A strong, safe mark, with much pace, and a long left-foot kick, Hart played at full-forward and at centre half-forward.
Hart played for Fitzroy over three seasons (1950, 1951, 1953); he played in 37 First XVIII games, scoring 44 goals, and in 20 Second XVII games (scoring 31 goals in 1953 alone).
He was unable to play for the 1952 season due to a knee injury that required a cartilage operation.
[9] Hart transferred to Richmond at the start of the 1954 season, playing in 5 First XVIII games, scoring 2 goals, and in 16 Second XVIII games, scoring 48 goals.
He played at centre half-forward, kicking one goal, in the Richmond Second XVIII team that beat Melbourne 10.20 (80) to 4.9 (33) in the 1954 Grand Final;[10] and, with a season tally of 48 goals, he was the leading goal-kicker in the VFL Seconds competition that year.