Shaun Smith

Shaun Smith (born 22 June 1969) is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL.

Originally from the Ainslie Football Club in the Australian Capital Territory, but recruited from Werribee and debuting in the Victorian Football League in 1987, Smith is best known for his incredible leap and ability to take spectacular marks or speckies. and continued his reputation for taking high marks. He was consequently recruited back to the AFL by for the 1995 season.

By far Smith's most successful and consistent season was at the Melbourne Football Club in 1995.

His 1995 Mark of the Year, a chest mark over teammate Garry Lyon in the goal square against the Brisbane Bears at the Gabba, was named the Mark of the Century, superseding Gary Ablett Sr's famous, though controversial, mark a year earlier. and his daughter Amy is currently listed with North Melbourne in the AFLW, recruited in 2020 as the club's first father–daughter pick.