Royce Hart

Royce Hart
Royce Hart
Personal information
Full name	Royce Desmond Hart
Date of birth	10 February 1948
Place of birth	Whitefoord, Tasmania
Original team(s)	Clarence U19 (TANFL)
Height	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Position(s)	Centre half-forward
Playing career1
Years	Club
1967–1977	Richmond
1969	Glenelg
Total
Representative team honours
Years	Team
	Victoria
International team honours
1968	"The Galahs"
Coaching career3
Years	Club
1980–1982	Footscray
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1977. 3 Coaching statistics correct as of 1982.
Career highlights
	4× VFL Premiership player: (1967, 1969, 1973, 1974); AFL Team of the Century; Tasmanian Team of the Century; Richmond Team of the Century; Michael Roach Medal 1967, 1971; 2× Jack Dyer Medal: (1969, 1972); All-Australian team: (1969); Richmond captain: (1972–1975); Australian Football Hall of Fame, inducted 1996, Legend status 2013; Richmond Hall of Fame, inducted 2002; Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame, inducted 2005; Tasmanian "Icon", conferred 2005; Richmond "Immortal", conferred 2008; 100 Tiger Treasures "Class of the Century";
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Royce Desmond Hart (born 10 February 1948) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Regarded as one of the greatest centre half-forwards to ever play Australian rules football, Hart was a supremely gifted and courageous player with superb pack marking skills, with a trademark of leaping in from the side, and a penetrating left-foot kick. Hart was an inaugural member of the Australian Football Hall of Fame, and was elevated to Legend status in 2013.