David Hille

David Hille
Personal information
Full name	David Hille
Date of birth	2 June 1981 (1981-06-02) (age 30)
Original team	Dandenong Stingrays
Draft	#40, 1999 National Draft, Essendon
Height/Weight	202cm / 108kg
Position(s)	Ruckman
Club information
Current club	Essendon
Number	19
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2001–	Essendon	184 (143)
1 Playing statistics to end of 2011 season .
Career highlights
2008 W. S. Crichton Medal

David Hille (born 2 June 1981) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

He debuted in 2001 with the Essendon Football Club and has been a solid ruckman for a number of years.

In his senior year at his high school, Hille and 6 other mates lodged themselves into a station wagon (stolen from one of the boys fathers') and crashed it 500m up the road from where they took off in South Frankston. 3 of the boys were killed, 3 seriously injured, but David was fine, he claims the only reason he survived was his seatbelt which is why he has appeared on recent commercials about buckling up.

In a surprise decision, Hille was appointed stand-in captain for the 2006 AFL season after Matthew Lloyd suffered a season-ending hamstring injury. He captained his first game in Round 6, 2006.

In the Round 17, 2006 clash between Essendon and Brisbane Lions (the first match Essendon won under his captaincy, and since April Fools' Day that year), Brisbane ruckman Jamie Charman fell heavily in a contest, seriously injuring his shoulder. The image of David Hille comforting his opponent whilst medical help arrived was often replayed by the football media as a rare example of sportsmanship in such a competitive game.

At the 2008 Essendon Best and Fairest, Hille swept the floor by taking the most prestigious award of the night, the 'Best and Fairest'. Hille also came away with the 'Cheersquad award'.

Hille suffered a knee injury in the second minute of the Bomber's annual ANZAC Day match against Collingwood in Round 5, 2009. Scans confirmed he had ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament, requiring a full knee construction and ending his season.^[1]

Hille is studying Business and Property at RMIT.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. ^ Hille out for season

External links

• David Hille profile on the official Essendon Football Club website
• David Hille's statistics from AFL Tables

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Date of birth	2 June 1981
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