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'{{About|the Australian rules footballer|the drug dealer and murderer|Joel Smith (murderer)}} {{Infobox afl player | image name = Replace this image male.svg <!-- only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people - see [[WP:NONFREE]] --> | firstname = Joel | lastname = Smith | image = | birthdate = {{birth date|1977|5|3|df=y}} | birthplace = | originalteam = [[Yarrawonga]] / [[Murray Bushrangers]] | heightweight = 185cm / 87kg | dead = alive | deathdate = | deathplace = | debutdate = Round 3, 16 April 1995 | debutteam = [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]] | debutopponent = [[Adelaide Football Club|Adelaide]] | debutstadium = [[Football Park]] | playingteams = [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]] (1995–1997) 58 games, 51 goals [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]] (1998–2007) 163 games, 39 goals | coach = notcoach | coachingteams = | statsend = 2007 | careerhighlights = *[[All-Australian]] 2001, 2003, *[[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]] [[Peter Crimmins Medal|Best and Fairest]] 2001 *St. Kilda pre-season premiership team 1996 }} '''Joel Smith''' (born 3 May 1977) was an [[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<!-- 00:00:00-->|accessdate=2009-11-07}}</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{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}}. 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 [1]. {{Start box}} {{Succession box | title = [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]] [[Peter Crimmins Medal|Best and Fairest]] winner | before = [[Nick Holland]], [[Daniel Chick]] | after = [[Shane Crawford]] | years = 2001 }} {{End box}} {{1996 Ansett Cup Players}} ==References== {{Reflist}} * [http://www.afl.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/208/Default.aspx?newsId=51720 Hawks' Joel Smith retires] {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Joel}} [[Category:1977 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:All-Australians]] [[Category:Peter Crimmins Medal winners]] [[Category:Hawthorn Football Club players]] [[Category:St Kilda Football Club players]] {{AFL-bio-1970s-stub}}'