Royce Hart | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Royce Desmond Hart | ||
Date of birth | 10 February 1948 | ||
Place of birth | Whitefoord, Tasmania | ||
Original team(s) | Clarence U19 (TANFL) | ||
Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Centre half-forward | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1967–1977 | Richmond | 187 (369) | |
1969 | Glenelg | 1 (2) | |
Total | 188 (371) | ||
Representative team honours | |||
Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
Victoria | 11 (29) | ||
International team honours | |||
1968 | "The Galahs" | ||
Coaching career3 | |||
Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
1980–1982 | Footscray | 53 (8–45–0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1977. 3 Coaching statistics correct as of 1982. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Royce Desmond Hart (born 10 February 1948) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Regarded as one of the greatest centre half-forwards to ever play Australian rules football, Hart was a supremely gifted and courageous player with superb pack marking skills, with a trademark of leaping in from the side, and a penetrating left-foot kick. Hart was an inaugural member of the Australian Football Hall of Fame, and was elevated to Legend status in 2013.