Isaac Smith (footballer)

Isaac Smith
Isaac Smith
	Smith playing for Hawthorn in June 2017
Personal information
Date of birth	30 December 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth	Young, New South Wales
Original team(s)	Temora (Farrer Football League); East Wagga-Kooringal (Riverina Football League); Wagga Tigers (AFL Canberra); Redan (Ballarat Football League); North Ballarat (Victorian Football League)
Draft	No. 19, 2010 national draft
Debut	Round 7, 2011, Hawthorn vs. Port Adelaide, at AAMI Stadium
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Hawthorn
Number	16
Playing career1
Years	Club
2011–	Hawthorn
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2018.
Career highlights
	3× AFL premiership player (2013, 2014, 2015);
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Isaac Smith (born 30 December 1988) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early career

Hailing from Cootamundra, Smith played football and basketball with Luke Breust in Temora, with both ending up at Hawthorn where they played together in the 2013 AFL Grand Final. Smith moved to Wagga Wagga when he was 13, where he played with Hawthorn's Matt Suckling in the Wagga Hawks for several years before both moved to the Wagga Tigers where they won two premierships.

Smith later moved to Victoria to take up a Sports Management Degree at the University of Ballarat. Joining his mates at Redan, Smith first aired his raking left foot in Redan's reserves. After winning the 2009 senior Ballarat Football League (BFL) Grand Final, he resisted North Ballarat's overtures to do a pre-season with them, but by midway through 2010, he was not only being pulled again by the Roosters, but pushed from within by Redan.^[1]

Smith had a meteoric rise in 2010, starting the year playing with Redan in the BFL and finishing in North Ballarat’s Victorian Football League (VFL) premiership side.^[2] Smith was also a member of the successful Victorian Country Football League (VCFL) team that won the 2010 Australian Country Football Championships in Canberra.^[3]

AFL career

Smith was Hawthorn's first pick in the 2010 AFL Draft.

Smith was a member of the 2013 Hawthorn premiership side, including kicking an outstanding 50m goal in the last quarter, and was also a member of the 2014 and 2015 Hawthorn premiership sides.

Smith has been described as the "quintessential modern wingman".^[4]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of 2018.^[5]

**Legend**
G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks


Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)
Season	Team	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
2011	Hawthorn	16	16	20	9	178	123	301	100	40	1.3	0.6	11.1	7.7	18.8	6.3	2.5
2012	Hawthorn	16	22	17	13	222	164	386	95	86	0.8	0.6	10.1	7.5	17.5	4.3	3.9
2013	Hawthorn	16	24	18	16	286	193	479	112	82	0.8	0.7	11.9	8.0	20.0	4.7	3.4
2014	Hawthorn	16	24	24	15	337	203	540	133	68	1.0	0.6	14.0	8.5	22.5	5.5	2.8
2015	Hawthorn	16	25	23	12	350	231	581	163	70	0.9	0.6	14.0	9.2	23.2	6.5	2.8
2016	Hawthorn	16	24	9	16	335	206	541	139	66	0.4	0.7	14.0	8.6	22.5	5.8	2.8
2017	Hawthorn	16	22	14	12	313	187	500	130	65	0.6	0.5	14.2	8.5	22.7	5.9	3.0
2018	Hawthorn	16	24	26	14	311	213	524	143	61	1.1	0.6	13.0	8.9	21.8	6.0	2.5
Career			181	151	107	2332	1520	3852	1015	538	0.8	0.6	12.9	8.4	21.3	5.6	3.0

Honours and achievements

Season	Votes
Brownlow Medal votes
2011	1
2012	0
2013	5
2014	4
2015	3
2016	4
2017	2
Total	19

Team

3× AFL Premiership (Hawthorn): 2013, 2014, 2015
2× McClelland Trophy (Hawthorn): 2012, 2013

Individual

Hawthorn best clubman: 2016
Hawthorn most promising player: 2013

References

^ Hanlon, Peter (5 May 2011). "Young Hawks make most of heady rise". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
^ McDermott, Josh (20 October 2010). "Isaac Smith's big year could get bigger". ABC Ballarat. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
^ http://www.vcfl.com.au/index.php?id=7&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=507&tx_ttnews[backPid]=1&cHash=7599f58cb2
^ King, Travis. "The stats files: Why it's tougher than ever to stop Nick Riewoldt". Retrieved 1 July 2016.
^ "Isaac Smith". AFL Tables. Retrieved 29 August 2014.

External links

Isaac Smith's profile on the official website of the Hawthorn Football Club
Isaac Smith's playing statistics from AFL Tables

[1] Hanlon, Peter (5 May 2011). "Young Hawks make most of heady rise". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 May 2011.

[2] McDermott, Josh (20 October 2010). "Isaac Smith's big year could get bigger". ABC Ballarat. Retrieved 9 May 2011.

[3] ttp://www.vcfl.com.au/index.php?id=7&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=507&tx_ttnews[backPid]=1&cHash=7599f58cb2

[4] King, Travis. "The stats files: Why it's tougher than ever to stop Nick Riewoldt". Retrieved 1 July 2016.

[5] "Isaac Smith". AFL Tables. Retrieved 29 August 2014.

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v t e Hawthorn Football Club 2013/14/15 AFL premiers
2013: Hawthorn 11.11 (77) defeated Fremantle 8.14 (62), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 2014: Hawthorn 21.11 (137) defeated Sydney 11.8 (74), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 2015: Hawthorn 16.11 (107) defeated West Coast 8.13 (61), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
2. Roughead 3. Lewis 5. Mitchell 6. Gibson 9. Burgoyne 10. Hill 14. Birchall 15. Hodge (c) 16. Smith 17. Lake 19. Gunston 20. Hale 22. Breust 24. Stratton 26. Shiels 28. Puopolo 33. Rioli
Coach: Clarkson

v t e 2010 AFL national draft
First round	1. David Swallow 2. Harley Bennell 3. Sam Day 4. Andrew Gaff 5. Jared Polec 6. Reece Conca 7. Josh Caddy 8. Dyson Heppell 9. Dion Prestia 10. Daniel Gorringe 11. Tom Lynch 12. Lucas Cook 13. Seb Tape 14. Brodie Smith 15. Billie Smedts 16. Ben Jacobs 17. Shaun Atley 18. Matthew Watson 19. Isaac Smith 20. Jayden Pitt 21. Jed Lamb 22. Mitch Wallis (F/S) 23. Cameron Guthrie 24. Jamie Cripps 25. Patrick Karnezis 26. Jack Darling (PP) 27. Kieran Harper (Comp)
Second round	28. Ryan Lester 29. Scott Lycett 30. Jake Batchelor 31. Ariel Steinberg 32. Josh Green 33. Jeremy Howe 34. Patrick McCarthy 35. Ben Newton 36. Aaron Young 37. George Horlin-Smith 38. Mitchell Hallahan 39. Jeremy Taylor 40. Luke Parker 41. Tom Liberatore (F/S) 42. Luke Mitchell 43. Sam Crocker 44. Viv Michie
Third round	45. Alex Fasolo 46. Daniel Farmer 47. Brad Helbig 48. Alex Browne 49. Jacob Gillbee 50. Troy Davis 51. Dean MacDonald 52. Cam O'Shea 53. Tom McDonald 54. Jordan Schroder 55. Angus Litherland 56. Josh Mellington 57. Alex Johnson 58. James Podsiadly (RP) 59. Tom Ledger 60. Kirk Ugle
Fourth round	61. Jarryd Lyons 62. Jacob Brennan (F/S) 63. Tom Derickx 64. Luke Davis 65. Claye Beams (RP) 66. Paul Puopolo 67. Andrew McInnes 68. Cameron Hitchcock (RP) 69. Cameron Delaney 70. Nick Duigan 71. Ben Mabon 73. Matt Spangher 74. Jayden Schofield 75. Arryn Siposs 76. Paul Seedsman
Fifth round	77. Trent Stubbs 78. Lewis Stevenson (RP) 80. Michael Ross 81. Jordie McKenzie (RP) 82. Ricky Henderson (RP) 83. Danny Meyer (RP) 84. Callum Wilson (RP) 85. Jeff Garlett (RP) 87. Michael Barlow (RP) 88. Zephaniah Skinner 89. Tom Hill 90. Ryan Gamble 91. Jarryd Blair (RP)
Sixth round	92. Lachlan Keeffe (RP) 93. Andrew Strijk (RP) 94. David Gourdis (RP) 96. Jake Spencer (RP) 97. Matthew Jaensch (RP) 98. Ben Speight (RP) 99. David Ellard (RP) 100. Matt de Boer (RP) 101. Mike Pyke (RP) 102. Brodie Moles (RP) 103. Dean Polo 104. Tom Young (RP)
Sixth round	106. Ben Howlett (RP) 107. Luke Thompson (RP) 108. Simon White (RP) 109. Alex Silvagni (RP) 110. Andrew Hooper (RP) 111. Tom Simpkin (RP) 112. Jay van Berlo (RP)
RP = rookie promotion