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Erin Hoare (born 17 July 1989) is an Australian academic and a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Geelong Football Club.
A former national level netballer, Hoare was primarily a goal shooter, but also played goal attack.
Beginning her career with the Melbourne Vixens in 2013, Hoare was primarily a bench player, earning two ANZ Championship caps during her time at the club. In 2014, Hoare with the Melbourne Vixens won the ANZ Championship premiership. [2]
At the end of the 2014 ANZ Championship season, it was announced that Hoare would be leaving the Melbourne Vixens to join the NSW Swifts for the 2015 ANZ Championship season. [3] Hoare joined Caitlin Thwaites, Susan Pratley and Stephanie Wood as the shooters for the NSW Swifts. At 194 cm, Hoare was the tallest of the NSW Swifts shooters and one of the tallest players in the ANZ Championship.
Hoare first played football in 2017 with Geelong in the VFL Women's competition. Later that year she signed a rookie contract with Melbourne to play in the AFL Women's competition in 2018. [4]
In May 2018 Hoare accepted an offer from expansion club Geelong to play with the club in the 2019 AFLW season. [5]
Hoare announced her retirement from the AFLW following the 2019 season. [6]
In April 2023, Hoare was drafted by Geelong as the first selection in the 2023 AFL Women's supplementary draft. She is the tallest player in the history of the AFL Women's competition at 194 cm (6 ft 4 in), and returns to the league after continuing her studies at Cambridge University (where she played with the Cambridge University Australian Rules Football Club) and having two children. [7]
Hoare completed her PhD in Public Health/Psychology at Deakin University in 2016, and has worked as Australian Rotary Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention at Deakin University and the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, in Victoria, Australia. [8] She has published a number of papers on epidemiology of lifestyle factors for physical and mental health outcomes using large datasets, especially relating to adolescents, depression and obesity in Australia. [9] [10]
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