{"id":14505,"date":"2017-07-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/adelaide-crows-champ-hangs-up-the-boots\/"},"modified":"2017-07-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T00:00:00","slug":"adelaide-crows-champ-hangs-up-the-boots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/adelaide-crows-champ-hangs-up-the-boots\/","title":{"rendered":"Adelaide Crows champ hangs up the boots"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Scott Thompson will retire at the end of the season.<\/h3>\n<p>On Tuesday afternoon the Adelaide Crows announced the All Aus midfielder and two-time club champ had called time on his decorated career.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI consider it an absolute privilege to have played at the elite level for so many years,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afc.com.au\/news\/2017-07-25\/thommo-calls-time\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thompson told afc.com.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have heard many others say it is the camaraderie and friendship inside the change rooms that you miss most when you retire and I will be no different.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe current group is not just full of talent, but also great blokes who have a genuine care for each other and a desire for team success.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Senior coach Don Pyke paid tribute to Thommo:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cScott has been a true champion of the Adelaide Football Club and his achievements as a player are thoroughly deserved,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the day that he arrived at the club, he has been a fantastic leader both on and off the field who has helped those around him improve.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo play at such a high standard for more than 300 games is a credit to him and his professional approach to the game and he will leave a long-standing legacy at the club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to wish Scott and his family the very best for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Scott Thompson Career Highlights&nbsp;<\/strong><br><br \/>\n\tAll Australian, 2012<br><br \/>\n\tCrows Club Champion, 2012 and 2011<br><br \/>\n\tCrows Club Champion runner-up, 2010<br><br \/>\n\tCrows Club Champion third place, 2007 and 2008<br><br \/>\n\tBrownlow Medal third place, 2012<br><br \/>\n\tPhil Walsh Medallist, 2015<br><br \/>\n\tChelsea Phillis Coaches Award, 2011<br><br \/>\n\t19<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Man (member voted) Award, 2011<br><br \/>\n\tAdelaide Football Club Life Membership, 2014<br><br \/>\n\tInternational Rules representative, 2008<br><br \/>\n\tPre-season Premiership, 2012<\/p>\n<h3>MOST POPULAR<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/Chairman-opens-up-about-chances-of-keeping-stars\"><strong>ADELAIDE CROWS CHAIRMAN OPENS UP ABOUT CHANCES OF KEEPING STARS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/Chris-Scott-made-a-big-blunder-during-Geelong-s-loss-to-Adelaide\"><strong>CATS COACH MADE A BIG BLUNDER, SAYS MARK ROBINSON<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scott Thompson will retire at the end of the season. On Tuesday afternoon the Adelaide Crows announced the All Aus midfielder and two-time club champ had called time on his decorated career. \u201cI consider it an absolute privilege to have played at the elite level for so many years,\u201d Thompson told afc.com.au. \u201cI have heard [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":14506,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-14505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Adelaide Crows champ hangs up the boots - FIVEAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/adelaide-crows-champ-hangs-up-the-boots\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Adelaide Crows champ hangs up the boots\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Scott Thompson will retire at the end of the season. 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