Alex Woodward

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Alex Woodward
Personal information
Full name Alex Woodward
Date of birth (1993-06-11) 11 June 1993 (age 31)
Original team(s) Sandringham Dragons, TAC Cup
Draft No. 53, 2011 national draft
Debut Round 18, 2014, Hawthorn  vs. Sydney, at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Height 181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 77 kg (170 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2012–2016 Hawthorn 2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Alex Woodward (born 11 June 1993) is a professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He attended Mazenod College and played junior football for Noble Park.

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Football career

He was drafted by Hawthorn Football Club with pick 53 in 2011 AFL Draft from the Sandringham Dragons in the TAC Cup. Whilst on Hawthorn's list, Woodward twice ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee and has had three knee reconstructions. [1] Woodward has played primarily for Box Hill Hawks in VFL and finally made his AFL debut in round 18, 2014. [2]

After competing his first full year of football in three years, Woodward's hard work was rewarded with winning the J. J. Liston Trophy for 2014. He polled 20 votes. [3]

Woodward tore the ACL in his right knee early in Box Hill Hawks’ match against Coburg in the VFL in July 2015. [4]

Woodward was delisted at the conclusion of the 2015 season; [5] however, he was re-drafted in the 2016 rookie draft with the 52nd selection. [6] At the conclusion of the 2016 season, he was delisted again by Hawthorn. [7]

In 2017, he joined the Collingwood VFL team but ruptured his ACL again in his third game for the club, ironically against Box Hill. [8] He returned strongly with the club in mid-2018, and managed to finish third in the J. J. Liston Trophy despite playing only eight games for the year. [9]

Woodward also served as a runner for the Collingwood AFL team during the year, and controversially became involved in the play during the 2018 AFL Grand Final to Collingwood's detriment. Late in the third quarter, Collingwood's Taylor Adams miskicked an attempted clearing kick towards centre half back; West Coast's Elliot Yeo and Collingwood's Jaidyn Stephenson would both have had the opportunity to contest the miskick, but Woodward inadvertently blocked Stephenson's path, allowing Yeo to take the mark uncontested and kick a goal. The goal gave West Coast the lead for the first time since early in the game, and West Coast went on to win by five points. [10]

In August 2019, following his 5th ACL injury, Woodward announced his retirement from playing football altogether. [11]

Statistics

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game) Votes
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2012 Hawthorn 360——————————————0
2013 Hawthorn 360——————————————0
2014 Hawthorn 3920161218180.00.53.06.09.00.54.00
2015 Hawthorn 390——————————————0
2016 Hawthorn 390——————————————0
Career [12] 20161218180.00.53.06.09.00.54.00

Honours and achievements

Team

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ Clark, Jay (15 January 2013). "Hawthorn youngster Alex Woodward injures reconstructed knee".
  2. ↑ Waterworth, Ben (24 July 2014). "Alex Woodward will make his long-awaited debut for Hawthorn against Sydney at MCG on Saturday night".
  3. ↑ "Woodward wins J.J. Liston Trophy". VFL. 1 September 2014.
  4. ↑ Duxson, Nick (21 July 2015). "Woodward out for season with ACL injury". hawthornfc.com.au.
  5. ↑ "Hawthorn list changes". HawthornFC.com.au. Bigpond. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  6. ↑ Guthrie, Ben (27 November 2015). "Adcock heads rookie draft's second-chance saloon". AFL.com.au. Bigpond . Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  7. ↑ Browne, Ashley; Ryan, Peter (28 October 2016). "Axe falls at Hawthorn with cult hero among seven cut". AFL.com.au. BigPond . Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  8. ↑ Di Giorgio, Giulio (1 May 2017). "Luckless ex-Hawk suffers fourth ACL tear". afl.com.au. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  9. ↑ Dinny Navaratnam (10 September 2018). "Out-of-favour Tiger, Willy mid tie in VFL B&F". Australian Football League. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  10. ↑ Jon Ralph (30 September 2018). "Pies runner Alex Woodward feels guilt over third quarter goal that put Eagles in front". Herald Sun. Melbourne, VIC. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  11. ↑ "After fifth knee injury, Alex Woodward retires with a smile". 29 August 2019.
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