Chance Bateman

Chance Bateman
Chance Bateman
Personal information
Date of birth 21 June 1981(1981-06-21) (age 30)
Place of birth Perth, Western Australia
Original team Perth Football Club
Draft 48 in 1999 AFL Draft
Height/Weight 175 cm / 80 kg
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Hawthorn
Number 10
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2000– Hawthorn 174 (67)
International team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2006 Australia
1 Playing statistics to end of 2011 season .

Chance Bateman (born 21 June 1981 in Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian rules footballer who currently plays for Hawthorn in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Chance Bateman is Hawthorn's first indigenous player to reach 100 games, first Aboriginal life member, and the club's longest-serving WA recruit.

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Early life

Chance learn't his football during his formative years in York and then with Perth in the WAFL. He was an under 18 all Australian in 1999. He was in the squad for the Westar state side in 1999.

AFL career

Tackling during Hawthorn vs Port Adelaide AFL match in 2007

Drafted by Hawthorn at pick 48 in the 1999 AFL Draft, the Hawks considered themselves lucky as they thought he would have been picked up earlier. His light frame made him a longer term prospect as he would require to develop more physically. His early career was interrupted by a variety of injuries. Each time he bounced back and became a key member of the team.

Bateman said the true sense of worth for Aboriginal players was founded on their family's value and strength and that fact provided him with his toughest times when he lost his sister Candace in a tragic train accident in 2001 he was desperate to return home to be with his parents and was shattered when he could not work a trade with West Coast or Fremantle.[1]

I'd stay at Hawthorn for as long as they'd have me, they've been fantastic for me. You don't really think too much about the milestones as they're coming up, but as you pass them you sort of look back with a bit of pride. I'm our first indigenous life member and to have had a small part in the club's history is pretty special.[1]

In 2006 managed to play 21 games and came 12th in the club Best and Fairest award. Chance Bateman is known for his trademark dreadlocks. Chance Bateman is one of Hawthorn's most valuable players. His speed and hardness at the ball while playing on the wing allows the team to play a free flowing brand of game. He averaged 20 possessions a game in his 21 games in 2006 and is hitting top form just before the 2007 season.

His elite speed was recognised and was named in the 2006 International Rules Series side to tour Ireland.

Bateman said a major career highlight was when he captained the Hawks in an indigenous round victory over West Coast at Launceston in 2007 when the Eagles were led by David Wirrpanda.[1]

Chance kicked Hawthorn's first goal in the 2008 Grand Final. Bateman had his dreadlocks cut off for charity after the Grand Final victory. The money was donated to the Rioli Fund, set up to improve Aboriginal health throughout Australia.[2]

Along with captain Sam Mitchell, Bateman was the only Hawthorn player to play in all games in 2009. He missed the first game of 2010 because of a one game suspension for striking Matthew Lloyd of Essendon in the last game of 2009 season. Bateman was put on Hawthorn's veterans list in 2011.

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