- Doug Hawkins
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Doug Hawkins Personal information Birth 5 May 1960 Recruited from Braybrook Football Club Height and weight 180 cm / 79 kg Playing career¹ Debut Rd 11, 9 June 1978, Footscray v.
Carlton, at Whitten OvalTeam(s) Footscray (1978–1994) 329 games, 216 goals
Fitzroy (1995) 21 games, 11 goals
Total – 350 games, 227 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 2007 season Career highlights - 2 VFL Team of the Year selections (1984, 1986)
- Club best-and-fairest (1985)
- Club leading goal kicker (1991)
- Club captain (1990–1993)
- Club games record holder (1994–2006)
Doug Hawkins (born 5 May 1960) is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL who made a name for himself in the media in his post-football career.
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Early career
Hawkins hailed from the industrialised, working class western suburbs of Melbourne, and although he was a North Melbourne supporter in his youth, competition zoning rules in effect prior to the adoption of a national draft, dictated that Hawkins' rights were 'zoned' to Footscray, given his suburb of residence was nearby Braybrook. He got his wish, making his VFL debut for Footscray in 1978 as a teenager.
Football career
Footscray
Hawkins made a name for himself over the ensuing years as one of the finest wingers the game has ever seen, so much so that at the team's home ground, the Western Oval, one of the wings of the ground was named the "Doug Hawkins Wing". Much has also been made about his rocky relationship with coach Mick Malthouse during the 1980s, but during Hawkins' Australian Football Hall of Fame induction ceremony in 2004, Hawkins played this down. In 1994, Hawkins broke Ted Whitten's long-standing club record of 321 games for Footscray, and Whitten was on-hand to congratulate him.
Fitzroy
However, after playing 329 games and kicking 216 goals for the Bulldogs, Hawkins' contract was not renewed, and so he moved to the financially strapped Fitzroy Football Club for one last fine season in 1995, one year before the team folded. He played 21 games and kicked 11 goals for the club, before announcing his retirement.
Career highlights
Playing career:
- 1978–1995 (Games: 350, Goals: 227)
- Footscray 1978–1994 (Games: 329, Goals: 216)
- Fitzroy 1995 (Games: 21, Goals: 11)
Player honors:
- Foots/WB Team of the Century
Media career
Off the field, Hawkins was known as an old-fashioned Aussie larrikin, someone who himself acknowledged he was not one of the smartest people going around, but was always up for a laugh. As a panel member of the Nine Network's The Footy Show during the mid-1990s, he was bagged mercilessly by Sam Newman and Jason Dunstall. In 1998, Hawkins moved to the Seven Network and appeared on a Wednesday night rival to The Footy Show, Live and Kicking.
Personal life
Hawkins is married to Raelene, who appeared on Fox Footy's Living with Footballers before it was axed at the end of 2004. They have three children – a son and two daughters. Doug currently resides in Darley which is a town in Bacchus Marsh, he also supports local football side Darley. He couches the Bacchus Marsh Cobra's Under 16.5 side which his son Ricky plays for. The team won the 2011 Under 16.5 Seniors Ballarat Football League premiership
References
Charles Sutton Medal • Western Bulldogs Best and Fairest Winners 1927: McAlpine • 1928: Outen • 1929: Russ • 1930: McAlpine • 1931: Hopkins • 1932: McAlpine • 1933: Morrison • 1934: Ware • 1935: Bennett • 1936: Morrison • 1937: Ware • 1938: Ware • 1939: Hickey • 1940: Ware • 1941: Ware/Olliver • 1942: Ellis • 1943: A. Collins • 1944: Olliver • 1945: Hickey • 1946: Ryan • 1947: Ryan • 1948: Hickey • 1949: Donald • 1950: Sutton • 1951: J. Collins • 1952: J. Collins • 1953: Stevens • 1954: Whitten • 1955: Box • 1956: Ross • 1957: Whitten • 1958: Whitten • 1959: Whitten • 1960: Schultz • 1961: Whitten • 1962: Schultz • 1963: Walker • 1964: Schultz • 1965: Schultz • 1966: Schultz • 1967: Jillard • 1968: Thorpe • 1969: Bisset • 1970: Dempsey • 1971: Thorpe • 1972: Welsh • 1973: Dempsey • 1974: Dempsey • 1975: Dempsey • 1976: Dempsey • 1977: Dempsey • 1978: Templeton • 1979: Dunstan • 1980: Templeton • 1981: Dunstan • 1982: Dunstan • 1983: Royal • 1984: Purser • 1985: Hawkins • 1986: Hardie • 1987: McGuinness • 1988: Wallace • 1989: Wallace • 1990: Foster • 1991: Liberatore • 1992: Wynd • 1993: Cameron • 1994: Grant • 1995: West • 1996: Grant/Romero • 1997: West • 1998: West • 1999: Johnson • 2000: West • 2001: Darcy • 2002: Johnson • 2003: West • 2004: West • 2005: West • 2006: Johnson • 2007: Harris • 2008: Cross • 2009: Boyd • 2010: Griffen • 2011: BoydWestern Bulldogs • Leading Goalkickers 1925: Hopkins • 1926: Chapple/Hopkins • 1927: Chapple • 1928: Morrison • 1929: Morrison • 1930: Morrison • 1931: Morrison • 1932: Dayman • 1933: Rait • 1934: Morrison • 1935: Jack Ryan • 1936: Olliver • 1937: Olliver • 1938: Luke • 1939: Page • 1940: Page • 1941: A. Collins • 1942: Ware • 1943: A. Collins • 1944: Wood • 1945: Joe Ryan • 1946: Wood • 1947: Wood • 1948: Wood • 1949: Olliver • 1950: Wood • 1951: Sutton/Linton • 1952: Duffy • 1953: J. Collins • 1954: J. Collins • 1955: J. Collins • 1956: Cross • 1957: J. Collins • 1958: J. Collins • 1959: Baxter • 1960: Baxter • 1961: Whitten • 1962: Whitten • 1963: Bisset/Hobbs • 1964: Bisset/Whitten • 1965: Hobbs • 1966: Jackman • 1967: Bisset • 1968: Whitten • 1969: Bisset • 1970: Bisset • 1971: Quinlan • 1972: Sandilands • 1973: Sandilands • 1974: Sandilands • 1975: Sandilands • 1976: Templeton • 1977: Templeton • 1978: Templeton • 1979: Templeton • 1980: Templeton • 1981: Edmond/Loveless • 1982: Beasley • 1983: Beasley • 1984: Beasley • 1985: Beasley • 1986: Beasley • 1987: Beasley • 1988: Beasley • 1989: Campbell • 1990: Grant • 1991: Hawkins • 1992: Del-Re • 1993: Del-Re • 1994: Grant • 1995: Osborne • 1996: Watts • 1997: Minton-Connell • 1998: Hudson • 1999: Hudson • 2000: Smith • 2001: Johnson • 2002: Brown • 2003: Brown • 2004: Darcy/Rawlings • 2005: Johnson • 2006: Johnson • 2007: Johnson • 2008: Johnson • 2009: Akermanis • 2010: Hall • 2011: Hall1994 AFL Draft 1. Jeff White • 2. Anthony Rocca • 3. Shannon Grant • 4. Scott Lucas • 5. Joel Smith • 6. Robert McMahon • 7. Tony Brown • 8. Daniel Harford • 9. Ben Wilson • 10. Blake Caracella • 11. Damien Ryan • 12. Shane Sikora • 13. Chris Hemley • 14. Michael Martin • 15. Scott Camporeale • 16. Adem Yze • 17. Carl Steinfort • 18. Robert Di Rosa • 19. Ben Holland • 20. Stuart Mangin • 21. Matthew Nicks • 22. Winston Abraham • 23. John Rombotis • 24. Matthew Manfield • 25. Steven Sziller • 26. Tim Elliott • 27. Toby Kennett • 28. Shawn Lewfatt • 29. Jason Torney • 30. Chad Liddell • 31. Allen Nash • 32. Simon Cox • 33. Mark Cullen • 34. Michael Polley • 35. Marty Warry • 36. Matthew Robbins • 37. Ashley Blurton • 38. Matthew Collins • 39. Stephen Carter • 40. Michael O'Loughlin • 41. Adam White • 42. Douglas Headland • 43. Dean Matthews • 44. Jeremy Dyer • 45. Gary Moorcroft • 46. Justin Charles • 47. Robert Ahmat • 48. Austinn Jones • 49. Shaun Baxter • 50. Brett Higgins • 51. Clay Sampson • 52. Danny Stevens • 53. Mark Orchard • 54. Ian Downsborough • 55. Mark Belleville • 56. Ryan Smith • 57. Emil Parthenides • 58. Peter Bird • 59. Nathan Saunders • 60. Brad Scott • 61. Stephen Zavalas • 62. Justin Blumfield • 63. Ross Funcke • 64. Robert Powell • 65. Lee Fraser • 66. Scott Taylor • 67. Anthony Bourke • 68. Luke Norman • 69. Dean Helmers • 70. Adam Benjamin • 71. Jason Spinks • 72. Dean Grainger • 73. Sam McFarlane • 74. Troy Luff • 75. Gerard Jess • 76. Todd McHardy • 77. Ben Dixon • 78. Daryl Griffin • 79. Aaron Hamill • 80. Ben Atkins • 81. Tim Allen • 84. Doug Hawkins • 85. Michael Agnello • 86. Shaun Gordon • 87. Simon Arnott • 88. Nathon Irvin • 89. David Nicholson • 90. Matthew Joy • 93. Michael Murphy • 94. Jade Rawlings • 95. Kym EyersCategories:- Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees
- Australian rules football commentators
- Australian television personalities
- 1960 births
- Living people
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria
- Western Bulldogs players
- Fitzroy Football Club players
- Charles Sutton Medal winners
- People from Bacchus Marsh
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