Full Name: DONALD CLEMENT HART
Date of Birth: 29/09/1930
Date of Death: 8 Feb 2018
Height: 180 cm ( 5-11 )
Weight: 77 kg ( 12-2 )
Guernsey: 4
Debut: 19/04/1954, Round 1,North Melbourne
Last Game: 14/05/1954, Round 16, Melbourne
RICHMOND SENIORS
Seasons: 1954
Total Games: 5
Total Goals: 2
Honours:
RICHMOND RESERVES
Seasons: 1954
Total Games: 16
Total Goals: 48
Honours: Premiership 1954, VFL Reserves Leading Goalkicker 1954 Goals 48.
BIOGRAPHY
Don was a full-forward and centre-half-forward. A strong mark and long left-foot kick, he spent four seasons with Fitzroy before crossing to Richmond for one year.
Whilst at Richmond, he won the 1954 Reserves’ Grade Competition Top Goalkicker award and played in their Premiership side.
After leaving Richmond, he played with Brighton and then Mornington.
During his career, he won a total of 10 Goalkicking awards with his best individual effort being 14 goals for Mornington against Rosebud. He was a versatile sportsman who also represented Victoria eight times in basketball.
His brother, Eddie Hart played 98 games and kicked 323 goals with Fitzroy between 1941 and 1951. Another brother, Arthur, played 36 games between 1938 and 1941.
PRE RICHMOND
Fitzroy Stars 1948 ; Westgarth Socials 1949 ; Fitzroy Reserves 1950, 1952-53, Games 20 ( Honours - Leading Goalkicker 1953 Goals 31 ) ; Fitzroy Seniors 1950-51, 1953, Games 37, Goals 44.
POST RICHMOND
Brighton 1956-58, Games 55, Goals 143 ( Honours - Club Leading Goalkicker 1956 Goals 52, 1957 Goals 54, 1958 Goals 37 ) ; Mornington 1958-62, Games 96, Goals 462 ( Honours - Premiership 1960, Club Leading Goalkicker 1958 Goals 85, 1959 Goals 96, 1960 Goals 106, 1961 Goals 83, 1962 Goals 92 , League Representative Team ).
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