Shattock played 68 games for Brisbane and Port Adelaide, including the 2002 premiership triumph with the Lions, before retiring from the AFL in 2006. He then moved to Queensland and spent more than a decade playing for Labrador in the QAFL, endearing himself to the local community.

Aaron Shattock is fighting for his life after an excavator rolled on him on a property on the Gold Coast, his former AFL club the Brisbane Lions says.

The 44-year-old was rushed to Gold Coast University Hospital with multiple severe and life-threatening chest injuries after the digger had rolled onto him while he was  on his property.

It was not known how long Aaron Shattock had been pinned under the excavator when he was found on his property on Sunday afternoon.