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Dean Hartigan

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Dean Hartigan
Personal information
Full name Dean Hartigan
Date of birth (1954-08-23) 23 August 1954 (age 70)
Original team(s) Horsham
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Position(s) Back pocket
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1974–1977 Essendon 36 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1977.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Dean Hartigan (born 23 August 1954) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Biography

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Essendon career

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Hartigan, a recruit from Horsham, started out in the Essendon Under 19s, which he joined in 1972.[1] He got called up to the seniors for the first time in the 1974 VFL season.[2] Aged 19, Hartigan was one of three Essendon players to debut against St Kilda in round 15, most famous of the trio being Simon Madden.[3] He did not miss a game for the rest of the year in an encouraging start to his career and continued his sequence by playing in the first 10 rounds of the 1975 season.[2][4] In round 14, an 80-point loss to Carlton at Windy Hill, Hartigan was knocked unconscious by Phillip Pinnell during a second quarter brawl in which eight players were put on report.[5][6] A back pocket player, Hartigan finished the 1975 season with 15 games.[2] He played much of 1976 in the Essendon reserves and won the club's best and fairest award, but still put together 10 senior games.[2] In 1977, his final season, Hartigan played just three league games.[2]

Later career

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From 1978 to 1981, Hartigan played for Coburg in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).[1] He was a back pocket in Coburg's 1979 premiership winning team.[7] In 1980 he was a VFA representative and played in the Coburg side which lost to Port Melbourne the grand final.[1][8]

He left Coburg in 1982 to captain-coach Seddon, then from 1983 to 1987 captain-coached Aberfeldie.[1]

Family

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Hartigan was not the first member of his family to play VFL football.[9] His father, Jack Hartigan, played for Hawthorn and St Kilda in the 1950s.[10]

Brent Hartigan, his son, played for Richmond from 2004 to 2006.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Past Player Profiles – H". essendonfc.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e "AFL Tables – Dean Hartigan – Games Played". AFL Tables. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  3. ^ Murray, John (2009). Glory and Fame: The Rise and Rise of the Essendon Football Club. Slattery Media Group. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-9805162-9-6.
  4. ^ Sheahan, Mike (5 August 1974). "Richmond roars to the top". The Age. p. 26. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  5. ^ Barker, Geoff (7 July 1975). "For game, read shame". The Age. p. 20. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  6. ^ Anderson, Jon (6 July 2007). "Fields admits starting blue". Herald Sun. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  7. ^ Fiddian, Marc (2013). The VFA – A History of the Victorian Football Association 1877 – 1995. Melbourne Sports Books. p. 282.
  8. ^ Fiddian, Marc (22 September 1980). "Port snatches flag in Lion taming finale". The Age. p. 27. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  9. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  10. ^ a b Hillier, K. (2004). Like Father Like Son. Pennon Publishing, Melbourne. p. 209. ISBN 1-877029-73-4.
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