Shaun Burgoyne

Shaun Burgoyne
Burgoyne playing for Hawthorn in August 2018
Personal information
Full name	Shaun Playford Burgoyne
Nickname(s)	Silk, Burgers
Date of birth	(1982-10-21) 21 October 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth	Darwin, Northern Territory
Original team(s)	Port Adelaide (SANFL)
Draft	No. 12, 2000 national draft
Debut	Round 3, 2002, Port Adelaide vs. St Kilda, at Colonial Stadium
Height	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	89 kg (196 lb)
Position(s)	Utility
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2001–2009	Port Adelaide	157 (171)
2010–2021	Hawthorn	250 (131)
Total		407 (302)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
2005–2015	Indigenous All-Stars	4 (0)
2008	Dream Team	1 (1)
International team honours
2008–2017	Australia	4 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2021. 2 State and international statistics correct as of 2017.
Career highlights
4× AFL Premiership player: 2004, 2013–2015 All-Australian team: 2006 Showdown Medal: round 20, 2005
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Shaun Playford Burgoyne (born 21 October 1982) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Burgoyne was the first Indigenous Australian player in elite Australian rules football (the VFL/AFL, the SANFL and the WAFL) to reach the 400-game milestone, as well as the fifth player overall in the VFL/AFL, and the seventh player overall in elite Australian rules football. He was also the first VFL/AFL player to have reached the milestone playing for two different clubs.

With 35 AFL finals appearances, Burgoyne also had the third-most finals appearances of any VFL/AFL footballer, behind only Michael Tuck's 39^[1] and Joel Selwood’s 40. Burgoyne also played four finals matches in the SANFL, with his total of 39 finals appearances across the SANFL and AFL the third most in elite Australian rules football, behind Selwood's 40 and Peter Carey's 43.