Dion Scott is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er who played for the Sydney Swans

Sydney Swans

The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...

, Brisbane Bears

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 and Brisbane Lions

Brisbane Lions

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 in the Australian Football League

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 (AFL) during the 1990s.

A Tasmanian, Scott was brought up in Ulverstone but played his early football at Devonport

Devonport Football Club

Devonport Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Devonport, Tasmania. The club previously competed in the Northern Tasmanian Football League but from 2009 it joined the newly reformed Tasmanian State League....

. His AFL career was hampered by constant injuries, the first of which came when he damaged his vertebra while training with Sydney at Maroubra beach in 1991. He only managed six appearances for the Swans in three seasons and in the 1992 AFL Draft

1992 AFL Draft

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 was traded to Brisbane. Scott played three finals in 1996, including Brisbane's one point Qualifying Final win over Essendon

Essendon Football Club

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, in which he contributed three goals.

The Bears merged with Fitzroy

Fitzroy Football Club

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 in 1997 to form the Brisbane Lions and Scott was a foundation player, kicking two goals in their opening round loss to Adelaide. He later played with the Redland Australian Football Club

Redland Australian Football Club

Redland Australian Football Club is a Redland City-based Australian rules football club competing in the AFL Queensland State League competition.-History:...

.