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'{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{otherpeople}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Joel Michael Smith | image = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|5|3|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = zoo | originalteam = [[Yarrawonga Football Club|Yarrawonga]] / [[Murray Bushrangers]] | debutdate = Round 3, 16 April 1995 | debutteam = [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]] | debutopponent = [[Adelaide Football Club|Adelaide]] | debutstadium = [[Football Park]] | height = 185 cm | weight = 87 kg | position = | statsend = 2007 | years1 = 1995–1997 | club1 = [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]] | games_goals1 = {{0}}58 (51) | years2 = 1998–2007 | club2 = [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]] | games_goals2 = 163 (39) | games_goalstotal = 221 (90) | careerhighlights = *2× [[All-Australian team]]: 2001, 2003 *[[Peter Crimmins Medal|Peter Crimmins Memorial Trophy]]: 2001 *AFL pre-season premiership: 1996 *[[AFL Rising Star]] nominee: [[1995 AFL Rising Star|1995]] }} '''Joel Smith''' (born 3 May 1977) is a former [[Australian rules football]]er. Beginning his career in 1995 as a bright young prospect for [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]], Smith was touted as the future of the club. Smith played in St Kilda’s [[1996 Ansett Australia Cup|1996 AFL Ansett Australia Cup]] winning side – the club's first AFL Cup win.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://images.slatterymedia.com/image/?image_id=141079 |title=AFL 1996 Ansett Cup Grand Final – St Kilda v Carlton |work=Slattery Media Group |date=1996-03-23 |accessdate=2009-11-07 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716085627/http://images.slatterymedia.com/image/?image_id=141079 |archivedate=16 July 2011 |df= }}</ref> He provided 3 good years of service before being incurring a serious [[anterior cruciate ligament]] injury requiring [[Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction|reconstruction]] late in the 1997 home and away season, missing the Saints' finals series. A contractual dispute meant he moved to [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]] at the end of 1997.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=nstore&kw=Joel+Smith&docID=news980203_0541_1105 |title=Young Saint quits to join Hawks|first=Greg|last=Denham|date=3 February 1998 |work=The Age}}</ref> While he was injured all throughout 1998 and did not play a game, Hawthorn recognised this talent and kept him on the list. Smith made his return in the 1999 season and his role at the Hawks was as a running half-back, setting up attacking plays. He has been very successful playing this role throughout his career, and in 2001, won [[All-Australian]] selection and the [[Peter Crimmins Medal]]. He again won [[All-Australian]] selection in 2003, was vice captain in the 2005 season, and consistently finished in the top bunch of players in his club's best and fairest award. Smith retired at the end of the 2007 season, during which Hawthorn returned to the finals for the first time in 6 years, citing that the rapidly improving Hawthorn side was likely to mean reduced opportunities for him in 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/Sport/Hawthorns-Joel-Smith-retires-from-AFL/2007/09/25/1190486306308.html |title=Hawthorn's Joel Smith retires from AFL|date=25 September 2007}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{AFL Tables}} *{{AustralianFootball}} {{Peter Crimmins Medal}} {{2001 All-Australian team}} {{2003 All-Australian team}} {{1995 AFL Rising Star nominees}} {{2001 Australian international rules team}} {{1994 AFL national draft}} {{1998 AFL pre-season draft}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Joel}} [[Category:1977 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:All-Australians (AFL)]] [[Category:Peter Crimmins Medal winners]] [[Category:Hawthorn Football Club players]] [[Category:St Kilda Football Club players]] [[Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)]] [[Category:Murray Bushrangers players]] [[Category:Yarrawonga Football Club players]] [[Category:Australia international rules football team players]] {{AFL-bio-1970s-stub}}'