Scott Simister is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er who played with Melbourne

Melbourne Football Club

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 in the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (AFL).

Simister spent time in three states during his career, starting in Victoria. He was recruited by Melbourne from Springvale

Casey Scorpions

The Casey Scorpions Football Club is an Australian rules football club in the Victorian Football League . The club was founded in 1903 as the Springvale Football Club and played under the name Springvale. In its history it has won 21 premierships...

 with the 69th pick of the 1992 AFL Draft

1992 AFL Draft

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 and debuted in the 1993 AFL season

1993 AFL season

-Ladder:All teams played 20 games during the home and away season, for a total of 165. Each team also had two byes. An additional 7 games were played during the finals series.-Awards:*The Brownlow Medal was awarded to Gavin Wanganeen of ....

 at the age of 20. A forward, he kicked a goal in both of Melbourne's wins over both Collingwood

Collingwood Football Club

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 and Essendon

Essendon Football Club

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 at the MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

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 and then had 16 disposals in an away loss to Sydney

Sydney Swans

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.

After he left Melbourne at the end of the 1993 season, SANFL

South Australian National Football League

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 club West Adelaide

West Adelaide Football Club

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 secured his signature and he topped their goal-kicking in each of his three years.

In 1997 he joined Peel Thunder

Peel Thunder Football Club

The Peel Thunder Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League . The team is based in Mandurah, Western Australia, with their home ground being Rushton Park...

 in the WAFL

West Australian Football League

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 and was again a dominant key forward. Club captain in 1999, Simister was Peel's leading goal-kicker in 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2002. He also spent a season at East Fremantle

East Fremantle Football Club

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 in 2004.

He continued his footballing career out in the country in 2005, playing for Kambalda in the Goldfields Football League

Goldfields Football League

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, where he was the competition's leading goal-kicker. Simister crossed to the Peel Football League

Peel Football League

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's South Mandurah in 2006 and was 'Best on Ground' in the Grand Final that season.