Shannon Watt

Who is Shannon Watt?

Shannon Watt is a former Australian rules footballer for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League.

From Cavendish in rural Victoria, Watt, a key defender, was drafted at number 14 in the 1997 National AFL Draft from the North Ballarat Rebels. He played as a fullback until Jonathan Hay came to the club in 2006 who unsuccessfully filled the role of centre half-back.

Despite playing 155 AFL games, Watt never polled a single vote in the Brownlow Medal. Watt was one of the last individuals to have played every minute of every game for an entire season on the ground in 2003, a feat practically unheard of in the modern era.

He announced his retirement from the game on 20 August 2009.