Jonathon Ceglar


Jonathon Ceglar is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Hawthorn Football Club and Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League. Ceglar was also listed with the Collingwood Football Club but did not play a game for them.

Early career

In 2010 he was acquired by the Collingwood Football Club as part of a trade involving Pick 25, after being pre-listed by Gold Coast. Ceglar was a major contributor to Vic Country's win in the AFL Under 18 Championships.

AFL career

Ceglar was picked up by Hawthorn as a rookie in the 2012 AFL Rookie Draft with their 15th pick. After being elevated off the Rookie list Ceglar made his debut against the Brisbane Lions in Launceston in round 14, 2013. He played a second game against in which he kicked his first goal.
He was promoted to the main player list with selection 59 in the 2013 AFL draft. He became a senior team regular in the 2014 season and played 15 games, including the Qualifying and Preliminary Finals, and was replaced by Ben McEvoy in Hawthorn's winning Grand Final team.
In the 2015 season he played the first 13 games, and was hampered by injury in the second half. Ceglar signed a two-year contract extension, which ensured that he remained remain a Hawk until the end of 2017.
While playing his 50th game against he ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his knee in the penultimate round of the 2016 season requiring a reconstruction.
On 7 September 2017 Ceglar signed a two-year contract extension keeping him at Hawthorn until the end of 2019.
He returned to senior football in 2018, sharing the ruck duties with Ben McEvoy until McEvoy was injured. Following said injury, Ceglar became Hawthorn's primary ruckman for the rest of the season.
Following the 2021 AFL season, Ceglar was traded to.

Statistics

! colspan=3| Career
! 110 !! 43 !! 26 !! 555 !! 728 !! 1283 !! 360 !! 248 !! 2310 !! 0.4 !! 0.2 !! 5.0 !! 6.6 !! 11.7 !! 3.3 !! 2.3 !! 21.0 !! 4

Honours and achievements

Team
Individual
  • best clubman: 2019