Jason Dunstall

Jason Dunstall
Jason Dunstall
Personal information
Full name	Jason Hadfield Dunstall
Nickname(s)	Chief, Piggy, Bung, Silverback
Date of birth	14 August 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth	Brisbane, Queensland
Original team(s)	Coorparoo
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	98 kg (216 lb)
Position(s)	Full-forward
Playing career1
Years	Club
1985–1998	Hawthorn
Representative team honours
Years	Team
1988–1989	Victoria
1992–1993	Queensland
1996	Allies
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1998.
Career highlights
	4× VFL/AFL premiership player: 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991; 5 × VFL/ AFL night series premiership: 1985, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1992; AFLPA MVP: 1992; 3× Coleman Medal: 1988, 1989, 1992; 2× All-Australian team: 1992, 1994; 2× VFL Team of Year: 1988–1989; Australian Football Hall of Fame; Hawthorn captain: 1995–1998; 4× Peter Crimmins Memorial Trophy: 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993; 12× Hawthorn leading goalkicker: 1986–1996, 1998; Simpson Medal: 1989; E. J. Whitten Medal: 1989; Australian Football Hall of Fame (2002) – Legend status (2024); Hawthorn Hall of Fame – Legend status; Hawthorn Team of the Century;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jason Hadfield Dunstall (born 14 August 1964) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Dunstall is arguably the greatest Australian rules footballer to come from Queensland. Dunstall was one of the first of a generation of big-bodied lead-up full-forwards who could also out-wrestle opponents for position in a marking contest and was also an agile team-orientated player. He made his name as a full-forward during an era in which power forwards—including Tony Lockett, Gary Ablett Sr., Warwick Capper, Allen Jakovich, Simon Beasley, Saverio Rocca, John Longmire, Tony Modra and Peter Sumich—dominated the league goalkicking. He is one of only six players to have kicked over 1,000 career goals in the VFL/AFL, and only Lockett and Collingwood's Gordon Coventry have kicked more career goals. In an interview in 2011, champion North Melbourne footballer Wayne Carey regarded Dunstall as the best player he had seen and played against.^[3] In 2024, he was promoted to be one of just 32 Legends in the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

After finishing as a player, Dunstall has become a prominent football media personality, commentating matches for various radio stations in Melbourne and appearing regularly on Fox Footy as host of the show Bounce.

^ Robinson, Mark (26 September 2013). "Jason Dunstall has been an integral part of Hawthorn on and off the field". Herald Sun. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
^ "PLAYER OF THE ROUND - Jason Dunstall". The Age. 3 September 1989. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
^ Sheahan, Mike (1 July 2011). "Wayne Carey rates Jason Dunstall as the greatest". Herald Sun.

[1] Robinson, Mark (26 September 2013). "Jason Dunstall has been an integral part of Hawthorn on and off the field". Herald Sun. Retrieved 6 April 2020.

[player-2] "PLAYER OF THE ROUND - Jason Dunstall". The Age. 3 September 1989. Retrieved 28 July 2012.

[3] Sheahan, Mike (1 July 2011). "Wayne Carey rates Jason Dunstall as the greatest". Herald Sun.

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