Simon Black

Simon Black
Simon Black
	Simon Black in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Simon Black
Date of birth	3 April 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Mount Isa, Queensland
Original team(s)	East Fremantle (WAFL)
Draft	No. 31, 1997 National Draft
Height	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	81 kg (179 lb)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Playing career1
Years	Club
1998–2013	Brisbane Lions
International team honours
Years	Team
2001	Australia
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2013.
Career highlights
	3× AFL Premiership player: 2001, 2002, 2003; Brownlow Medal: 2002; Norm Smith Medal: 2003; 3× All-Australian team: 2001, 2002, 2004; 3× Merrett–Murray Medal: 2001, 2002, 2006; Herald Sun Player of the Year 2001; Brisbane Lions Captain: 2007–2008; Marcus Ashcroft Medal: 2011; AFL Rising Star nominee: 1999; Australian Football Hall of Fame: Inducted 2020; AFL Qld Hall of Fame: Inducted 2023; Brisbane Lions Hall of Fame: Inducted 2023;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Simon Black (born 3 April 1979) is a former Australian rules football player and current assistant coach, who played his whole career with the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Black was a midfielder with a reputation for hard work and skill. He had the ability to get under the pack to retrieve the ball as well as deliver it with precision to teammates.

He was drafted by the Brisbane Lions in 1997 from the East Fremantle Football Club, and he debuted in the first game of the 1998 season and quickly became one of Brisbane's best players. He became Brisbane’s third Brownlow Medallist by winning the much-coveted award in 2002 by a four-vote margin. He also won the 2003 Norm Smith Medal and the 2001, 2002, and 2006 Merrett–Murray Medals awarded to the best and fairest player with the Brisbane Lions and three premiership medallions he received as a part of the Lions' hat-trick of premierships in 2001, 2002 and 2003. Black, along with Michael Voss (1996 Brownlow Medallist), Jason Akermanis (2001 Brownlow Medallist) and Nigel Lappin were collectively known as 'The Fab Four' and are widely considered to be one of the best midfield combinations in the history of the game.^[1]

Black is currently serving as the Contest Skills and Midfield Coach at the Brisbane Lions.^[2]

^ Michael Voss says Carlton Fab Four has way to go to match Brisbane greats
^ "Vero Coaching Group". lions.com.au. Brisbane Lions. Archived from the original on 26 August 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.

[FabFour-1] Michael Voss says Carlton Fab Four has way to go to match Brisbane greats

[2] "Vero Coaching Group". lions.com.au. Brisbane Lions. Archived from the original on 26 August 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.

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