Matt Shearer
{{Short description|Canadian lacrosse player}}
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{{Infobox lacrosse player
| position = Forward
| shoots = Right
| height_ft =
| height_in =
| weight_lb =
| nll_draft = 1st overall
| nll_draft_year = 1997
| nll_draft_team = Baltimore Thunder
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|10|19|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Whitby, Ontario, CA
| career_start = 1998
| career_end = 2007
| nickname = The Sniper
| former_nll_teams = Toronto Rock
Colorado Mammoth
New York Saints
Washington Power
Pittsburgh CrosseFire
Baltimore Thunder
}}
Matt Shearer (born October 19, 1973, in Whitby, Ontario) is a retired lacrosse player. Shearer retired after the 2007 NLL season following a ten-year career in the National Lacrosse League.{{cite web|url=http://nll.com/article.php?id=3177|work=NLL.com|title=Shearer announces retirement|date=December 2, 2007|accessdate=2007-12-03}}
Statistics
=NLL=
{{NLLCareerStats
|player_name_link=Matt Shearer
|season1_year=1998
|season1_team_link=Baltimore Thunder
|season1_games_played=9
|season1_goals=11
|season1_assists=6
|season1_loose_balls=34
|season1_penalty_minutes=2
|season1_playoff_games_played=3
|season1_playoff_goals=5
|season1_playoff_assists=3
|season1_playoff_loose_balls=7
|season2_year=1999
|season2_team_link=Baltimore Thunder
|season2_games_played=10
|season2_goals=27
|season2_assists=14
|season2_loose_balls=42
|season2_penalty_minutes=6
|season3_year=2000
|season3_team_link=Pittsburgh CrosseFire
|season3_games_played=12
|season3_goals=19
|season3_assists=19
|season3_loose_balls=56
|season3_penalty_minutes=11
|season4_year=2001
|season4_team_link=Washington Power
|season4_games_played=14
|season4_goals=26
|season4_assists=26
|season4_loose_balls=40
|season4_penalty_minutes=8
|season4_playoff_games_played=1
|season4_playoff_goals=1
|season4_playoff_loose_balls=3
|season5_year=2002
|season5_team_link=Washington Power
|season5_games_played=16
|season5_goals=31
|season5_assists=28
|season5_loose_balls=79
|season5_penalty_minutes=13
|season5_playoff_games_played=2
|season5_playoff_goals=1
|season5_playoff_assists=1
|season5_playoff_loose_balls=14
|season6_year=2003
|season6_team_link=Colorado Mammoth
|season6_games_played=1
|season6_goals=1
|season6_penalty_minutes=2
|season7_year=2003
|season7_team_link=New York Saints
|season7_games_played=10
|season7_goals=28
|season7_assists=20
|season7_loose_balls=46
|season7_penalty_minutes=2
|season8_year=2004
|season8_team_link=Toronto Rock
|season8_games_played=12
|season8_goals=26
|season8_assists=18
|season8_loose_balls=32
|season8_penalty_minutes=6
|season8_playoff_games_played=1
|season8_playoff_assists=2
|season8_playoff_loose_balls=3
|season9_year=2005
|season9_team_link=Toronto Rock
|season9_games_played=13
|season9_goals=17
|season9_assists=21
|season9_loose_balls=39
|season9_playoff_games_played=1
|season9_playoff_goals=2
|season9_playoff_assists=1
|season9_playoff_loose_balls=6
|season10_year=2006
|season10_team_link=Toronto Rock
|season10_games_played=9
|season10_goals=11
|season10_assists=10
|season10_loose_balls=24
|season10_playoff_games_played=1
|season10_playoff_goals=3
|season10_playoff_loose_balls=3
|season11_year=2007
|season11_team_link=Toronto Rock
|season11_games_played=9
|season11_goals=9
|season11_assists=10
|season11_loose_balls=19
|season11_penalty_minutes=4
}}
College
Shearer played one season at Loyola College where he scored 30 goals and had 15 assists in 1997.{{cite web|url=https://static.loyolagreyhounds.com/custompages/stats/mlax/histcarr.htm|work=loyolagreyhounds.com|title=Career History|date=April 23, 2019|accessdate=2019-04-23}}
References
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Category:Canadian lacrosse players
Category:Colorado Mammoth players
Category:Lacrosse people from Ontario
Category:Sportspeople from Whitby, Ontario
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