Hawks great Don Scott nominates for Hawthorn board

Don Scott, the two-time premiership captain who helped save Hawthorn from a merger with Melbourne, has nominated to run for the Hawthorn board.

The Hawks confirmed on Thursday that Scott had nominated for a board position and would be running against incumbent board members Ian Silk and Tim Shearer.

Scott previously served on the board after the merger with the Demons was averted but quit and later launched a prospective board challenge to Ian Dicker’s board in the 2000s that was eventually abandoned.

Scott has been contacted for comment.

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