Tom Hawkins

Thomas Jack “Tom” Hawkins (born 21 July 1988 in Finley, New South Wales) is an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). The eldest son of former Geelong champion “Jumpin” Jack Hawkins, he was drafted by Geelong under the father-son draft rule and wears the number 26 jumper.

Hawkins was officially selected by Geelong in the 2006 AFL Draft under the father-son rule. Whilst many pundits lauded him as the best key position prospect within the draft, and felt Hawkins’ junior performances warranted possible selection with the top overall pick, the father-son rules at the time only required the Cats to use a middle-tier 3rd round pick to draft him

Career highlights

• AFL premiership 2009, 2011
• All-Australian team 2012
• Carji Greeves Medal 2012
• Geelong leading goal kicker 2012-14
• 2007 AFL Rising Star nominee