John Platten

John Platten
Personal information
Full name John Patrick Platten
Date of birth (1963-03-17) 17 March 1963 (age 61)
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
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.

  1. ^ "Hawthorn's pocket rockets". Hawthorn Football Club. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  2. ^ These tallies refer to premiership matches (home-and-away and finals matches) only.