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Trent Bartlett

Western Bulldogs, Brisbane Bears and Brisbane

AFL career

81 games42 goals

Debut
R14 1995 v GEE8 July 1995
Most recent
R7 2002 v COL12 May 2002

Stats

2002
WBD
6
4.8
3.8
8.7
3.0
0.3
0.8
1.5
0.2
0.3
36
2001
WBD
15
2.4
2.2
4.6
1.9
0.3
0.8
0.5
0.9
0.5
23
2000
WBD
21
4.9
3.5
8.4
3.4
0.5
1.3
0.5
1.0
0.6
38
1999
BRL
5
1.6
0.8
2.4
1.4
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.6
0.4
14
1998
BRL
12
4.2
1.8
5.9
2.1
0.4
0.8
0.8
0.3
0.3
27
1996
BRB
14
5.0
3.1
8.1
3.0
0.8
1.1
0.8
0.0
0.1
31
1995
BRB
8
5.0
3.9
8.9
2.9
0.9
0.8
0.8
0.1
0.5
34
League
Season
COL
CS
R7
6
5
11
2
1
3
0
3
0.1
39
CAR
CS
R6
3
1
4
1
1
0
0
0
0.0
15
MEL
CS
R5
8
4
12
4
0
1
0
5
0.1
62
BRL
CS
R4
4
4
8
4
0
0
0
0
1.0
38
KAN
CS
R2
7
5
12
6
0
0
0
1
0.0
53
ADE
CS
R1
1
4
5
1
0
1
0
0
0.0
11

Profile

Born
26 Nov 1976 (age 49y 329d)
Height
189 cm
Weight
95 kg

Teams

Recruited from Deloraine in Tasmania, Trent Bartlett was a sturdy key position prospect taken by the Brisbane Bears with pick 45 in the 1993 National Draft. He initially cut his teeth as a centre half-back, but his time in Queensland was heavily impacted by a severe ankle injury that forced him to miss the entire 1997 season, leaving him on the fringes as the newly formed Lions began their ascent to power. In search of regular senior football, Bartlett was traded to the Western Bulldogs following the 1999 season, where he enjoyed the best form of his career in 2000 as a strong-marking forward and relief ruckman. Despite establishing himself as a valuable structural asset for the Dogs, chronic knee issues—specifically patella tendonitis—curtailed his output over the next two years, leading to his delisting at the end of 2002. He subsequently returned home to become a dominant figure for the Tasmanian Devils in the VFL, cementing his legacy as a titan of Tasmanian state league football.