Andrew John Scott (born 12 March 1952) is a former

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 with

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in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

(VFL). Scott made his senior VFL debut in 1972, when Hawthorn were reigning premiers.AFL Tables: Andrew Scott
/ref> He played a total of four games that year and another two the following season. A former policeman, turned plumber, Scott spent his career as a half forward or on-baller. After returning briefly to Sorrento in 1974, his original club, Scott joined the

Wangaratta Rovers The Wangaratta Rovers, officially known as the Wangaratta Rovers Football & Netball Club, is an Australian rules football club based in Wangaratta, Victoria and play in the Ovens & Murray Football League. Their nickname is the Hawks. Their hom ...

in the

Ovens & Murray Football League The Ovens and Murray Football Netball League (O&MFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition containing ten clubs based in north-eastern Victoria, the southern Riverina region of New South Wales and the Ovens and Murray are ...

. He was joint winner of a Morris Medal in 1975, when he polled the equal most votes with Jack O'Halloran of the

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. That year he also played in a winning grand final side and he would be a member of three further premierships with the Rovers. Seven months after joining Rovers he was awarded Life Membership under its policy for League B&F winners. At primary school he played 3 seasons of inter-school football and captained the side in grade 6. At high school he played 6 seasons of inter-school and house (Murray) football, cricket and athletics. On weekends he played football with SFC under 15s and cricket with SCC Colts, the latter winning the MPCA reserve grade premiership of 1965–66. He had to wait another 3 years for his first football premiership. In 1969, he kicked 2 goals as the youngest member of Sorrento FC's 1st 18 team, defeating Seaford by 27 points at Mornington. Two years later, at the same ground, Mornington denied him another premiership by 8 goals. Several weeks later he had SFC's 1971 - best and fairest medal in his trophy cabinet.Footy Record, MPFL, September 1971 After a 300-plus game football career the wear and tear finally took its toll. In 2015 his left knee was replaced, and 2019 his preferred right-side is scheduled for the same.

External links

Andrew Scott: The Cop who stayed!2013 O&MFNL - Hall of Fame Inductee: Andrew Scott

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Andrew 1952 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Hawthorn Football Club players Wangaratta Rovers Football Club players Living people