Phil Scott is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er who played for the West Coast Eagles

West Coast Eagles

The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...

 in the Victorian/Australian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL/AFL).

A foundation player at West Coast, Scott made his debut in the third round of the 1987 VFL season

1987 VFL season

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. He was used as a ruckman and represented Western Australia at the 1988 Adelaide Bicentennial Carnival

1988 Adelaide Bicentennial Carnival

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. Scott twice won West Coast's 'Best Clubman' award, the second of which came after making his final appearance in the 1990 Preliminary Final loss to Essendon. He finished his career back at his original club, Subiaco

Subiaco Football Club

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, with whom he played in the 1986 premiership side. Having taken the field for two further years to bring his tally to 110 WAFL

West Australian Football League

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games, Scott retired.