Kane Johnson

Kane Johnson
Personal information
Full name Kane Johnson
Date of birth (1978-03-15) 15 March 1978
Place of birth Victoria
Original team(s) Ringwood / Eastern Ranges
Draft 27th overall, 1995
Adelaide Crows
Height / weight 187 cm / 85 kg
Position(s) Midfielder
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1996–2002
2003–2008
Total		 Adelaide
Richmond		 104 (44)
116 (32)
220 (76)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2007.
Career highlights

Kane "Sugar" Johnson (born 15 March 1978) is a former Australian rules footballer and former captain of the Richmond Football Club and dual premiership winner with the Adelaide Crows in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Career

He began his career with the Adelaide Crows in 1996 and played in their 1997 and 1998 premiership sides before his 20th birthday. Over the years he developed into an outstanding midfielder and became a key member of Adelaide's onball group, but in 2001 requested that he be allowed to return to his home state of Victoria after playing out his contract the following year. The Crows management obliged, and at the end of 2002, Johnson was traded to Richmond for Jason Torney and a complicated exchange of draft picks that saw picks No. 2, No. 18 and No. 32 go from Richmond to Adelaide and picks No. 12, No. 28 and No. 41 go the other way. Whilst there, Johnson became a star player and was rewarded with the captaincy of the club in 2005. This came following Wayne Campbell's decision to step down from the position. While Johnson's 2005 season was not as good as his 2004, he still was among the Tigers' best players.

In 2006 Johnson had an outstanding season, playing as a tagger and keeping many of the game's star players in check. He won the club's best and fairest for his efforts.

Following the 2008 season, Kane Johnson stood aside as captain and was replaced by Chris Newman. He retired on 9 June 2009 after an injury believing the time was right.[1] He remained involved as a development coach for the club for the remainder of the 2009 season.

In 2013, four years post retirement Kane now works with a variety of individuals teaching the ancient art of Qigong with modern philosophies.

Personal

In 2014 Kane Johnson welcomed a son with long term girlfriend Charis McKittrick.

Statistics

[2]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team # Games G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
Totals Averages (per game)
1996 Adelaide 28 2 0 0 3 3 6 1 0 0.0 0.0 1.5 1.5 3.0 0.5 0.0
1997 Adelaide 28 23 7 6 213 119 332 96 32 0.3 0.3 9.3 5.2 14.4 4.2 1.4
1998 Adelaide 28 12 2 6 95 63 158 31 15 0.2 0.5 7.9 5.3 13.2 2.6 1.3
1999 Adelaide 28 15 6 3 145 102 247 51 12 0.4 0.2 9.7 6.8 16.5 3.4 0.8
2000 Adelaide 28 15 4 2 127 97 224 47 24 0.3 0.1 8.5 6.5 14.9 3.1 1.6
2001 Adelaide 28 18 15 6 188 111 299 75 29 0.8 0.3 10.4 6.2 16.6 4.2 1.6
2002 Adelaide 28 19 10 9 250 193 443 77 30 0.5 0.5 13.2 10.2 23.3 4.1 1.6
2003 Richmond 28 20 10 10 283 154 437 88 58 0.5 0.5 14.2 7.7 21.9 4.4 2.9
2004 Richmond 28 19 3 3 257 214 471 106 56 0.2 0.2 13.5 11.3 24.8 5.6 2.9
2005 Richmond 17 18 5 4 245 167 412 86 44 0.3 0.2 13.6 9.3 22.9 4.8 2.4
2006 Richmond 17 19 5 2 202 126 328 104 47 0.3 0.1 10.6 6.6 17.3 5.5 2.5
2007 Richmond 17 22 4 3 243 197 440 126 70 0.2 0.1 11.0 9.0 20.0 5.7 3.2
2008 Richmond 17 18 5 2 206 225 431 126 54 0.3 0.1 11.4 12.5 23.9 7.0 3.0
Career 220 76 56 2457 1771 4228 1014 471 0.3 0.3 11.2 8.1 19.2 4.6 2.1

References

  1. ↑ Sheahan, Mike (9 June 2009). "Former Richmond captain Kane Johnson calls it quits". AdelaideNow. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  2. ↑ Kane Johnson's player profile at AFL Tables

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