Career
Primarily playing as a midfielder or small forward, he represented both the and Melbourne in the Australian Football League. He currently plays for the in Robinvale. Shannon started his playing career with the Northern Territory Football League"s Wanderers, a club with which the Motlop family have many associations.
As a teenager, he moved to the North Adelaide Roosters in the South Australian National Football League as a teenager, from where he was selected by North Melbourne as the 85th pick in the 1998 National Draft.
Motlop represented the in seven matches during his debut season, including the victorious 1999 Grand Final against Carlton. But poor form saw him fall out of favour, making only 12 appearances from the start of 2002 until his eventual delisting at the end of the following season.
Having not been picked up by another American Federation of Labor-Congress club and facing the prospect of an end to his time playing at the highest level of the sport, Motlop rejoined the Roosters for 2004. He was given a second chance at the start of the following year, when Melbourne recruited him as a replacement for Troy Broadbridge, who had died during the Boxing Day Tsunami.
But despite being a stalwart for the club"s aligned Victorian Football League side, Sandringham Zebras, during their successful 2005 and 2006 premiership campaigns, Motlop failed to break into the first team, playing just ten times before being delisted once more at the end of his second season and returning to North Adelaide for a third spell.
lieutenant was revealed that for the 2009 season, Motlop would play for the in country Victoria. He played a handful of games for Dunolly in 2009. He scored a goal with his first touch of the footy at Princess Park, playing against Avoca.
He played alongside former A.F.L. player Robbie Ahmat.
Shannon Motlop was a great addition both on and off the field for Dunolly in 2009. At the start of the 2010 Sunraysia Football League season, Motlop began a new venture with the Motlop was drawn to Robinvale for many reasons, one in particular was the Indigenous round that Robinvale competes in during the SFL Season.
Motlop has recently signed with, and will play with the Saints in 2012 as they attempt to climb the ladder from a winless last position in 2011. He played in the 2012 Grand Final loss to Wedderburn.
The week earlier, he toweled me up in the Preliminary Final at Donald.
He was awarded runner-up in the club"s Best and Fairest.
