Nigel James Smart was born on 21 May 1969 and is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.
17 Facts About Nigel Smart
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Nigel Smart was a two-time premiership player, a three-time All-Australian, and the first person to play 250 matches for Adelaide.
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Nigel Smart was the Adelaide Football Club's chief operating officer from 2013 to 2020 and was part of the club's decision to move into eSports.
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Nigel Smart was raised in the southern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia.
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Nigel Smart studied a Bachelor of Arts at Flinders University, majoring in geography and politics.
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Nigel Smart made his senior football debut in 1988 while at university, playing for South Adelaide in the SANFL.
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Nigel Smart was in the Adelaide Football Club's squad for their inaugural season in 1991.
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Nigel Smart was named at full-back for Adelaide's Round One match against Hawthorn, lining up against Hawthorn's full-forward Jason Dunstall.
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Nigel Smart was the first to do so, and suffered blisters and first-degree burns on the soles of his feet.
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Nigel Smart recovered from the burns and played in a practice match less than a week later.
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Nigel Smart was one of the key players in Adelaide's resurgence under coach Malcolm Blight.
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Nigel Smart was the team's vice captain in 1997 and 1998, when the team won back-to-back premierships.
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Nigel Smart played in Adelaide's win in the 1998 AFL Grand Final, when the Crows became the first team to win back-to-back premierships since the competition was renamed to the AFL in 1990.
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Nigel Smart worked in sales and management, first for South Australian Brewing Company, then for Toyota.
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Nigel Smart retired from football at the end of the 2004 AFL season.
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Nigel Smart returned to Adelaide, and was an unsuccessful candidate for the Liberal Party for the electoral district of Norwood in the 2006 South Australian state election.
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Nigel Smart served as deputy chairman to Bill Sanders in 2009 and in 2013 became the club's chief operating officer.