fullname heightweight years clubs article_title statsend originalteam birth_date draftpick name
chris obst 185 ; kg & nbsp ; cm / 80 & nbsp 1998-2001 2002 hawthorn sydney swans chris obst
 2001 western jets 9 october 1979 19th , 1997 national draft chris obst
chris obst

chris obst -lrb- born 9 october 1979 -rrb- is a former australian rules footballer who played with hawthorn in the australian football league -lrb- afl -rrb- .
obst was drafted from the western jets in the tac cup , but came from melton originally .
a half back , he was taken by hawthorn at pick 19 in the 1997 national draft .
he struggled with injuries while at hawthorn and never managed to play more than six games in a season .
in 2001 he was a member of box hill 's premiership .
he was picked up by the sydney swans in the 2002 rookie draft but would n't play a senior game for the club and was delisted at the end of the year .
while with the swans he began playing for their vfl affiliate port melbourne and he remained there after being delisted , playing over 100 games and captaining the club .
