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Shaun Burgoyne

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Shaun Playford Burgoyne (born 21 October 1982) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club and the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League. Of Kokatha and Awarai ancestry, he was born in Darwin, Northern Territory, moved as a boy to Port Lincoln in South Australia and played junior football for Mallee Park. Drafted with pick 12 in the 2000 national draft, he made his debut in 2002 and was part of Port Adelaide's inaugural premiership in 2004. He was the first Indigenous Australian player in elite Australian rules football to reach 400 games and the first league player to do so for two different clubs, and he played 35 AFL finals.

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    born 21 October 1982
  • Early life
    He is of Indigenous Australian descent
  • Plays: Australian Rules Football, Lead, football career
    who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL)
  • On The Roster Of: Port Adelaide Football Club, Lead, club port-adelaide-football-club
    who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL)
  • On The Roster Of: Hawthorn Football Club, Lead, club hawthorn-football-club
    who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL)
  • Competed In: Australian Football League, Lead, league
    who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL)
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