Shaun Hampson (born 21 March 1988) is a former Australian rules footballer who played 98 games across a 12-year career with the and Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Junior football

Hampson excelled at sport at school, including athletics, swimming and soccer. He did not begin playing Australian football until 2004. He then joined Mount Gravatt Football Club in 2005, and by the end of the year he was the club's number one ruckman.

AFL career

Hampson was drafted in the priority round of the

2006 AFL Draft The 2006 AFL draft is a recent national draft of the Australian Football League. The AFL draft is the annual draft of talented players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Foot ...

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 Me ...

(17th pick overall). He made his debut with Carlton in Round 21, 2007 against

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. Hampson struggled with short-sightedness early in his career, and had laser eye surgery prior to the 2012 season to correct it. Hampson played 63 senior games for Carlton from 2007 until the end of the 2013 season. He was traded to Richmond in October 2013, in exchange for pick 28 in the

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. Hampson made his senior debut for Richmond in round one of the 2014 season, against the Gold Coast Suns. Hampson was affected by a back injury in 2017 and did not manage to play a match at AFL level. He also managed just six appearances with the club's reserves side in the VFL. He played in round 1 of the VFL season in 2018 but did not play another match after that due to a re-occurrence of the same back issues. Hampson announced his immediate retirement from AFL football on 26 June 2018, citing the ongoing effects of his two-year back troubles.

Statistics

, - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , 2007 , , 22 , , 2 , , 1 , , 0 , , 6 , , 5 , , 11 , , 5 , , 0 , , 16 , , 0.5 , , 0.0 , , 3.0 , , 2.5 , , 5.5 , , 2.5 , , 0.0 , , 8.0 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

, , 22 , , 10 , , 1 , , 0 , , 26 , , 34 , , 60 , , 20 , , 6 , , 82 , , 0.1 , , 0.0 , , 2.6 , , 3.4 , , 6.0 , , 2.0 , , 0.6 , , 8.2 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , 2009 , , 22 , , 15 , , 3 , , 4 , , 35 , , 89 , , 124 , , 34 , , 31 , , 278 , , 0.2 , , 0.3 , , 2.3 , , 5.9 , , 8.3 , , 2.3 , , 2.1 , , 18.5 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , 2010 , , 22 , , 8 , , 6 , , 8 , , 28 , , 29 , , 57 , , 22 , , 19 , , 104 , , 0.8 , , 1.0 , , 3.5 , , 3.6 , , 7.1 , , 2.8 , , 2.4 , , 13.0 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , 2011 , , 22 , , 9 , , 3 , , 5 , , 29 , , 45 , , 74 , , 21 , , 17 , , 185 , , 0.3 , , 0.6 , , 3.2 , , 5.0 , , 8.2 , , 2.3 , , 1.9 , , 20.6 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...

, , 22 , , 13 , , 15 , , 4 , , 61 , , 59 , , 120 , , 51 , , 24 , , 240 , , 1.2 , , 0.3 , , 4.7 , , 4.5 , , 9.2 , , 3.9 , , 1.8 , , 18.5 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...

, , 22 , , 6 , , 3 , , 5 , , 38 , , 25 , , 63 , , 26 , , 12 , , 70 , , 0.5 , , 0.8 , , 6.3 , , 4.2 , , 10.5 , , 4.3 , , 2.0 , , 11.7 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

, , 16 , , 11 , , 1 , , 2 , , 26 , , 66 , , 92 , , 20 , , 11 , , 318 , , 0.1 , , 0.2 , , 2.4 , , 6.0 , , 8.4 , , 1.8 , , 1.0 , , 28.9 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , 2015 , , 16 , , 4 , , 0 , , 3 , , 18 , , 10 , , 28 , , 13 , , 3 , , 90 , , 0.0 , , 0.8 , , 4.5 , , 2.5 , , 7.0 , , 3.3 , , 0.8 , , 22.5 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...

, , 16 , , 20 , , 5 , , 4 , , 65 , , 93 , , 158 , , 50 , , 36 , , 652 , , 0.3 , , 0.2 , , 3.3 , , 4.7 , , 7.9 , , 2.5 , , 1.8 , , 32.6 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a s ...

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2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the Unit ...

, , 16 , , 0 , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3, Career ! 98 ! 38 ! 35 ! 332 ! 455 ! 787 ! 262 ! 159 ! 2035 ! 0.4 ! 0.4 ! 3.4 ! 4.6 ! 8.0 ! 2.7 ! 1.6 ! 20.8

Personal life

In January 2011, Hampson began a relationship with Australian model

Megan Gale Megan Kate Gale (born 7 August 1975) is an Australian model and actress. Born in Perth, Western Australia, Gale won a model contest when she was 18 in her home town. In 1999 she was cast in a series of commercials for the Italian telecommunicat ...

. The pair's first child was born in May 2014. Their daughter Rosie was born in September 2017. Hampson and Gale announced their engagement in July 2017. In 2019, Hampson competed in the sixth season of '' Australian Survivor'', also known as '' Australian Survivor: Champions vs Contenders''. He was eliminated on day 32, finishing in 11th place. In 2022, he would return to compete on '' Australian Survivor: Heroes V Villains.''

References

External links

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Shaun Hampson' statistics
from Footy Wire {{DEFAULTSORT:Hampson, Shaun 1988 births Living people Carlton Football Club players Australian people of English descent Richmond Football Club players Mount Gravatt Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Queensland Preston Football Club (VFA) players Australian Survivor contestants People educated at John Paul College (Brisbane)