford was recruited from Assumption College, Kilmore in Victoria and selected by the Hawks with the 13th pick in the 1991 AFL National 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."^[1]

Crawford played over 300 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 and 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 the 2008 premiership side.

Crawford stepped down from the Hawthorn Football Club captaincy after the 2004 season, in which he broke his arm and the Hawks finished second last on the AFL premiership season ladder. He regained some form in the 2005 season and was again one of the league's leading possession winners.^{[citation needed]}

He played his 300th game for Hawthorn against the Brisbane Lions in Round 19 in 2008 in Launceston when, after a slow start, Hawthorn eventually defeated the Lions by 69 points.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

Crawford was offered another year with the Hawks,^[2] but he announced his retirement.^[3]

[edit] World records

Crawford is the holder of five Guinness world records.

• Having 157 live Golden Orb spiders on his body inside a large tank for 30 seconds. ^[4]
• Kissing 96 people on the face in a minute.^[5]
• As of 18 June 2009 (2009 -06-18)^[update] - Putting on 180 pairs of underwear, surpassing the former world record of 150.^[6]

• As of 30 July 2009 (2009 -07-30)^[update] - Crawford and previous Stawell Gift Adrian Mott broke the world record for the 100m sprint while both inside a single pantomime horse costume.^[7]
• As of 24 September 2009 (2009 -09-24)^[update] - Crawford cracked 113 eggs with his head in a minute. ^[8]

[edit] References

1. ^ "How the list was built: Hawthorn". AFL.com.au. 2008-09-26. http://afl.com.au/News/NewsArticle/tabid/208/Default.aspx?newsId=68273. Retrieved 2008-09-26. 
2. ^ http://www.realfooty.com.au/articles/2008/11/08/1225561205571.html
3. ^ http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,24619409-23211,00.html
4. ^ 7 May 2009. "Huge Night Tonight On Footy Show". eNews, Retrieved on 15 August 2009.
5. ^ May 08, 2009 ."AFL star Shane Crawford kisses up a record". PerthNOW, Retrieved on 15 August 2009.
6. ^ "The Grand Final Footy Show"(Nine Network) 24 September 2009
7. ^ "2XU's Adrian Mott teams with Shane Crawford to break World Record!". http://www.2xu.com/news/. 
8. ^ "The Grand Final Footy Show"(Nine Network) 24 September 2009

[edit] External links

• Shane Crawford profile on the Official AFL Website of the Hawthorn Football Club
• Shane Crawford's statistics from AFL Tables
• Google Video featuring Shane Crawford punching Sam Newman on the Footy Show

Awards
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

v • d • e 2008 Hawthorn Football Club Premiership Players Captain: Mitchell | Bateman | Birchall | Brown | Campbell | Crawford | Croad | Dew | Ellis | Franklin | Gilham | Guerra | Hodge | Ladson | Lewis | Osborne | Renouf | Rioli | Roughead | Sewell | Williams | Young Coach: Clarkson

v • d • e AFL Brownlow Medal winners 1924: Greeves | 1925: Watson | 1926: Warne-Smith | 1927: Coventry | 1928: Warne-Smith | 1929: Collier | 1930: Judkins | 1931: Bunton | 1932: Bunton | 1933: Smallhorn | 1934: Reynolds | 1935: Bunton | 1936: Ryan | 1937: Reynolds | 1938: Reynolds | 1939: Whelan | 1940: Matthews | Fothergill | 1941: Ware | 1946: Cordner | 1947: Deacon | 1948: Morris | 1949: Clegg | Austen | 1950: Ruthven | 1951: Smith | 1952: Wright | Hutchison | 1953: Hutchison | 1954: Wright | 1955: Goldsmith | 1956: Box | 1957: Gleeson | 1958: Roberts | 1959: Skilton | 1960: Schultz | 1961: James | 1962: Lord | 1963: Skilton | 1964: Collis | 1965: Stewart | 1966: Stewart | 1967: Smith | 1968: Skilton | 1969: Murray | 1970: Bedford | 1971: Stewart | 1972: Thompson | 1973: Greig | 1974: Greig | 1975: Dempsey | 1976: Moss | 1977: Teasdale | 1978: Blight | 1979: Moore | 1980: Templeton | 1981: Quinlan | Round | 1982: Wilson | 1983: Glendinning | 1984: Moore | 1985: Hardie | 1986: DiPierdomenico | Williams | 1987: Lockett | Platten | 1988: Healy | 1989: Couch | 1990: Liberatore | 1991: Stynes | 1992: Wynd | 1993: Wanganeen | 1994: Williams | 1995: Kelly | 1996: Hird | Voss | 1997: Harvey | 1998: Harvey | 1999: Crawford | 2000: Woewodin | 2001: Akermanis | 2002: Black | 2003: Buckley | Ricciuto | Goodes | 2004: Judd | 2005: Cousins | 2006: Goodes | 2007: Bartel | 2008: Cooney | 2009: Ablett, Jr.

v • d • e Leigh Matthews Trophy - AFLPA Most Valuable Player Award winners 1982: Matthews | 1983: Daniher | 1984: Greene | 1985: Williams | 1986: Roos | 1987: Lockett | 1988: Healy | 1989: Watson | 1990: Millane | 1991: Stynes | 1992: Dunstall | 1993: Ablett, Sr. | 1994: Williams | 1995: Carey | 1996: McKernan | 1997: Harvey | 1998: Carey | 1999: Crawford | 2000: Koutoufides | 2001: McLeod | 2002: Darcy & Voss | 2003: Voss | 2004: Riewoldt | 2005: Cousins | 2006: Judd | 2007: Ablett, Jr. | 2008: Ablett, Jr. | 2009: Ablett, Jr.