18 Facts About Scott West

Scott West was born on 14 November 1974 and is a former Australian rules footballer who represented the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League.

One of three brothers, Scott West grew up in the northwestern Melbourne suburb of Keilor a keen Essendon supporter.

Scott West was educated at Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School, whom he represented in football with the Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria First XVIII in 1991 and 1992 along with Shane Crawford and future teammate Paul Dimattina.

Scott West played for Strathmore and was recruited by Footscray, making his senior debut in 1993.

Scott West won an AFL Rising Star nomination that season.

Late in 2006 Scott West had been described as being in the best form of his career despite him being 32 years of age and completing his 300th game.

Scott West finished runner-up in the Brownlow Medal count twice: in 2000 and in 2006; in the former year, he was particularly unlucky: going into the final round, he was level with Melbourne's Shane Woewodin on 22 votes.

Scott West was the crowd favourite to win the Brownlow Medal in 2006, due to his string of close misses and secondly, because he was one of the few Victoria-based players with a high chance of winning the award, during a period when non-Victorian teams were dominating the league.

Scott West ended up finishing second in 2006 behind Adam Goodes.

Scott West is a qualified landscape gardener and has run a landscaping business since 1997.

From 2009 to 2011, Scott West served as a midfield coach at Melbourne, earning praise for his teaching ability.

Scott West's stint was short but reasonably successful, leading Werribee to consecutive Preliminary Finals before quitting after the 2013 season in the hope of landing a coaching role in the AFL.

In October 2014, Scott West was among the candidates considered to replace Brendan McCartney as senior coach of the Bulldogs, but the position eventually was given to Luke Beveridge.

Scott West has been working as a football commentator on radio for the Australian Broadcasting Commission.

The Scott West Award, awarded to the Western Bulldogs' most courageous player during a season, was named in his honour.

In 2013 Scott West was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

In March 2017, Scott West was chosen as one of the club icons to unfurl the Bulldogs' premiership flag.

Scott West has made several appearances on the AFL Footy Show and appeared on a pizza ad with Melbourne's David Neitz.