Scott West

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Scott West (born November 14, 1974) is an Australian rules football player who plays for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League.

Early career

West attended Essendon Grammar and was recruited to the Footscray Football Club (now Western Bulldogs) where he made his debut in 1993. He he won an AFL Rising Star nomination that season.

Best and fairest record

West is regarded as one of the most consistent players in the AFL over a long time frame. He has regularly made the most disposals in the AFL in the past 10 years, and has made AFL All-Australian selection on four occasions in 1998, 2000, 2004 and 2005. He has won seven club best and fairest awards, and has won the most Charles Sutton Medals, his victory in 2005 overtaking Gary Dempsey's previous record of six.

Currently he is the AFL player with the most career Brownlow Medal votes not to have won the medal. He has come 2nd on one occasion (2000), 3rd on one occasion (1998) and 4th on two occasions (2004, 2005).

External links

[Scott West profile] on [WesternBulldogs.com.au]
[Scott West statistics] from [RLeague]

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