{{Short description|Canadian lacrosse player}} {{for|the WBZ TikTok reporter|Matt Shearer (reporter)}} {{Infobox lacrosse player | position = Forward | shoots = Right | height_ft = | height_in = | weight_lb = | nll_draft = 1st overall | nll_draft_year = 1997 | nll_draft_team = Baltimore Thunder | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|10|19|mf=y}} | birth_place = Whitby, Ontario, CA | career_start = 1998 | career_end = 2007 | nickname = The Sniper | former_nll_teams = Toronto Rock<br>Colorado Mammoth<br>New York Saints<br>Washington Power<br>Pittsburgh CrosseFire<br>Baltimore Thunder }} '''Matt Shearer''' (born October 19, 1973, in Whitby, Ontario) is a retired lacrosse player. Shearer retired after the 2007 NLL season following a ten-year career in the National Lacrosse League.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nll.com/article.php?id=3177|work=NLL.com|title=Shearer announces retirement|date=December 2, 2007|accessdate=2007-12-03}}</ref>
==Statistics==
===NLL=== Reference:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nll_stats.stats.pointstreak.com/playerpage.html?playerid=399014|title=National Lacrosse League Pointstreak Stats|accessdate=January 11, 2017|work=NLL.com}}</ref> {{NLLCareerStats |player_name_link=Matt Shearer
|season1_year=1998 |season1_team_link=Baltimore Thunder |season1_games_played=9 |season1_goals=11 |season1_assists=6 |season1_loose_balls=34 |season1_penalty_minutes=2 |season1_playoff_games_played=3 |season1_playoff_goals=5 |season1_playoff_assists=3 |season1_playoff_loose_balls=7
|season2_year=1999 |season2_team_link=Baltimore Thunder |season2_games_played=10 |season2_goals=27 |season2_assists=14 |season2_loose_balls=42 |season2_penalty_minutes=6
|season3_year=2000 |season3_team_link=Pittsburgh CrosseFire |season3_games_played=12 |season3_goals=19 |season3_assists=19 |season3_loose_balls=56 |season3_penalty_minutes=11
|season4_year=2001 |season4_team_link=Washington Power |season4_games_played=14 |season4_goals=26 |season4_assists=26 |season4_loose_balls=40 |season4_penalty_minutes=8 |season4_playoff_games_played=1 |season4_playoff_goals=1 |season4_playoff_loose_balls=3
|season5_year=2002 |season5_team_link=Washington Power |season5_games_played=16 |season5_goals=31 |season5_assists=28 |season5_loose_balls=79 |season5_penalty_minutes=13 |season5_playoff_games_played=2 |season5_playoff_goals=1 |season5_playoff_assists=1 |season5_playoff_loose_balls=14
|season6_year=2003 |season6_team_link=Colorado Mammoth |season6_games_played=1 |season6_goals=1 |season6_penalty_minutes=2
|season7_year=2003 |season7_team_link=New York Saints |season7_games_played=10 |season7_goals=28 |season7_assists=20 |season7_loose_balls=46 |season7_penalty_minutes=2
|season8_year=2004 |season8_team_link=Toronto Rock |season8_games_played=12 |season8_goals=26 |season8_assists=18 |season8_loose_balls=32 |season8_penalty_minutes=6 |season8_playoff_games_played=1 |season8_playoff_assists=2 |season8_playoff_loose_balls=3
|season9_year=2005 |season9_team_link=Toronto Rock |season9_games_played=13 |season9_goals=17 |season9_assists=21 |season9_loose_balls=39 |season9_playoff_games_played=1 |season9_playoff_goals=2 |season9_playoff_assists=1 |season9_playoff_loose_balls=6
|season10_year=2006 |season10_team_link=Toronto Rock |season10_games_played=9 |season10_goals=11 |season10_assists=10 |season10_loose_balls=24 |season10_playoff_games_played=1 |season10_playoff_goals=3 |season10_playoff_loose_balls=3
|season11_year=2007 |season11_team_link=Toronto Rock |season11_games_played=9 |season11_goals=9 |season11_assists=10 |season11_loose_balls=19 |season11_penalty_minutes=4 }}
==College== Shearer played one season at Loyola College where he scored 30 goals and had 15 assists in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://static.loyolagreyhounds.com/custompages/stats/mlax/histcarr.htm|work=loyolagreyhounds.com|title=Career History|date=April 23, 2019|accessdate=2019-04-23}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
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