Shane Heard

Shane Heard
Personal information
Full name Shane Heard
Born (1958-07-28) 28 July 1958
Original teams Horsham Homers, Horsham DFNL
Height 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1977–87, 1991 Essendon 168 (39)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1991.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Shane Heard (born 28 July 1958) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the VFL/AFL. He was recruited from the Horsham Homers Football Club in the Horsham District Football League.

Heard started his career in 1977 and developed into a high quality tagger.

Heard played in the 1983 VFL grand final loss to Hawthorn and was a member of Essendon's 1984 VFL Premiership team, playing on the wing, tagging Robert DiPierdomenico.

Heard missed out on the 1985 Essendon premiership when he pulled his hamstring in the last training session prior to the grand final.

He retired at the end of the 1987 season but was lured back to the club in 1991 for one final year.[1]

Heard played in the 1992 and 1993 Ainslie premiership teams, prior to returning to the Wimmera region.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Ultimate Victorian Wool Team – Shane Heard: The farm lad who developed tagging". The Footy Almanac. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
  2. ^ "Shane Heard profile". Essendon FC. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
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