David Hale (footballer)

David Hale (born 22 May 1984) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

David Hale
Personal information
Full name David Hale
Date of birth (1984-05-22) 22 May 1984
Place of birth Hobart, Tasmania[1]
Original team(s) Broadbeach Football Club (QLD)
Draft No. 7, 2001 National Draft, North Melbourne
Debut Round 5, 2003, North Melbourne
vs. Carlton, at Telstra Dome
Height 201 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Weight 104 kg (229 lb)
Position(s) Forward/Ruck
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2003–2010 North Melbourne 129 (119)
2011–2015 Hawthorn 108 0(98)
Total 237 (217)
Coaching career3
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
2019 Fremantle 1 (0–1–0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2015.
3 Coaching statistics correct as of Round 22, 2019.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Early life

Hale was born in Hobart, Tasmania but moved to the Gold Coast, Queensland with his parents prior to his first birthday.[2] He grew up in the Coolangatta area of the Gold Coast and attended Marymount College during his schooling years. In 2000, he began playing with the Coolangatta Tweed Heads Australian Football Club in Division 2 of the state league where he was selected in the AIS/AFL Academy squad .[1] In 2001, he switched to Broadbeach and represented Queensland at the under 18 national championships.

AFL career

Hale was recruited from the Broadbeach Football Club. He represented the Queensland Scorpions at U16 and U18 state championship levels before being taken at pick 7 in the 2001 AFL Draft by the Kangaroos Football Club.

Hale spent the 2002 season playing for the Murray Kangaroos in the VFL[3] before making his AFL debut for North Melbourne in Round 5, 2003.

In 2008 Hale lead the goalkicking for North Melbourne with 37 goals, including a career-best 8 goals against Geelong in Round 21; a performance that earned him 3 votes in the Brownlow Medal.[4] Hale then seemed to fall out of favour with the coaching staff playing only 16 games in 2009 and 12 in 2010.

On 8 October 2010, David Hale was traded to Hawthorn in exchange for a 1st round draft pick.

His first season at the Hawks Hale played a predominantly forward role, providing a tall marking target, then he would provide relief to Bailey in the ruck. In 2012 with Bailey injured, Hale took the number one ruck mantle, rotating duties with forward partner, Jarryd Roughead. Hale enjoyed more time on the ball and used his mobility to have an impact around the ground. Bailey returned in 2013 so Hale again was 2nd mantle in rucking until Bailey would get subbed off and then he took the lead rucking spot.

Hale played in all three of Hawthorn's victorious Grand Finals from 2013 to 2015. Hale was substituted off for Matt Suckling late in the 3rd quarter of the 2015 AFL Grand Final; with abolition of the substitute rule at the end of the 2015 AFL season, this meant that Hale became the last player to be substituted out of the game.[5] He announced his retirement on 6 October 2015.[6]

Coaching

On 23 October 2015, it was announced that he had joined Fremantle Football Club as an assistant coach alongside former premiership teammate Brent Guerra for the 2016 AFL season.[7] Hale coached Fremantle for one game, their loss to Port Adelaide, in round 23, 2019, after Ross Lyon was sacked the previous week.[8]

Statistics
[9]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles  H/O  Hit-outs
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T H/O G B K H D M T H/O
2003 Kangaroos 313005384180.00.01.71.02.71.30.32.7
2004 Kangaroos 3111424727743710620.40.24.32.56.73.40.95.6
2005 Kangaroos 31231421327620886462240.60.15.73.39.03.72.09.7
2006 Kangaroos 3122111216684250120422430.50.57.53.811.45.51.911.0
2007 Kangaroos 312014111229922188391660.70.66.15.011.14.42.08.3
2008 North Melbourne 3122371915694250130381871.70.97.14.311.45.91.78.5
2009 North Melbourne 3116221394451397921541.40.85.92.88.74.91.33.4
2010 North Melbourne 31121785834923417381.40.74.82.87.72.81.43.2
2011 Hawthorn 2020191511512524098412731.00.85.86.312.04.92.113.7
2012 Hawthorn 2024241813919233194545471.00.85.88.013.83.92.322.8
2013† Hawthorn 2024202613917431398604050.81.15.87.313.04.12.516.9
2014† Hawthorn 2022221110112322477553601.00.54.65.610.23.52.516.4
2015† Hawthorn 2018135669716341432850.70.33.75.49.12.32.415.8
Career 237 217 142 1340 1173 2513 986 467 2852 0.9 0.6 5.7 4.9 10.6 4.2 2.0 12.0

References
  1. "Official AFL Website of the Gold Coast SUNS". goldcoastfc.com.au.
  2. "The West Australian". The West.
  3. Burgan, Matt (29 June 2002). "Our best youngsters: Where are they now?". Australian Football League. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  4. Muirden, Paige (23 September 2008). "Not everyone gets the thumbs up at checkpoint Charlie". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 13 April 2020 – via Herald Sun.
  5. Lyon, Karen (3 October 2015). "Lake, Hale left to consider AFL futures". Wide World of Sports. Nine Network. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  6. Phelan, Jennifer (6 October 2015). "Veteran Hawthorn pair Lake and Hale retire with three-flag haul". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  7. "Fremantle add premiership trio to coaching group". Fremantle Football Club. 23 October 2015.
  8. McArdle, Jordan (23 August 2019). "'Hva fun and enjoy: Fremantle Dockers caretaker coach David Hale's message to players for finale". The West Australian. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  9. "David Hale". AFL Tables.
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