Kane Johnson

Kane Johnson
Personal information
Full name	Kane Johnson
Date of birth	(1978-03-15) 15 March 1978
Place of birth	Victoria
Original team(s)	Ringwood / Eastern Ranges
Draft	27th overall, 1995 Adelaide Crows
Height/Weight	187 cm / 85 kg
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Retired
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1996–2002 2003–2008 Total	Adelaide Richmond	104 (44) 116 (32) 220 (76)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2007 season.
Career highlights
Adelaide premiership player 1997, 1998 Richmond captain 2005–2008 Richmond best and fairest 2006

Kane "Sugar" Johnson (born 15 March 1978) is a former Australian rules footballer and former captain of the Richmond Football Club and dual premiership winner with the Adelaide Crows in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Career

He began his career with the Adelaide Crows in 1996 and played in their 1997 and 1998 premiership sides before his 20th birthday. Over the years he developed into an outstanding midfielder and became a key member of Adelaide's onball group, but in 2001 requested that he be allowed to return to his home state of Victoria after playing out his contract the following year. The Crows management obliged, and at the end of 2002, Johnson was traded to Richmond for Jason Torney and a complicated exchange of draft picks that saw picks No. 2, No. 18 and No. 32 go from Richmond to Adelaide and picks No. 12, No. 28 and No. 41 go the other way. Whilst there, Johnson became a star player and was rewarded with the captaincy of the club in 2005. This came following Wayne Campbell's decision to step down from the position. While Johnson's 2005 season was not as good as his 2004, he still was among the Tigers' best players.

In 2006 Johnson had an outstanding season, playing as a tagger and keeping many of the game's star players in check. He won the club's best and fairest for his efforts.

Following the 2008 season, Kane Johnson stood aside as captain and was replaced by Chris Newman. He retired on 9 June 2009 after an injury believing the time was right. He remained involved as a development coach for the club for the remainder of the 2009 season.

In 2013, four years post retirement Kane now works with a variety of individuals teaching the ancient art of Qigong with modern philosophies.

Personal

In 2014 Kane Johnson welcomed a son with long term girlfriend Charis McKittrick.

Statistics

Season	Team	#	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
			Totals								Averages (per game)
1996	Adelaide	28	2	0	0	3	3	6	1	0	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	0.5	0.0
1997†	Adelaide	28	23	7	6	213	119	332	96	32	0.3	0.3	9.3	5.2	14.4	4.2	1.4
1998†	Adelaide	28	12	2	6	95	63	158	31	15	0.2	0.5	7.9	5.3	13.2	2.6	1.3
1999	Adelaide	28	15	6	3	145	102	247	51	12	0.4	0.2	9.7	6.8	16.5	3.4	0.8
2000	Adelaide	28	15	4	2	127	97	224	47	24	0.3	0.1	8.5	6.5	14.9	3.1	1.6
2001	Adelaide	28	18	15	6	188	111	299	75	29	0.8	0.3	10.4	6.2	16.6	4.2	1.6
2002	Adelaide	28	19	10	9	250	193	443	77	30	0.5	0.5	13.2	10.2	23.3	4.1	1.6
2003	Richmond	28	20	10	10	283	154	437	88	58	0.5	0.5	14.2	7.7	21.9	4.4	2.9
2004	Richmond	28	19	3	3	257	214	471	106	56	0.2	0.2	13.5	11.3	24.8	5.6	2.9
2005	Richmond	17	18	5	4	245	167	412	86	44	0.3	0.2	13.6	9.3	22.9	4.8	2.4
2006	Richmond	17	19	5	2	202	126	328	104	47	0.3	0.1	10.6	6.6	17.3	5.5	2.5
2007	Richmond	17	22	4	3	243	197	440	126	70	0.2	0.1	11.0	9.0	20.0	5.7	3.2
2008	Richmond	17	18	5	2	206	225	431	126	54	0.3	0.1	11.4	12.5	23.9	7.0	3.0
Career			220	76	56	2457	1771	4228	1014	471	0.3	0.3	11.2	8.1	19.2	4.6	2.1

External links

• Kane Johnson profile
• Kane Johnson profile from Richmond Football Club
• Kane Johnson's statistics from AFL Tables

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Wayne Campbell	Richmond Football Club captain 2005-2008	Succeeded by Chris Newman