Adam Hartlett (born 22 April 1986) is an

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 oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who played for Carlton in the

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(AFL). After graduating from Sacred Heart College in 2003, Hartlett was recruited as the number 25 draft pick in the 2004 AFL draft from West Adelaide by the

Carlton Football Club The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's top professional competition. Founded in 1864 in Carlton, an inner suburb of Mel ...

. Hartlett played for Carlton's , the

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, in both reserves and seniors through 2005 and 2006, suffering several injury setbacks. Following strong performances with the Bullants seniors in early 2007, he made his debut for Carlton in Round 9. He was a member of the Bullants' losing grand final team in 2009. His brother

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, currently plays for Port Adelaide.R. Homfra
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"Hamish and Adam to line up for Westies", 1 April 2010, Retrieved 4 September 2010 Hartlett has played both back and forward in key positions, both with the Bullants and Blues. However, his development and career were hampered by recurring hamstring injuries. He was delisted by the Blues at the end of the 2009 seaso

and returned to West Adelaide in 2010, where he is still playing as of 2014.

References

External links

Adam Hartlett at the Carlton Football Club website
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Adam Hartlett profile in Blueseum
1986 births Carlton Football Club players West Adelaide Football Club players Preston Football Club (VFA) players Australian rules footballers from South Australia Living people People educated at Sacred Heart College, Adelaide {{AFL-bio-1980s-stub