Nathan Bassett

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Nathan Bassett
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Bassett coaching in April 2018.
Personal information
Full name Nathan Bassett
Date of birth (1976-12-07) 7 December 1976 (age 47)
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
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1997 Melbourne 000 0(0)
1998–2008 Adelaide 210 (25)
Coaching career
YearsClubGames (W–L–D)
2010–2013 Norwood 91 (68–23–0) 74.7%
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2013.
Career highlights
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.

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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 AFL Rookie Draft by Melbourne in 1997, [1] Bassett was elevated to the senior list after Round 4 in 1997 to replace Craig Turley but suffered a fractured sternum in the next Reserves game and was unable to make his AFL debut for the Demons. [2] When he made his return to the reserves he played six more games at full forward but didn't see much of the ball and wasn't suited to the role. [3] At the end of the season he was traded to Adelaide for Matthew Collins and Brent Williams.

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 2006 Bassett was named to the All-Australian Team, along with his teammates Andrew McLeod and Simon Goodwin.

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

[7]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game)
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
1998 Adelaide 81310903312334190.10.06.92.59.52.61.5
1999 Adelaide 821101546021469100.00.07.32.910.23.30.5
2000 Adelaide 818441596222179260.20.28.83.412.34.41.4
2001 Adelaide 8130093581514470.00.07.24.511.63.40.5
2002 Adelaide 820931367320952300.50.26.83.710.52.61.5
2003 Adelaide 8213113511725280250.10.06.45.612.03.81.2
2004 Adelaide 821101339622982270.00.06.34.610.93.91.3
2005 Adelaide 82522200176376120450.10.18.07.015.04.81.8
2006 Adelaide 82220248149397172410.10.011.36.818.07.81.9
2007 Adelaide 813101326920193260.10.010.25.315.57.22.0
2008 Adelaide 82310188179367127390.00.08.27.816.05.51.7
Career21025101668107227409522950.10.07.95.113.04.51.4

Coaching

Bassett was the senior coach of the Norwood Football Club which plays in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He coached them to the Grand Final in his first season in 2010, where they were runners up. He then led the Redlegs to their 28th SANFL premiership with a 12.7 (79) to 3.12 (30) win over West Adelaide in the 2012 Grand Final at AAMI Stadium. Back-to-back premiership success came in 2013 over North Adelaide. At the last match ever played at AAMI Stadium, in front of almost 37,000 fans, Norwood defeated North Adelaide 10.12 (72) to 4.8 (32). [8]

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]

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References

  1. ↑ Lovett, Michael, ed. (2010). AFL Record Season Guide 2010. G. Slattery. p. 471. ISBN   978-0-9806274-5-9.
  2. ↑ "Nathan Bassett".
  3. ↑ Camry Crows 98 Official Year Book.
  4. ↑ Lovett, Michael. AFL '99.
  5. ↑ "Nathan Bassett". Adelaide Football Club. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  6. ↑ Capel, Andrew (19 June 2008). "Adelaide Crows Nathan Bassett's achieves milestone". The Advertiser.
  7. ↑ Nathan Bassett's player profile at AFL Tables
  8. ↑ Milbank, Zac (18 October 2012). "Norwood premiership coach Nathan Bassett stays to coach Redlegs again". adelaidenow.
  9. ↑ Bassett joins Bombers
  10. ↑ "Former Redleg and Crow defender Nathan Bassett joins Power as assistant coach for 2016". 18 September 2015. Archived from the original on 20 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
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