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Chris Tarrant Profile |
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Birth Date: September 18, 1980
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Birth Place: Mildura, Victoria, Australia
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Birth Name: Chris Tarrant
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Height: 6'4"
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Biography |
Chris Tarrant (born September 18, 1980 in Mildura, Victoria,
Australia) is an Australian rules football player for the
Fremantle Football Club. He often plays in the full-forward
position. Tarrant is noted for his spectacular high marking,
athleticism and pace on a lead.
Tarrant originally played for South Mildura and moved to
Bendigo in 1996 on an AFL scholarship. In his younger days
he was a top basketballer, making the Victorian state
Under-15s squad before deciding to concentrate on football.
Tarrant began his AFL career for the Collingwood Football
Club in Round 3 of the 1998 Home-and-Away season, and did
not get much ground time during the year. However, in the
years to come, he would be Collingwood's main option to goal
in a team recently bereft of major goalkickers.
In 2001 Tarrant took a spectacular mark against Melbourne
that has gone down as one of the truly great grabs. He
finished off that season with 53 goals; his second best
goals tally.
His 2003 season was his best for Collingwood as he was an
All-Australian forward playing all 22 games plus 3 finals.
He ended up kicking 54 goals to top Collingwood's
goalkicking, and won the 2003 Mark of the year for his
high-flying mark against Geelong.
Hampered by knee problems in 2005, Tarrant was unable to
show his full range of skills. Despite this, Tarrant
finished with 36 goals from 17 games played to lead the
Collingwood club in goalkicking for a fifth straight season.
In November 2005, Collingwood coach Mick Malthouse stated
that Tarrant has gained strength in his legs after a
successful recovery from post-season knee surgery. A big
2006 season was predicted from the enigmatic Tarrant,
however this did not eventuate.
Honours bestowed upon Tarrant during his AFL career include
All-Australian selection in 2003, 2nd place in the
Collingwood Best and Fairest award (Copeland Trophy) in
2003, club leading goalkicker in 2001, 2002 (equal), 2003,
2004, 2005, and AFL Mark of the Year in 2003.
In August 2006, Tarrant and Collingwood teammate Ben Johnson
were involved in a fight at a Port Melbourne nightclub.
Johnson was charged with recklessly causing injury and
unlawful assault and he accepted responsibility for the
incident. Tarrant was not charged, but was fined $5000 by
Collingwood for breaking the players code of conduct.
In June 2007, Tarrant was accused of showing his buttocks to
a female patron of a Darwin nightclub in and punching the
Federal ALP candidate for Division of Solomon, Damian Hale,
after he confronted Tarrant about his behaviour. After the
Fremantle Football Club took the unusual step of referring
the matter to the AFL to investigate, they fined Tarrant
$5000 and suspended him for three matches, with two matches
suspended until the end 2008. |
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since October 25, 2007