Royce Hart

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 Glenelg Career Highlights
  • GFC League Player Number: 568
  • GFC League Debut: Grand Final, 1969
  • Glenelg 1969
    • 1 games
    • 2 goals
  • Played in 1969 losing grand final team
 Other Career Highlights
  • Richmond 1967 - 1977
    • 187 games
    • 369 goals
    • Premierships: 1967, 1969, 1973 - 1974
    • Best & Fairest: 1969, 1972
    • Leading Goalkicker: 1967, 1971
    • Captain 1972 - 1975
  • All-Australian: 1969
  • Interstate Games: 11
  • Footscray coach 1980 - 1982
  • AFL(VFL) Team Of The Century
  • Richmond Team Of the Century
  • Australian Football Hall Of Fame member
  • Richmond Life Member
Captain-coach Neil Kerley watches with concern after Royce Hart is concussed in the 1969 Grand Final versus Sturt.

Biographical

  • Born: 10 February 1948
  • Height: 187
  • Weight: 86
  • Recruited from: Richmond (VFL)

Previous Club(s): Clarence (Tas)

  • GFC League Debut: Grand Final 1969


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Career

Royce Hart played with Richmond in the VFL during the period of its greatest on-field success, playing in four premierships. Arguably one of the greatest players of the Centre Half Forward position of all time, he was named in that position on the AFL's Team of the Century in 1996.

The week before the 1969 SANFL Grand Final Hart played for Richmond in the VFL Grand Final, helping them to win the premiership. Hart was paid $2000 to appear for Glenelg in the SANFL Grand Final, his only appearance for the club. His selection for this game was controversial and only possible because Hart was based in Adelaide whilst serving his National Service with the Royal Australian Artillery. He was concussed in the early stages of the grand final but recovered and was amongst the best players in the loss to Sturt.


References

1. "Pride of the Bay".

2. Wikipedia article

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