Thomas Jack Hawkins is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). At 198 cm tall and weighing 110 kg (240 lb), Hawkins played primarily as a key forward and is one of the most prolific scorers in the history of the game, ranked 13th highest all-time league goalkicking.
Samuel Mitchell is an Australian rules football coach and former player who is the current coach of the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League.
Christopher Newman is the coach of the Box Hill Hawks in the Victorian Football League and a former player with the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted at pick 55 in the 2000 national draft from the Dandenong Stingrays in the TAC Cup. Newman grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Narre Warren where his neighbour and childhood friend was former AFL player Brendan Fevola. Newman led Box Hill to a VFL premiership in 2018 and formerly served as an assistant coach at Hawthorn in 2016.
Brendan Whitecross is a former Australian rules football player who played with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League.
Max Gawn is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A ruckman, 209 cm tall and weighing 111 kg, Gawn is capable of contributing in both the ruck and forward line. A basketballer and rugby union player at a young age, he pursued his career in Australian rules football and was drafted to the Melbourne Football Club with the thirty-fourth selection in the 2009 AFL draft. He made his AFL debut in the 2011 AFL season. Knee and hamstring injuries hampered his first four seasons in the AFL before he moved into the number-one ruck position at Melbourne in 2015 along with selection for the 2016 All-Australian team. Gawn was named as Melbourne's captain at the start of the 2020 AFL season, and in 2021 led the club to its first premiership since 1964.
Luke Lowden is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was also listed with the Adelaide Football Club without playing a senior match. He was recruited by Hawthorn with pick 63 in the 2008 national draft from the Sandringham Dragons.
Cameron Pedersen is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne and the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A utility, 1.93 metres tall and weighing 95 kilograms (209 lb), Pedersen played the majority of his career in the forward line. After missing out on being drafted at eighteen years of age, he played five seasons in the Victorian Football League (VFL) for Box Hill. His form during the 2010 season led to him being recruited by the North Melbourne Football Club with the seventeenth selection in the 2011 rookie draft and he made his debut in the 2011 season. After two seasons with North Melbourne, playing in sixteen matches and winning the club's best first year player, he was traded to the Melbourne Football Club during the 2013 trade period.
Jonathan Simpkin is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club, Hawthorn Football Club and Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Nicknamed "Joffa", his younger brother, Tom Simpkin was also a professional Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda.
Jed Anderson is an Australian rules footballer who most recently played for the Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Sam Grimley is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Hawthorn Football Club and Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League.
William Langford is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Mitch Hallahan is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played with the Hawthorn Football Club and Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Sam Lloyd is a former Australian rules footballer. He played for the Western Bulldogs and the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Lloyd played as a midfielder and small forward and was renowned for his goal-sense and ability to win forward line one-on-one contests. He was recruited from state-league football as a mature-age player in 2013. While senior listed at Richmond in 2017, he won the Norm Goss Memorial Medal as best on ground during the club's reserves grand final in the VFL.
Angus Dewar is a professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). In 2022 he returned to the AFL as a top-up player for West Coast when numerous players were excluded from the team for to Covid-19 related health and safety protocols.
Alex Woodward 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.
Corey Ellis is a former professional Australian rules football player for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played 27 matches over four years at Richmond after being drafted there with the 12th overall pick in the 2014 AFL National Draft.
Kurt Heatherley is a professional rugby union player for Jersey Reds. He previously played rugby union for Auckland and played Australian rules football for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A key defender originally from Tauranga in New Zealand, Hawthorn recruited him as a sixteen year old in 2011.
Timothy Smith is a former Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A forward, 1.92 metres tall and weighing 95 kilograms (209 lb), Smith plays primarily as the full-forward or centre half-forward. After spending five seasons with the Casey in the Victorian Football League, Dave Zennaro convinced him to take the next step in which he garnered team of the year honours and state representation, he was recruited by the Melbourne Football Club in the 2017 rookie draft and made his AFL debut in the 2017 season.
David Mirra is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Following his AFL career, he joined Collegians Football Club in the VAFA competition, before retiring at the end of the 2023 season.
Jack Trengove is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club and the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A midfielder, 1.86 metres tall and weighing 88 kilograms (194 lb), Trengove is capable of contributing as both an inside and outside midfielder. After growing up in Naracoorte, South Australia, he moved to Adelaide to attend Prince Alfred College and played in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) with the Sturt Football Club, in which he played in the 2009 SANFL Grand Final. He represented South Australia in the 2009 AFL Under 18 Championships, in which he captained the side, received All-Australian honours and won the state most valuable player. His achievements as a junior saw him considered as the potential number one draft pick in the 2009 AFL draft alongside Tom Scully, he was ultimately recruited by the Melbourne Football Club with the second selection in the draft.
