Paul Hawke

Paul Hawke is a former Australian [rules football] player who played with the Sydney and Collingwood Football Clubs in the Australian Football League.
A versatile ruck-rover from Riverina Football League club Wagga Tigers, Hawke kicked 23 goals in his 1984 [VFL season|debut season] at Sydney. He represented New [South Wales Australian rules football team|New South Wales] at the 1988 Adelaide [Bicentennial Carnival]. Hawke played his best football after he crossed to Collingwood and in 1989 averaged 25.89 disposals a game, 41 of them in a win over Richmond. He finished equal seventh in the Brownlow Medal, the best placed Collingwood player, but was runner-up in Collingwood's Best and Fairest Award, the Copeland Trophy. Collingwood broke through for a drought breaking premiership in 1990 but Hawke spent the entire season in the reserves. He returned to Sydney in 1991 but could only manage one appearance with the seniors.