1. Shaun Playford Burgoyne was born on 21 October 1982 and is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League.
24 Facts About Shaun Burgoyne
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Shaun Burgoyne played four finals matches in the SANFL, with his total of 39 finals appearances across the SANFL and AFL the third most in elite Australian rules football, behind Selwood's 40 and Peter Carey's 43.
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Shaun Burgoyne was raised in Darwin, in a house in Leanyer that he still likes to drive past on trips back to the Northern Territory.
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Shaun Burgoyne moved away from Darwin when he was young and moved to the small city of Port Lincoln in the Eyre Peninsula region of South Australia.
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Shaun Burgoyne played his junior football for Mallee Park in the Port Lincoln Football League where he played alongside AFL greats such as Eddie Betts, Lindsay Thomas, Byron Picket and Graham Johncock.
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Shaun Burgoyne is of Indigenous Australian descent and his ancestry can be traced to the Kokatha clan.
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Shaun Burgoyne had been a steady contributor across the forward line for Port Adelaide, before becoming a rebounding defender to great effect.
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In 2004, Shaun Burgoyne played every game for the season and was part of Port Adelaide's inaugural AFL premiership.
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Shaun Burgoyne was important in Port Adelaide's midfield in 2008, despite attracting the opposition's best tagger most weeks.
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Shaun Burgoyne was able to come back and play a few good games late in the year.
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Shaun Burgoyne was Port Adelaide's highest paid player and Vice-Captain at the end of the 2009 season.
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Shaun Burgoyne was allocated former club champion Shane Crawford's No 9 jumper.
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Shaun Burgoyne was part of a side that lost the preliminary final to eventual runners-up Collingwood by three points.
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Shaun Burgoyne was part of Hawthorn's losing side in the 2012 AFL Grand Final.
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On 28 September 2013, Shaun Burgoyne became a dual Premiership player after Hawthorn defeated Fremantle in the Grand Final in front of 100,007 fans at the MCG: Shaun Burgoyne was the only player to remain completely in his game outfit when the players were presented on stage following the conclusion of the post-match concert.
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On 28 August 2017, Shaun Burgoyne signed a one-year contract extension with Hawthorn keeping him at the club until the end of 2018.
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Shaun Burgoyne signed another contract extension to cover the 2019 season in August 2018.
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In 2019, Shaun Burgoyne was heavily linked to a move to the Gold Coast.
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Shaun Burgoyne himself addressed the speculation, admitting it had been stressful and that he had a big decision to make.
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On 7 March 2022 it was announced that Shaun Burgoyne would join Channel 7's commentary team as a boundary rider.
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On 26 October 2024 it was announced that Shaun Burgoyne would join Fox Footy's commentary team in an unknown capacity.
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Shaun Burgoyne was an inaugural member of the Indigenous Players Advisory Board when it was established in 2011 and was appointed Chair of the Board in 2016.
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Shaun Burgoyne was a regular guest on The Marngrook Footy Show.
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Shaun Burgoyne is married to Amy nee Phillips, who is the daughter of Port Adelaide legend Greg Phillips and sister of WNBA and AFLW superstar Erin Phillips.