Football Hall of Fame. In 2003, Scott was inducted into the Hawthorn Football Club Hall of Fame. In 2004 & 2005, Scott’s son Doug Scott was on the Hawthorn AFL list however played 0 senior matches. In March 2012, it was announced that Scott had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer, but because he went for annual check-ups the cancer was detected early, which increased the likelihood of survival. In August 2019, he joined a podcast with former Herald Sun Chief Football Writer Mike Sheahan and former footballer and media personality Sam Newman entitled Sam, Mike and Don, You Can Not Be Serious. The podcast airs once weekly and covers all trending topics with some AFL and sport commentary. However, upon Sheahan quitting the podcast in June 2020 due to fallout from comments he made about former AFL footballer Nicky Winmar, its name was changed to You Cannot Be Serious. In November 2019, the Hawthorn Football Club nominated Don Scott to become an official legend of the club; however, Scott refused to accept the award. In July 2020, Scott alleged that the Hawthorn Football Club broke salary cap rules throughout their successful 80s dynasty utilising a secret Tasmanian bank account to retain players outside of the salary cap. In December 2021, Don Scott finally accepted being elevated to an official legend of the Hawthorn Football Club. In April 2022, as reported in the Herald Sun newspaper, Don Scott was appointed to the Hawthorn Football Club’s nominations committee to select the next club President to succeed Jeff Kennett. Honours and achievements Hawthorn 3× VFL premiership player: 1971, 1976, 1978 2× Minor premiership: 1971, 1975 Individual 2× VFL premiership captain: 1976, 1978 J.J. Dennis Memorial Trophy: 1973 Hawthorn captain: 1976–1980 Australian Football Media Association Player of the Year: 1977 Australian Football Hall of Fame Hawthorn Hall of Fame – Legend status Hawthorn life member Hawthorn Team of the Century References Bibliography External links Profile at Australian Football AFL: Hall of Fame Hawthorn Football Club players Hawthorn Football Club Premiership players Hawthorn Football Club administrators Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees Peter Crimmins Medal winners Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) South Adelaide Football Club coaches 1947 births Living people People educated at Blackburn High School Three-time VFL/AFL Premiership players