Joel Smith (born 3 May 1977) is a former Australian rules footballer. Beginning his career in 1995 as a bright young prospect for St Kilda, Smith played in the winning team in the club's first AFL Cup victory, the 1996 AFL Ansett Australia Cup. He provided three good years of service before being incurring a serious anterior cruciate ligament injury requiring reconstruction late in the 1997 home and away season, missing the Saints' finals series. A contractual dispute meant he moved to Hawthorn at the end of 1997.
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