| Brett Chalmers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Brett Chalmers | ||
| Born | (1973-04-23)23 April 1973 (age 52) | ||
| Original team | Port Adelaide | ||
| Height | 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Weight | 94 kg (207 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1991–92, 94–99 | Port Adelaide(SANFL) | 120 (47) | |
| 1993 | Collingwood | 0(0) | |
| 1994–1997 | Adelaide | 50(8) | |
| 1998–1999 | Port Adelaide | 25 (12) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1999. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Brett Chalmers (born 23 April 1973) is a formerAustralian rules footballer who played in theAustralian Football League.
Originally fromCleve inPort Adelaide’scountry zone, Chalmers was a highly rated player from his early teens, playing for the State Schoolboys Under-15s in 1988.[1] He was drafted at sixteen to theVFL/AFL by theRichmond Football Club with the No. 103 selection in the1989 VFL draft.[2] By this time, Chalmers had already played some games for the Port Adelaide thirds,[2] but never even considered going toPunt Road.[1][3] He remained in the SANFL for the next three years, making his senior debut for the SANFL Magpies in 1991 and representing the league the following season, at whose end he had played 42 senior games.[3]
Frustrated by their failure to convince Chalmers to join the club, and with their hold expiring with the1992 AFL National Draft, Richmond attempted to trade Chalmers to numerous other AFL clubs, most notablySt. Kilda[4] andHawthorn.[5] Chalmers insisted he would play in the AFL only withCollingwood — with whom Richmond were implacably opposed to doing any deal because they believed doing so constituted subverting the draft[5] — although when drafted Chalmers announced he would not join Collingwood until1994.[6] It soon emerged that Chalmers had engaged in draft tampering: in an attempt to get to Collingwood, he had contacted most other AFL clubs and told them that he would remain in the SANFL if another club drafted him. In May 1993, Chalmers admitted his guilt,[7] and in response, the AFL issued Chalmers a huge $30,000 fine, and made him ineligible to play for Collingwood for three years.[8]
Consequently, Collingwood traded Chalmers toAdelaide. He played four seasons for the Adelaide Crows, during which he was affected by a succession of injuries,[1] then two seasons for thePort Adelaide Power. He totalled 75 AFL games, but continued to play for the SANFL Magpies when recovering from injury or losing form.[1]
Chalmers is the father of Olympic gold medallist swimmerKyle Chalmers.[9]