Jason Dunstall
Jason Hadfield Dunstall (born 14 August 1964) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
| Jason Dunstall | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Jason Hadfield Dunstall | ||
| Nickname(s) | Chief, Piggy, Bung, Silverback | ||
| Date of birth | 14 August 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Brisbane, Queensland | ||
| Original team(s) | Coorparoo | ||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 98 kg (216 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Full-forward | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1985–1998 | Hawthorn | 269 (1254) | |
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 1988–1989 | Victoria | 3 (14) | |
| 1992–1993 | Queensland | 4 (10) | |
| 1996 | Allies | 1 (0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1998. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Dunstall is arguably the greatest Australian rules footballer to come from Queensland. Dunstall was one of the first of a generation of big-bodied lead-up full-forwards who could also out-wrestle opponents for position in a marking contest and was also an agile team-oriented player. He made his name as a full-forward during an era in which power forwards—including Tony Lockett, Gary Ablett Sr., Warwick Capper, Allen Jakovich, Simon Beasley, Saverio Rocca, John Longmire, Tony Modra and Peter Sumich—dominated the league goalkicking. He is one of only six players to have kicked over 1,000 career goals in the VFL/AFL, and only Lockett and Collingwood's Gordon Coventry have kicked more career goals. In an interview in 2011, champion North Melbourne footballer Wayne Carey regarded Dunstall as the best player he had seen and played against. In 2024, he was promoted to be one of just 32 Legends in the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
After finishing as a player, Dunstall has become a prominent football media personality, commentating matches for various radio stations in Melbourne and appearing regularly on Fox Footy as host of the show Bounce.