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John Platten | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | John Patrick Platten | ||
Date of birth | 17 March 1963 | ||
Place of birth | South Australia | ||
Original team(s) | Central District (SANFL) | ||
Draft | No. 19, 1981 interstate draft | ||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1981–1985, 1998 | Central District | 107 (254) [2] | |
1986–1998 | Hawthorn | 258 (228) | |
Total | 365 (482) | ||
Representative team honours | |||
Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
South Australia | 15 (11) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1998. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
John Patrick Platten (born 17 March 1963) is a retired Australian Rules Football player.
Platten's career began in the SANFL, where he won a Magarey Medal with Central District, and also with Hawthorn, where he played in four premierships and won the 1987 Brownlow Medal. Platten remains a popular and respected figure at both clubs and is also an inductee in both the AFL and SANFL Halls of Fame.