Nathan Bassett
Nathan Bassett | |||
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![]() Bassett coaching in April 2018. | |||
Personal information | |||
Full name | Nathan Bassett | ||
Date of birth | 7 December 1976 | ||
Place of birth | Adelaide, South Australia | ||
Original team(s) |
Norwood (SANFL ) | ||
Draft |
No. 3, 1996 Rookie Draft | ||
Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1997 | Melbourne | 0 (0) | |
1998–2008 | Adelaide | 210 (25) | |
Coaching career | |||
Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
2010–2013 | Norwood | 91 (68–23–0) 74.7% | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2013. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Nathan "Bassy" Bassett (born 7 December 1976) is a former Australian rules footballer for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is currently an assistant coach with the Port Adelaide Football Club.
Career
Bassett made his SANFL debut for Norwood in 1994, he finished sixth in the club best and fairest as a 19-year-old and was drafted at pick 3 by Melbourne Football Club in the inaugural AFL rookie draft.
Melbourne
Drafted with the third selection in the first
Adelaide
Bassett impressed in the pre season and made his debut at 21 for the Crows in round 1 1998, showing promise in defence. He was hardly beaten in his debut season, finishing tenth in the Best and Fairest despite only playing 13 games and missing out on finals.[4]
He played 210 games for Adelaide and topped off a great 2005 season by being named Best Team Man and coming runner up in the club's Best and Fairest award.[5]
In
Some of Bassett's nicknames include The Hound, Bassy, Bruce and Fred Basset – after the comic strip which appears in many Australian newspapers.[citation needed]
He was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 1997.[6]
Statistics
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Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
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G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
1998 | Adelaide | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 33 | 123 | 34 | 19 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 6.9 | 2.5 | 9.5 | 2.6 | 1.5 |
1999 | Adelaide | 8 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 154 | 60 | 214 | 69 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 2.9 | 10.2 | 3.3 | 0.5 |
2000 | Adelaide | 8 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 159 | 62 | 221 | 79 | 26 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 8.8 | 3.4 | 12.3 | 4.4 | 1.4 |
2001 | Adelaide | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 58 | 151 | 44 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.2 | 4.5 | 11.6 | 3.4 | 0.5 |
2002 | Adelaide | 8 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 136 | 73 | 209 | 52 | 30 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 6.8 | 3.7 | 10.5 | 2.6 | 1.5 |
2003 | Adelaide | 8 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 135 | 117 | 252 | 80 | 25 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 5.6 | 12.0 | 3.8 | 1.2 |
2004 | Adelaide | 8 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 133 | 96 | 229 | 82 | 27 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 4.6 | 10.9 | 3.9 | 1.3 |
2005 | Adelaide | 8 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 200 | 176 | 376 | 120 | 45 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 15.0 | 4.8 | 1.8 |
2006 | Adelaide | 8 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 248 | 149 | 397 | 172 | 41 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.3 | 6.8 | 18.0 | 7.8 | 1.9 |
2007 | Adelaide | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 132 | 69 | 201 | 93 | 26 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 10.2 | 5.3 | 15.5 | 7.2 | 2.0 |
2008 | Adelaide | 8 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 188 | 179 | 367 | 127 | 39 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 16.0 | 5.5 | 1.7 |
Career | 210 | 25 | 10 | 1668 | 1072 | 2740 | 952 | 295 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 7.9 | 5.1 | 13.0 | 4.5 | 1.4 |
Coaching
Bassett was the senior coach of the
On 17 October 2013, Bassett was confirmed as an assistant coach to Mark Thompson at Essendon. The move reunited Bassett with former Adelaide coach Neil Craig, who Bassett played under from 2004 to 2008.[9] He remained an assistant at Essendon until the end of 2015.
On 18 September 2015, Bassett was announced as an assistant coach at the Port Adelaide Football Club.[10]
References
- ISBN 978-0-9806274-5-9.
- ^ "Nathan Bassett".
- ^ Camry Crows 98 Official Year Book.
- ^ Lovett, Michael. AFL '99.
- ^ "Nathan Bassett". Adelaide Football Club. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ Capel, Andrew (19 June 2008). "Adelaide Crows Nathan Bassett's achieves milestone". The Advertiser.
- ^ Nathan Bassett's player profile at AFL Tables
- ^ Milbank, Zac (18 October 2012). "Norwood premiership coach Nathan Bassett stays to coach Redlegs again". adelaidenow.
- ^ Bassett joins Bombers
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
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External links
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- Nathan Bassett's playing statistics from AFL Tables