Scott Burns

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Scott Burns
Personal information
Full name	Scott Burns
Date of birth	23 December 1974 (1974-12-23)
Place of birth	South Australia
Original team	Norwood (SANFL)
Height/Weight	181cm / 85kg
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1995 – 2008	Collingwood	265 (149)
1 Playing statistics to end of 2008 season .
Career highlights
Second best and fairest 1996, 2002 Third best and fairest 2003 Collingwood Captain 2008

Scott Burns (born 23 December 1974) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

Football career

Originally from Norwood Football Club in the South Australian National Football League, Burns was drafted by the Collingwood Football Club with the 90th selection in the 1992 National Draft. He made his début in 1995, two years after being drafted, after moving from South Australia. He played every game except one for the season. In 1996 when he came second in Collingwood's best and fairest award and also represented South Australia in State of Origin. In 1997 he suffered a groin injury which forced him to only manage fourteen games, and then early on in 1998 he missed most of the first half of the season due to a broken arm.

He was appointed vice captain in 1999. In 2001 he was once again forced out with re-occurring hamstring injuries, and was limited to eight games. 2002 saw the Pies make the Grand Final and Burns played a magnificent season, shown by coming runner-up in the best and fairest once again. As a veteran of the club, he was only experiencing his first final when he played against Port Adelaide. He had 505 disposals for the season and was a dominant midfielder and forward, kicking twenty eight goals in the season. In 2003 he came third in the best and fairest. Injuries once again got hold of Burns in 2004 but he still managed to play nineteen games. He played every game in the 2005 season.

In March 2008, Scott Burns was appointed Collingwood captain for the 2008 season, replacing Nathan Buckley.

On 22 September 2008 Burns announced his retirement from AFL due to injury problems. He played a total of 265 games kicking 149 goals in his 14 year career.

He was appointed to be an assistant coach of the West Coast Eagles on the 4 October 2008.

External links

• Scott Burns's statistics from AFL Tables