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**Shaun** **Burgoyne**
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Personal information
Birth	21 October 1982 (age 27)
Recruited from	Port Adelaide Magpies (SANFL)
Height and weight	185cm / 88kg
Playing career¹
Debut	Round 3, 14 April 2002, Port Adelaide vs. St Kilda, at Telstra Dome
Team(s)	Port Adelaide (2002-2009) 157 games, 171 goals Hawthorn (2010-)
	¹ Statistics to end of 2009 season
Career highlights
	; Port Adelaide premiership side 2004; All-Australian 2006; International Rules Series 2008;

Shaun Playford Burgoyne (born 21 October 1982) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing with the Hawthorn Hawks in the Australian Football League.Burgoyne started his AFL career with Port Adelaide in 2002. He requested a clearance to play in Melbourne and was traded to Hawthorn in October 2009.

[edit] Early life

The younger brother of former Port Adelaide player Peter Burgoyne and son of former Port Adelaide player Peter Burgoyne Snr., Burgoyne is of Indigenous Australian descent and his ancestry can be traced to the Kokatha.^[1]

[edit] AFL career

Burgoyne made his AFL debut in 2002. He had been a steady contributor across the forward line for the Power, before becoming a rebounding defender to great effect.

After a series of midfield performances that culminated with selection to the All Australian Team in 2006, he was described by retiring Port player Josh Francou as being "as good as Judd". [1]

Burgoyne was The Power’s midfield Ferrari in 2008, despite attracting the opposition’s best tagger most weeks. While not reaching the heights of past seasons, he finished fourth in the best and fairest and was second at the club in centre clearances, tackles and inside 50s, and fourth in goals (23), contested possessions and bounces. 2009 was a disappointing year after injuring his knee in round three and missing three months of footy. He was able to come back and play a few good games late in the year. His absence was a big reason why the Power didn’t play finals. As Vice-captain Shaun Burgoyne shocked the football club by revealing his desire to play in Melbourne next season. Port traded him to Hawthorn for two first round picks.

[edit] References

^ AFL Record. Round 9,2009. Slattery Publishing. pg 75.

[edit] External links

Shaun Burgoyne profile on the Official AFL Website of the Port Adelaide Football Club
Shaun Burgoyne's statistics from AFL Tables

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[0] AFL Record. Round 9,2009. Slattery Publishing. pg 75.

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Contents

[edit] Early life

[edit] AFL career

[edit] References

[edit] External links