Shane Parker

Smile for the Camera, Shane!

Shane Parker's picture for 2004 from the official AFL website.
Photo from Shane's AFL/Fremantle webpage in 2004. (No longer current)

Shane Parker's picture for 2003 from the official AFL website.
Photo from Shane's AFL/Fremantle webpage in 2003. (No longer current)

Shane Parker's picture an earlier verion of the official AFL website.
Photo from Shane's AFL webpage (No longer current)

An even earlier picture of Shane Parker from the AFL website.
Photo from Shane's AFL webpage in 2000. (No longer current)

Shane Parker's picture from the realfooty site.
Photo from Shane's page on the realfooty.com site. (Realfooty no longer runs player profiles.

Action Shots

Barry with his eyes shut again, this time giving Shane a good whacking after Shane has fisted the ball away. Game against St Kilda, Round 13, 2000.
Photo by PAUL HUTTON. Taken from the AFL website.

Barry must have had his eyes open this time. Game against St Kilda, Round 13, 2000.
Photo by PAUL HUTTON. Taken from the AFL website.

Now Shane is the one with his eyes shut, trying to spoil Matthew Richardson.
Taken from the AFL website.

This is another one of Shane contesting against Matthew Richardson, in Round 14, 1998.
Photo taken from the The Age website.

Never let it be said that Shane is a passenger. This is him watching Adrian Fletcher handball to Paul Hasleby, from Round 8, 2000.
To be fair, Shane had a good game, keeping Buckley to 26 possessions on the night.
Photo by NORM OORLOFF. Taken from the AFL website.

Always a crusader for light, here we see Shane trying to catch the younger brother of Satan himself. The brother is Philip Matera, Satan is Peter Matera. Wally Matera was fortunately able to avoid the tint of Satanhood present in his younger brothers, although Wally did play for South Fremantle, so he's not exactly a saint either.
I think this one is from the first derby in Round 6, 2000.
Photo by IAN CUDGLEY. Taken from the AFL website.

Shane checks that his head is still attached after another 100+ point loss. After the game against Brisbane in Round 22, 2000.
Photo by DAVID KAPERNICK. Taken from the AFL website.

A different angle on the previous shot. Shows just how many highlights there were in that game, I guess.
Photo by DARREN ENGLAND. Taken from the realfooty photo gallery.

Shane is one of a bunch of Dockers players unhappy with the way the game went. We also see a bit of dissension in the ranks here. Although most players are happy to follow Peter Bell's (he's at the front) lead and stand with hands on hips, we see one young rebel picking his nose instead. Shane is on the far left.
After the game against North Melbourne, or possibly the Kangaroos, in Round 11, 2001.
Photo by RAY KENNEDY. Taken from the realfooty photo gallery.

A rare shot of Shane with the ball. In this case he is attempting to elude the grasp of Scott Camporeale. From the game against Carlton in Round 16, 2001.
Photo by TONY FEDER. Taken from the realfooty photo gallery.

A second shot of Shane from the same Carlton game. Sure, some would claim its actually a picture of Matthew Lappin (the guy with the ball). Some would even argue that since Parker was supposed to be marking Lappin during that game he should perhaps have been a bit closer to the ball, but that is to under-estimate the sheer talent of the Parker. Lappin kicked 6 goals in the course of the game.
From the game against Carlton in Round 16, 2001.
Photo by ALLSPORTS. Taken from the realfooty photo gallery.

Shane squints into the sun and looks to give the handball off. Note the socks down, a clear indication of the influence Peter Bell has been having on the club.
From the game against West Coast in Round 1, 2002.
Photo © GETTY IMAGES. Taken from the AFL website.

You can't actually tell that its Shane, but this is a classic Parker picture. Shane is the guy who Grant has just managed a big fly on top of, with his head obscured by Matthew Pavlich (number 29 in the foreground).
From the game against the Bulldogs in Round 11, 2001.
Taken from the Herald-Sun website.

Ever the vocal one, Shane has clearly attracted Andrew Siegert's attention as Siegert looks for someone to pass to once the tackle is applied. (Thanks to Craig Hall for correcting me on who it was that was being tackled in this one.)
From the game against West Coast in Round 16, 2002.
Photo © GETTY IMAGES. Taken from the AFL website.

Shane is relieved to see Luke McPharlin take a clean grab.
From the game against St Kilda in Round 17, 2002.
Photo © GETTY IMAGES. Taken from the AFL website.

Despite my lack of respect for him, Shane was the first to play 150 games for the club. Here his team mates (Troy Simmonds and Justin Longmuir) help him celebrate that milestone.
After the game against North Melbourne in Round 4, 2003.
Photo © GETTY IMAGES. Taken from the AFL website.

At the end of 2003, Shane was the player in the AFL who had played most games without having played a final. At the end of 2003, Freo finally made the finals. Can you tell they didn't win? In case you can't tell by now, Shane is just to the right of centre, shaking hands with Jeff Farmer (in the tracksuit top).
After the Elimination Final against Essendon in 2003.
Photo © Vince Caligiuri. Taken from the Realfooty website.

Another legend of the club, Clive Waterhouse, celebrated his 100th game in the match against Carlton, in Round 1 of 2004. Shane is one of those applauding while the two first gamers, Riley Dunn and Daniel Gilmore (I think!) chair Clive from the ground.
After the game against Carlton in Round 1, 2004.
Photo © GETTY IMAGES. Taken from the AFL website.

Shane demonstrates the importance of guiding the ball all the way onto the boot.
During the game against Carlton in Round 1, 2004.
Photo © GETTY IMAGES. Taken from the AFL website.

This one is labelled as being Luke McPharlin, but I am pretty sure its really Ben Cunningham. One reason I think that, is that I am pretty sure that the player next to him, cut off by the edge of the picture, is none other than Shane Parker. Since Shane is taller than Cunningham, but shorter than McPharlin, I doubt this is McPharlin.
During the game against Sydney in Round 2, 2004.
Photo © GETTY IMAGES. Taken from the AFL website.

A rare picture here. Its one with Shane with the ball in his hands. It's so rare, that I am not completely sure that it actually is Shane. Whoever it is, he's dodging out of the way of former team-mate James Clement.
During the game against Collingwood in Round 4, 2004.
Photo © GETTY IMAGES. Taken from the AFL website.

In the foreground, Shane Woewodin is pretty happy to a have kicked a goal. Ever the professional, Shane Parker is treating him with the disdain he deserves.
During the game against Collingwood in Round 4, 2004.
Photo © GETTY IMAGES. Taken from Collingwood's AFL website.

As he is now one of the senior players, Shane now devotes more of his time to supervisory roles. Here he watches Dion Woods.
During the game against Geelong in Round 5, 2004.
Photo © GETTY IMAGES. Taken from the AFL website.

Shane back in his rightful place - being used as a launching pad for someone else to take a speccy. Just for a change, it is at least a team mate taking the mark. Luke McPharlin in this case.
During the game against Hawthorn in Round 8, 2004.
Photo © GETTY IMAGES. Taken from the AFL website.

Even when he is being tackled, Shane still keeps his eye on the ball. A lesser man might have asked James Hird for an autograph.
During the game against Essendon in Round 10, 2004.
Photo © GETTY IMAGES. Taken from the AFL website.

Shane at his best, spoiling Matthew Richardson. Richo has been in reasonable form, so him kicking 5.4 in this game probably counts as Shane having done a reasonable job.
During the game against Richmond in Round 12, 2004.
Photo © GETTY IMAGES. Taken from the AFL website.

A classic Shane picture. If you can't spot him, thats Shane's head kind of in the middle of the pack. Its hard to tell where the rest of him went.
During the game against Adelaide in Round 16, 2004.
Photo © GETTY IMAGES. Taken from the The Age Realfooty Match Report.

Sure, O'Loughlin has the ball, but he strained a hammy later in the game, so Shane had the last laugh.
During the game against Sydney in Round 17, 2004.
Photo © GETTY IMAGES. Taken from the AFL website.

Apparently Tarrant doesn't get a fair go from the umpires. I reckon he'd do better if he held onto the ball rather than holding Shane's hand. Still, thats the impact that the great man has on younger players these days.
During the game against Collingwood in Round 18, 2005.
Photo © Sebastian Costanzo. Taken from the The Age website. Speciafically the article: Pies irate at Tarrant treatment published on August 1, 2005.

A great moment in the great man's career. He was playing at full back on Fevola at the time. The post-goal celebration looked a bit over the top to me, but the man only kicked 10 goals in his career, so I will let it slide.
Druring the game against Carlton in Round 16, 2005.
It's on Youtube. I suspect the copyright is actually owned by the AFL ultimately?