Matthew Croft

{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1973}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Matthew Croft

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1973|2|26}}

| birth_place = Morkalla

| death_date =

| death_place =

| originalteam = Imperials

| debutdate = Round 19, 1991

| debutteam = Footscray

| debutopponent = Fitzroy

| debutstadium = Western Oval

| height = 191 cm

| weight = 94 kg

| position =

| statsend = 2004

| years1 = 1991–2004

| club1 = Western Bulldogs

| games_goals1 = 186 (72)

| careerhighlights =

}}

Matthew Croft (born 26 February 1973) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.{{Ref AFL Encyc|5th|153}}

He had a long career with the Western Bulldogs before retiring in 2004. The balding Croft only received three senior appearances with the team in his final year, much to his dismay, as he was performing admirably in the VFL in defence with the Werribee Tigers. The Bulldogs agreed to allow him and fellow veteran Simon Garlick one final appearance in the Round 21 game against the Kangaroos, in which Croft booted 5 goals up forward, in a matchwinning performance.

He polled 13 Brownlow medal votes in his career.{{cite web |url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/M/Matthew_Croft.html|title=Matthew Croft|website=AFL Tables|access-date=21 November 2023 }}