33 Facts About Heath Shaw

Heath Shaw was born on 27 November 1985 and is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club and the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League.

Heath Shaw was a solid contributor since making his debut, with his best game being his first.

Heath Shaw played all possible remaining 6 games of the season and kicked his first goal against Adelaide in Round 21.

Heath Shaw had a stunning 2006 season, being quickly noted for his ball-winning ability out of the back-line and his consistency and reliability which was a key to the success of the Magpies.

Heath Shaw played 22 games, with his first being in Round 2 against Hawthorn after being a late replacement for Scott Burns.

Heath Shaw had played for VFL affiliate Williamstown, where he had 30 touches in wet and windy conditions, only 24 hours before his call up.

Heath Shaw kept his spot for the rest of the season, building game-time each week early on to becoming a valuable player to the side.

Heath Shaw had 16 games with 18 or more disposals during the season, which showed his consistency.

Heath Shaw somewhat tailed off at the end of the season, but still was effective with his one percenters.

Heath Shaw played in his first final against the Western Bulldogs, but Collingwood lost.

Heath Shaw came third in the 2006 AFL Rising Star behind Danyle Pearce of Port Adelaide and Andrew Raines of Richmond.

Heath Shaw polled six votes in the 2006 Brownlow Medal, including a game-high of three votes in the Round 12 game against the Sydney Swans.

Heath Shaw would have a solid pre-season and then become one of the players of the first quarter of the year; leading the league in kicks after round 6.

Heath Shaw had an extraordinary opening game of the season, where he had 27 disposals, and collected two Brownlow votes despite giving away five free kicks, including a 50-metre penalty in the final minutes of the game, which resulted in a Shannon Grant controversial miss.

Heath Shaw would be on notice by opposition coaches for the majority of the season, with taggers Kane Cornes and Kane Johnson to name a few would be told to restrict his run off half-back.

Heath Shaw would be heavily bandaged on his left leg for the rest of the season.

Heath Shaw played an exciting brand of football late in the season, including a good finals series.

Heath Shaw would have 25 disposals in the losing preliminary final in which the club lost to the eventual premiers, Geelong by five points.

Heath Shaw started 2008 well with a best-on-ground performance against Richmond, but found the going tough mid-season when opposition clubs finally discovered ways to curb his influence.

Heath Shaw played only two of the first six matches before returning in round seven against St Kilda and did not miss a beat for the remainder of the year.

Heath Shaw enshrined himself in Collingwood history in the replay by his freakish smother of Nick Riewoldt who meandered to the goal line.

Heath Shaw managed to knock the ball free from Riewoldt's hands before it could even touch his boot to save a certain goal and tip the momentum Collingwood's way.

In October 2013, Heath Shaw was traded to Greater Western Sydney in exchange for Taylor Adams.

Heath Shaw was recognised for his defensive efforts by earning a place in the back-pocket in the 2015 All-Australian team.

Heath Shaw was selected in the 2016 All-Australian team, this time on the half-back line.

Heath Shaw was involved in a late-season controversy in 2008 when he was charged with drink driving after crashing into a parked car and reportedly registering a blood alcohol reading of 0.144.

In Round 3,2009, Heath Shaw pushed umpire Michael Vozzo off-balance after he had paid a free kick to the opposition.

Heath Shaw was suspended by the AFL in July 2011 after it was found that he had paid $10 to a friend to bet on teammate Nick Maxwell to be the first goalscorer in Collingwood's Round 9 match against Adelaide.

Heath Shaw was fined $20,000 and suspended for 8 weeks, as well as a six-week suspended sentence.

In round five, 2017, during the third quarter of the twelfth Sydney Derby, Heath Shaw made an insensitive comment towards Sydney Swans player Tom Papley while being tackled.

Heath Shaw attended Loyola College, Watsonia, in Melbourne's outer north-east suburbs.

Heath Shaw is the son of former Collingwood captain Ray Heath Shaw, and brother of Rhyce.

Heath Shaw is the nephew of premiership captain and Norm Smith Medallist, Tony Shaw and former Collingwood player Neville Shaw.