Trent Bartlett (born 26 November 1976) 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 the

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and

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in the

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(AFL). Bartlett captained Tasmania in the

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and was playing for Deloraine when he was picked up by the Brisbane Bears, with the 45th selection of the 1993 AFL Draft. He was used at centre half back at the Bears and spent some time as a key forward when he switched to the Lions in 1998, only after sitting out of football in 1997 with an ankle injury. He was traded to the Western Bulldogs in 2000, for Michael Martin and played 21 games for the season. As a tall forward, he kicked five goals in a win over Carlton that year. Bartlett played for Tasmanian Devils Football Club in the

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between 2003 and 2006. In 2016 Bartlett was appointed coach of the

Clarence Football Club The Clarence Football Club, nicknamed ''The Kangaroos'' (and usually referred to as simply "The Roos"), is an Australian rules football club playing in the Tasmanian State League, based in Bellerive, Tasmania. Before 1947, they existed as Bel ...

however resigned from the position in June 2016.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bartlett, Trent 1976 births Living people Brisbane Bears players Brisbane Lions players Western Bulldogs players Australian rules footballers from Tasmania Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame inductees Clarence Football Club coaches Tasmanian Devils Football Club players