years clubs article_title debutstadium statsend name debutdate birth_date originalteam debutopponent debutteam heightweight
2001 -- 2010 north melbourne leigh harding
 colonial stadium 2010 leigh harding round 17 , 28 july 2001 26 april 1981 bannockburn/geelong u18 brisbane lions kangaroos 181cm / 84kg
leigh harding

leigh harding -lrb- born 26 april 1981 -rrb- is a former australian rules footballer in the australian football league .
he currently serves as an offensive skills coach at the brisbane lions , and also as an assistant coach of the lions ' neafl reserves team .
originally from teesdale , victoria , a small town near bannockburn , victoria harding then played under-18 football with the geelong falcons before he moved to play with geelong in the vfl .
selected in the 2000 rookie draft , he was elevated from the kangaroos ' rookie list in 2001 , where he made his debut as a 20-year-old .
a crumbing forward , harding has the tendency to miss simple shots at goal on the run , although he has a high work rate .
he topped the kangaroos goalkicking in 2003 with just 33 goals , an equal personal best season haul .
in 2005 , harding moved from being a fringe player to more of a regular role .
this improved in 2006 when he played 19 games out of 21 , up until the final training session before round 22 , the final week of the season as the worst of luck struck as he suffered a knee injury , requiring a knee reconstruction , keeping him out of playing for around 12 months .
leigh harding retired from football in 2010 .
