Australian Football

At a time when the concept of the role was still being defined, Scott Clayton was in many respects the quintessential tagger. Clayton played his early football with Hobart, before commencing the VFL portion of his career in 1981, with Fitzroy. Tough, relentlessly aggressive, and dogged, he was used by the Lions in numerous different roles, but was most commonly assigned the job of tagging a key opposition player. During the 1980s, Scott Clayton performed this function as well as anyone in the game. He also seemed to get better with time, as he proved by winning Fitzroy's club champion award in 1990, his final season. Clayton played a total of 160 league games for the Lions, kicking 23 goals.

Author - John Devaney