Benjamin Hart (born 9 July 1974) is a former professional

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er who played for the

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in the

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. He was an assistant coach with the

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from 2012 to 2016.

Early career

Ben Hart made his debut in the SANFL for North Adelaide in a semi final in 1990 at 16 years of age, he went on to combine his college commitments with those of the North Adelaide Roosters until he was selected by the Crows in 1992. In 1992, Hart made his debut in the

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side direct from the 1st XVIII

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team, and made an immediate impact as a defender, playing all 22 games (and booting 3 goals). The then 18-year-old Hart won

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selection that year and repeated that feat in 1993.

Records

In early 2005, Hart passed the Adelaide games record, overtaking

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with 279 games. In early 2006 Hart reached another milestone, by becoming the first Adelaide Crows player to join the exclusive 300 games club. Hart had been in superb form early in 2006 but suffered his first major injury, a broken arm vs Richmond in Round 8 of 2006, making his return in Round 16. He was again injured in Round 21, ending his season and his career.

Retirement

At the end of the 2006 season, Hart was delisted by the Crows due to the long-term injuries of

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and

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and concerns over Hart's age and durability. On 18 November 2006 Hart nominated for the national draft but was overlooked by all clubs. He played for North Adelaide in the SANFL in 2007, helping them reach a grand final in 2007, and after this he announced his retirement. From 2008 to 2011, Hart was an assistant coach for the Adelaide Crows. He was then an assistant coach for the

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from 2012 to 2016. In 2018, Hart returned to the Adelaide Crows, resuming his role as assistant coach. He later left in 2020 and returned to Melbourne.

Statistics

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1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...

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1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...

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2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

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2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

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2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

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2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

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2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

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2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hart, Ben North Adelaide Football Club players 1974 births Living people Adelaide Football Club players Adelaide Football Club Premiership players All-Australians (AFL) Malcolm Blight Medal winners South Australian State of Origin players Australian rules footballers from South Australia South Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees Australia international rules football team players Two-time VFL/AFL Premiership players