Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Michael S. Gardiner (born 5 July 1979) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League playing with the St Kilda Football Club. He previously played for the West Coast Eagles from 1997 2006. Gardiner was born in Albany, Western Australia, and played junior football for the Royals Football Club before heading to Perth Western Australia to play for Claremont Football Club in the WAFL. Gardiner was the number 1 draft pick in the 1996 National Draft. Gardiner debuted in 1997 at only 17 years of age. There were big wraps on Gardiner as an emerging ruckman/forward. He did not disappoint, winning a Rising Star nomination in 1997 and All Australian selection in 2003. However, he was then limited by chronic knee injuries, and played 18 games in the next three seasons with the Eagles with Dean Cox becoming the leading ruckman in the AFL competition.