Scott Knight

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

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| name = Scott Knight

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| fullname = Scott Knight

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|4|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = King Island, Tasmania, Australia

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| originalteam = {{TSL Laun}} (NTFA)

| draftpick = No. 23, 1981 interstate draft

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| statsend = 1984

| years1 = 1984

| club1 = {{AFL Col}}

| games_goals1 = 5 (2)

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Scott Knight (born 28 April 1959 in King Island, Tasmania) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1984.{{Ref AFL Encyc|4th|356}} He was recruited from the North Launceston Football Club in the Northern Tasmanian Football League with the second last selection in the first ever VFL Draft in 1981.{{cite web|url=http://footystats.freeservers.com/Footystats/Draft(forgotten).html|title=The forgotten drafts, 1981, 1982|publisher=Footy Stats}}

He is originally from King Island, Tasmania.{{cite news|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=nstore&docID=AGE060904JM7V94PTJDD |title=No cakewalk, but King Island may give Saints some cream|first=Tim|last=Lane|date=4 September 2006|work=The Age}} His son, Matthew, plays basketball for the Perth Wildcats of the National Basketball League.{{cite news|url =http://www.news.com.au/sport/basketball/wildcats-centre-matt-knight-weighs-up-football-dream/story-fndkzqrr-1226574481778 |title=Wildcats centre Matt Knight weighs up football dream |first=Chris |last=Robinson |work=The Sunday Times |date=10 February 2013}}