Scott Watters
| Scott Watters | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Scott Watters | ||
| Date of birth | 25 January 1969 | ||
| Original team | South Fremantle (WAFL) | ||
| Height/Weight | 175cm / 82kg | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1989–1992 1993–1994 1995–1996 Total |
West Coast Sydney Fremantle |
46 (13) 37 (11) 26 (6) 109 (30) |
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| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| Western Australia | |||
| Coaching career3 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
2007–2009 2012– |
WAFL Subiaco AFL St Kilda |
0 (0–0–0) |
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1 Playing statistics to end of 1996 season .
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Scott Watters (born 25 January 1969) is the current senior coach of the St Kilda Football Club. He was an Australian rules footballer, drafted from the South Fremantle Football Club in the WAFL to the West Coast Eagles in the AFL in 1988, before later playing for the Sydney Swans and Fremantle. He was a member of the 1985 Teal Cup winning side, the first year that Western Australia had won the national championships.
In November 2006 he was announced as the coach of the Subiaco Football Club, replacing Peter German.
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[edit] Playing Career
[edit] West Coast Eagles
Watters was selected as a pre-draft selection in the 1988 VFL Draft by West Coast after he won the fairest and best award for South Fremantle in 1987. He played 46 games for the Eagles over the next four seasons, including their first ever grand final appearance in 1991. However, when he was not selected in the 1992 premiership team, he was traded to Sydney as part of a deal which gave the Eagles the Number 1 draft pick, which they used to select Drew Banfield.
[edit] Sydney Swans
The reduction in public pressure in a non-AFL city and an injury free period saw Watters play some of his best football in the 37 games for the Swans. His good form in his first season was recognised with being runner-up in the Swans' best and fairest award.[1]
[edit] Fremantle
With the entry of the second Western Australian team in 1995, Watters returned to join the Fremantle Dockers and was the first vice-captain of the club. Injuries, however, would take their toll and at the end of the 1996 season he retired from AFL football. He continued to play for South Fremantle until the 1998 season, when he retired with a total of 207 senior games, 109 in the AFL, 92 in the WAFL and six for Western Australia. He is a member of the West Australian Football Two Hundred Club.[2]
[edit] Commentating Career
After retiring as a player, Watters spent time as a radio commentator with Perth radio station 6PR.
[edit] Coaching Career
In 2006, he was appointed the coach of the Subiaco Football Club colts team. In November 2006 he was appointed the league coach, after Peter German accepted an assistant coaching position with the Fremantle Football Club.[1]
In late 2009, Watters signed with the Collingwood Football Club as an assistant coach for seasons 2010 and 2011.
At the conclusion of the 2011 season, he was appointed the new senior coach of the St Kilda Football Club following the resignation of Ross Lyon.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Scott Watters's statistics from AFL Tables
- AFL profile
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| Preceded by Ross Lyon |
St Kilda Football Club coach 2012-present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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