Born: 14 August 1964
Recruited: Coorparoo FC, Queensland
Played: 1985-1998
Debut Order: 700
First game: Round 2 1985
Last game: Round 22 1998
Games: 269
Goals: 1254
Guernsey Number: 19
Captain: 1995 - 1998
Premierships: 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991
Night Premierships: 1985, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1992
Club Champion: 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993
2nd Club Champion: 1994
3rd Club Champion: 1996
Leading Goal Kicker: 1986 (77), 1987 (94), 1988 (132), 1989 (138), 1990 (83), 1991 (82), 1992 (145), 1993 (123), 1994 (101), 1995 (66), 1996 (102),1998 (54)
CEO: 2004
Director - Football Administration: 2004 - 2013
Life Member: 1991
Team of the Century: 2001
Hall of Fame Inductee: 2005
Legend of the Club: 2014
VFL / AFL Honours
2nd Brownlow (equal): 1988, 1992
3rd Brownlow Medal (equal): 1989
Coleman Medal: 1988, 1989, 1992
State Representative 8
All-Australian: 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994
VFL/AFL Life Member: 1998
AFL Hall of Fame: 2002
AFL Legend Status: 2024
In a career spanning 14 years, Dunstall played 269 games between 1985-98 and is the third highest goal kicker in VFL/AFL history with 1254 career goals. Dunstall finished his career a four-time premiership player, three-time Coleman Medallist, four-time Peter Crimmins Medallist and 12-time leading goal-kicker for the Hawks.
Captain of the Club from 1995-1998, the full-forward was named in Hawthorn’s Team of the Century in 2001 and was inducted into the Club’s Hall of Fame in 2005. After his retirement in 1998, Dunstall held the position of interim CEO in 2004 before moving onto the Hawthorn Board, where he remained until the end of 2013 when his term expired.
Jason Dunstall oversaw the selection of Alastair Clarkson as coach & then worked as Football Director closely with Alastair in building a team that ultimately lead to the 2008, & the now famous 3-Peat 2013, 14, 15. Dunstall has played two key roles with the Club which was recognised when he was made a Legend of the HFC in 2014.
In 2024 Jason Dunstall became only the 32nd player elevated to Legend status in the Australian Football Hall of Fame.