Nathan Bassett

Nathan Bassett
Bassett in April 2018
Personal information
Full name Nathan Bassett
Nickname(s) Fred, Bruce, Hound Dog, Bassy
Date of birth (1976-12-07) 7 December 1976
Place of birth Adelaide, South Australia
Original team(s) Norwood (SANFL)
Draft 3rd, 1997 AFL Rookie Draft (Elevated 1997)
Melbourne
Height 190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 87 kg (192 lb)
Position(s) Defender
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1997 Melbourne 000 0(0)
1998–2008 Adelaide 210 (25)
Coaching career
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
2010–2013 Norwood 91 (68–23–0) 74.7%
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2013.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Nathan "Bassy" Bassett (born 7 December 1976 in Adelaide, South Australia) is a former Australian rules footballer for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is currently an assistant coach with the Port Adelaide Football Club.

Career

Drafted with the third selection in the first AFL Rookie Draft by Melbourne in 1997,[1] Bassett was elevated to the senior list during the season but was unable to make his AFL debut for the Demons due to a chest injury. At the end of the season he was traded to Adelaide, and went on to become one of the Crows' best defenders. He played 210 games for Adelaide and topped off a great 2005 season by being named Best Team Man and coming runner up in the Club's Best and Fairest award.

In 2006 Bassett was named to the All-Australian Team, along with his teammates Andrew McLeod and Simon Goodwin.

Some of Bassett's nicknames include The Hound, Bassy, Bruce and Fred Basset – after the comic strip which appears in many Australian newspapers.

He was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 1997.[2]

Statistics

[3]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team No. Games G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
Totals Averages (per game)
1998 Adelaide 81310903312334190.10.06.92.59.52.61.5
1999 Adelaide 821101546021469100.00.07.32.910.23.30.5
2000 Adelaide 818441596222179260.20.28.83.412.34.41.4
2001 Adelaide 8130093581514470.00.07.24.511.63.40.5
2002 Adelaide 820931367320952300.50.26.83.710.52.61.5
2003 Adelaide 8213113511725280250.10.06.45.612.03.81.2
2004 Adelaide 821101339622982270.00.06.34.610.93.91.3
2005 Adelaide 82522200176376120450.10.18.07.015.04.81.8
2006 Adelaide 82220248149397172410.10.011.36.818.07.81.9
2007 Adelaide 813101326920193260.10.010.25.315.57.22.0
2008 Adelaide 82310188179367127390.00.08.27.816.05.51.7
Career 210 25 10 1668 1072 2740 952 295 0.1 0.0 7.9 5.1 13.0 4.5 1.4

Coaching

Bassett was the senior coach of the Norwood Football Club which plays in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He coached them to the Grand Final in his first season in 2010, and led the Redlegs to their 28th SANFL premiership with a 12.7 (79) to 3.12 (30) win over West Adelaide in the Grand Final at AAMI Stadium. Back-to-back premiership success came in 2013 over North Adelaide. At the last match ever played at AAMI Stadium, in front of almost 37,000 fans, Norwood defeated North Adelaide 10.12 (72) to 4.8 (32).[4]

On 17 October 2013, Bassett was confirmed as an assistant coach to Mark Thompson at Essendon. The move reunited Bassett with former Adelaide coach Neil Craig, who Bassett played under from 2004 to 2008.[5] He remained an assistant at Essendon until the end of 2015.

On 18 September 2015, Bassett was announced as an assistant coach at the Port Adelaide Football Club.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Lovett, Michael (ed.). AFL Record Season Guide 2010. p. 471. ISBN 978-0-9806274-5-9.
  2. ↑ Capel, Andrew (19 June 2008). "Adelaide Crows Nathan Bassett's achieves milestone". The Advertiser.
  3. ↑ Nathan Bassett's player profile at AFL Tables
  4. ↑ Milbank, Zac (18 October 2012). "Norwood premiership coach Nathan Bassett stays to coach Redlegs again". adelaidenow.
  5. ↑ Bassett joins Bombers
  6. ↑ http://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/2015-09-18/bassett-joins-power-for-2016
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