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17 Facts About Nick Stevens

1.

Nick Stevens played in four pre-season premierships, with Port Adelaide in 2001 and 2002, and with Carlton in 2005 and 2007.

2.

Nick Stevens is the only man to have won more than one Michael Tuck Medal, winning the awards in 2002 for Port Adelaide and in 2007 for Carlton.

3.

Originally from St Mary's in the VMFL, Nick Stevens was recruited in the 1997 AFL Draft to the Port Adelaide Football Club using pick 25.

4.

Nick Stevens was an under-16 All-Australian who was well suited to half back and ruck-roving.

5.

Nick Stevens won awarded the inaugural AFL Players Association Best First-Year Player award.

6.

Nick Stevens managed to play every game in 1999 coming off half forward and the wing; he finished fourth in the club's best and fairest.

7.

Nick Stevens played a total of 127 games for Port Adelaide, including back-to-back pre-season premierships in 2001 and 2002.

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8.

Port Adelaide was unable to obtain what it considered appropriate trade consideration, and, as a result, Nick Stevens quit the club and entered the pre-season draft.

9.

Nick Stevens was drafted by Carlton with the second selection in that draft.

10.

Nick Stevens was named vice-captain of the club in 2007, a position he held until his retirement.

11.

The injury was a major blow to Carlton, as Nick Stevens had been in fantastic form through the pre-season and early rounds.

12.

On 23 August 2007, it was announced that Nick Stevens had signed with the Blues until the end of 2010.

13.

Nick Stevens played a total of 104 games for Carlton and 127 for Port Adelaide.

14.

In November 2011, Nick Stevens was appointed as senior coach at the Gippsland Power in the TAC Cup for the 2012 season.

15.

In March 2015, Nick Stevens was sentenced to eight months jail but appealed.

16.

Nick Stevens was again found guilty in July 2016, sentenced to six months jail, and fined $3,000.

17.

Nick's brother Danny Stevens played 15 games for North Melbourne between 1996 and 1999.