Paul Harding (Australian rules footballer)
Paul Harding | |||
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Personal information | |||
Date of birth | 4 June 1964 | ||
Place of birth | Camborne, Cornwall, England | ||
Original team(s) | East Fremantle (WAFL) | ||
Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Weight | 98 kg (216 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1981–1986, 1992, 1994–1996 | ‹The template WAFL EF is being considered for deletion.› East Fremantle | 136 (54)[a] | |
1987–1988 | Hawthorn | 11 (2) | |
1989–1991 | St Kilda | 62 (7) | |
1992–1994 | West Coast | 43 (5) | |
Total | 252 (68) | ||
Representative team honours | |||
Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
1983–1991 | Western Australia | 10 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1994. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Paul Harding (born 4 June 1964) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn, St. Kilda and West Coast in the VFL/AFL.
Paul was a great player for East Fremantle, with whom he began during a bleak period in 1981 and rose startlingly to play for his state in 1983 almost on his nineteenth birthday,[1] and is also remembered at many junior clubs.
Harding usually played as a ruckman and was a member of the West Australian interstate team which won the national title in the season of his interstate debut. He was recruited from East Fremantle to Hawthorn for the 1987 VFL season but struggled to make the side regularly due to injuries. Alongside Peter Russo and Robert Handley, Harding was traded to St. Kilda in exchange for the first choice in the 1988 VFL Draft.[2] Harding would play 62 games for the Saints over three seasons. He continued to represent Western Australia and in 1991 won a Simpson Medal for his performance against the Victorians.
West Coast acquired the services of Harding in 1992, and he played in their inaugural Grand Final winning side that year. After leaving West Coast, he finished his career at East Fremantle, finishing with 136 premiership games for the club, including premierships in 1985 and 1994, and a total of 252 premiership games in elite Australian rules football.
After retiring as a footballer, he worked at the Fremantle Dockers. When Matthew Pavlich first came to Western Australia, he lived with Paul Harding and his family. Pavlich lived there for a while before buying his own property.[citation needed]
Paul Harding is now a dental technician.[citation needed]
Notes
[edit]- ^ These tallies refer to premiership matches (home-and-away and finals matches) only.
References
[edit]- ^ Wainwright, Robert; ‘Harding Rises to Stardom’; The West Australian, 6 June 1983, p. 86
- ^ Connolly, Rohan (7 November 1988). "League Clubs Learn to Live with the Draft". The Age. Melbourne. p. 36.
External links
[edit]- Paul Harding's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Fullpointsfooty profile (archived)
Coach: Malthouse |
Simpson Medal winners | |
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WAFL Grand Finals |
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Interstate Rep. Matches |
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Interstate Carnivals/Tours |
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Interstate Club Matches |
Western Australia 24.14 (134) defeated South Australia 16.14 (110), at Subiaco Oval, 4 June 1983 Western Australia 16.22 (118) defeated Victoria 16.19 (115), at Subiaco Oval, 12 July 1983 | |
Both games | |
State game vs. South Australia | |
State of Origin vs. Victoria | |
Coach: Todd |
Western Australia 14.14 (98) defeated South Australia 14.13 (97), at Football Park, 9 June 1984 Western Australia 21.16 (142) defeated Victoria 21.12 (138), at Subiaco Oval, 17 July 1984 | |
Both games | |
State game vs. South Australia | |
State of Origin vs. Victoria | |
Coach: Todd |
South Australia 30.18 (198) defeated Western Australia 16.15 (111), at Subiaco Oval, 15 June 1985 Victoria 19.16 (130) defeated Western Australia 9.11 (65), at Subiaco Oval, 16 July 1985 | |
Both games | |
State Game vs. South Australia | |
State of Origin vs. Victoria | |
Coach: Todd |
Western Australia 18.19 (127) defeated South Australia 12.16 (88), at Football Park, 27 May 1986 Western Australia 21.11 (137) defeated Victoria 20.14 (134), at Subiaco Oval, 8 July 1986 | |
Both games | |
State game vs. South Australia | |
State of Origin vs. Victoria | |
Coach: Alexander |
South Australia 18.16 (124) defeated Western Australia 9.9 (63), at WACA, 16 June 1987 Victoria 16.20 (116) defeated Western Australia 13.14 (92), at Subiaco Oval, 22 July 1987 | |
Both games | |
State game vs. South Australia | |
State of Origin vs. Victoria | |
Coach: Todd |
Western Australia 19.13 (127) defeated Victoria 7.9 (41), at the WACA, 16 July 1991 | |
Coach: Malthouse |
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