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{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1973}}
{{for multi|the former Port Adelaide and St Kilda player|Rohan J. Smith|the Australian rugby league coach|Rohan Smith (rugby league)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Rohan Smith
| image = [[File:Rohan Smith WBvCOL 2004.jpg|Rohan Smith WBvCOL 2004|180px]]
| alt = 
| fullname = Rohan Smith
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|5|31|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Yarraville, Victoria]]
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| originalteam = [[Kingsville, Victoria|Kingsville]]
| position = Utility
| statsend = 2006
| careerhighlights = *[[All-Australian]]: 1997, 2003
*[[International rules football|International Rules]] series: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003
*[[E. J. Whitten Medal]]: 1998
| debutdate = Round 1, 1992
| debutteam = [[Footscray Football Club|Footscray]]
| debutopponent = [[Adelaide Football Club|Adelaide]]
| debutstadium = [[Football Park]]
| height = 184 cm
| weight = 80 kg
| years1 = 1992–2006
| club1 = [[Western Bulldogs]]/[[Footscray Bulldogs|Footscray]]
| games_goals1 = 300 (254)
| caption =
}}

'''Rohan H. Smith''' (born 31 May 1973) is a former [[Australian rules football]]er in the [[Australian Football League]].

Debuting in 1992 after being recruited around 1990, Smith has long been one of the [[Western Bulldogs|Bulldogs]]' favourite sons, with his reputation rising during the mid-1990s when he became one of the best half-backs in the league. In 1997 he cemented this reputation by earning an [[All-Australian]] selection.

Smith is currently serving as the backline coach of the [[Western Bulldogs]] and enjoys his time with his family.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/team/coaches/assistant-coaches|website=westernbulldogs.com.au|publisher=Western Bulldogs|access-date=23 August 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121221134730/http://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/team/coaches/assistant-coaches |archive-date=21 Dec 2012 |title=Assistant Coaches}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Smith attended [[Emmanuel College: St. Paul's Campus|St. Paul's College]] in [[Altona North, Victoria|Altona North]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]].

==1997==
The 1997 season was the most eventful for Smith and his team, which made a preliminary final. Despite a four-point lead in the last quarter, the Bulldogs had victory stolen from them by Adelaide. The battling club, which was the subject of the [[Year of the Dogs]] documentary in 1996, drastically improved in 1997 with the club being renamed from Footscray to the Western Bulldogs and seemingly a new dawn arising with a [[AFL Grand Final|Grand Final]] berth likely. He also had a little girl named Keely Shea Smith and in 1999 had a son named Jacob Harrington Smith.

With the Bulldogs' surrender of a big lead, Smith is best remembered for encapsulating the feelings of the team after the loss, on his knees in the middle of the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]], punching the turf.

==Later career==
Smith again won All-Australian selection in 2003 and in recent seasons had been noted for his longevity in the game, at 33 years of age still being a valuable member of a young Bulldogs side. However, he had noticeably lost some of his pace during the 2006 season. He announced his retirement before the start of the finals series in 2006. [https://web.archive.org/web/20060911094930/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20364313-23211,00.html] There was talk of him continuing a further year if he was stuck on 299 games, but he insisted that he would retire at the end of the season, regardless of his games tally. The Bulldogs won their first final, against [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]], to set up a 300th game for Smith which he would share with [[Scott West]], another long serving veteran and one of Smith's best friends at the club. Smith and West are, to date, the only team mates in AFL history to share their 300th game in the same match.

That game would be his last, with the Bulldogs going down to eventual premiers {{AFL WC}} by 74 points. An emotional Smith was chaired off [[Subiaco Oval]] where he received a standing ovation, a testament to his illustrious career.

Smith now resides in [[Williamstown, Victoria|Williamstown]] with his wife Alison and his two children.

Following his retirement, Smith became a commentator for [[Fox Sports (Australia)|Fox Sports]], since 2012 Smith has been an assistant coach at his former club in the [[Western Bulldogs]].

==Statistics==
:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/R/Rohan_Smith0.html|title=Rohan Smith stats|work=AFL Tables|access-date=1 October 2019}}</ref>

{{AFL player statistics legend}}
{{AFL player statistics start with votes}}
|-
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1992 AFL season|1992]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Foo}}
| 31 || 14 || 10 || 9 || 95 || 46 || 141 || 24 || 19 || 0.7 || 0.6 || 6.8 || 3.3 || 10.1 || 1.7 || 1.4 || 0
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1993 AFL season|1993]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Foo}}
| 5 || 6 || 7 || 6 || 54 || 18 || 72 || 23 || 5 || 1.2 || 1.0 || 9.0 || 3.0 || 12.0 || 3.8 || 0.8 || 0
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1994 AFL season|1994]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Foo}}
| 5 || 11 || 2 || 1 || 63 || 43 || 106 || 22 || 16 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 5.7 || 3.9 || 9.6 || 2.0 || 1.5 || 0
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1995 AFL season|1995]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Foo}}
| 5 || 22 || 6 || 9 || 277 || 135 || 412 || 86 || 28 || 0.3 || 0.4 || 12.6 || 6.1 || 18.7 || 3.9 || 1.3 || 12
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1996 AFL season|1996]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Foo}}
| 5 || 22 || 15 || 9 || 280 || 105 || 385 || 89 || 29 || 0.7 || 0.4 || 12.7 || 4.8 || 17.5 || 4.0 || 1.3 || 4
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1997 AFL season|1997]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL WB}}
| 5 || 24 || 26 || 13 || 318 || 145 || 463 || 95 || 32 || 1.1 || 0.5 || 13.3 || 6.0 || 19.3 || 4.0 || 1.3 || 3
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1998 AFL season|1998]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL WB}}
| 5 || 24 || 29 || 26 || 245 || 121 || 366 || 101 || 23 || 1.2 || 1.1 || 10.2 || 5.0 || 15.3 || 4.2 || 1.0 || 6
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1999 AFL season|1999]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL WB}}
| 5 || 24 || 31 || 22 || 284 || 114 || 398 || 122 || 17 || 1.3 || 0.9 || 11.8 || 4.8 || 16.6 || 5.1 || 0.7 || 6
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2000 AFL season|2000]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL WB}}
| 5 || 23 || 42 || 20 || 271 || 108 || 379 || 125 || 15 || 1.8 || 0.9 || 11.8 || 4.7 || 16.5 || 5.4 || 0.6 || 0
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2001 AFL season|2001]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL WB}}
| 5 || 21 || 18 || 21 || 258 || 102 || 360 || 96 || 17 || 0.9 || 1.0 || 12.3 || 4.9 || 17.1 || 4.6 || 0.8 || 3
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2002 AFL season|2002]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL WB}}
| 5 || 22 || 18 || 11 || 293 || 130 || 423 || 111 || 31 || 0.8 || 0.5 || 13.3 || 5.9 || 19.2 || 5.0 || 1.4 || 3
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2003 AFL season|2003]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL WB}}
| 5 || 22 || 6 || 7 || 353 || 144 || 497 || 95 || 30 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 16.0 || 6.5 || 22.6 || 4.3 || 1.4 || 4
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2004 AFL season|2004]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL WB}}
| 5 || 21 || 7 || 13 || 304 || 88 || 392 || 97 || 29 || 0.3 || 0.6 || 14.5 || 4.2 || 18.7 || 4.6 || 1.4 || 4
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2005 AFL season|2005]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL WB}}
| 5 || 20 || 16 || 17 || 243 || 135 || 378 || 121 || 26 || 0.8 || 0.9 || 12.2 || 6.8 || 18.9 || 6.1 || 1.3 || 0
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2006 AFL season|2006]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL WB}}
| 5 || 24 || 21 || 10 || 241 || 132 || 373 || 137 || 45 || 0.9 || 0.4 || 10.0 || 5.5 || 15.5 || 5.7 || 1.9 || 0
|- class="sortbottom"
! colspan=3| Career
! 300
! 254
! 194
! 3579
! 1566
! 5145
! 1344
! 362
! 0.8
! 0.6
! 11.9
! 5.2
! 17.2
! 4.5
! 1.2
! 45
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*{{Wbplayer|ref=13603}}
*{{AFL Tables|R/Rohan_Smith0}}

{{Western Bulldogs leading goalkickers}}
{{1997 All-Australian team}}
{{2003 All-Australian team}}
{{1998 Australian international rules team}}
{{1999 Australian international rules team}}
{{2000 Australian international rules team}}
{{2003 Australian international rules team}}
{{E. J. Whitten Medal winners}}
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{{1989 VFL national draft}}

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