Luke Hodge

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Luke Hodge
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Personal information
Full name Luke Hodge
Date of Birth June 15, 1984 (1984-06-15) (age 23)
Place of Birth Victoria, Australia
Recruited from Colac/Geelong Falcons
Draft 1st overall, 2001
Hawthorn Hawks
Height/Weight 184cm / 91kg
Position Midfielder, Half Back, Half Forward
Club information
Current club Hawthorn
Number 15
Playing Career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2002- Hawthorn 118 (76)
¹ Club statistics to end of R10, 2008 season
² Representative statistics to end of {{{repstatsend}}}

Luke Hodge (born June 15, 1984) is an Australian rules footballer. He currently plays for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (Australian Rules). He made his debut in 2002.

Hodge was recruited from the Geelong Falcons U/18 Football Club, and in 2001 nominated for the 2001 national AFL draft. He was picked by Hawthorn with the Number 1 draft (taken from Fremantle for Trent Croad and Luke McPharlin). He was picked ahead of Luke Ball and 2004 brownlow medallist Chris Judd.

For many years he was in the shadows of the two more high profile stars; however, in 2005 he was named as Hawthorn's best and fairest. He has also been named in the all Australian team and in international rules team for Australia.

Hodge is known for his exquisite kicking skills and toughness at the man and ball. He has been touted as a future captain of the Hawthorn Football Club along with Sam Mitchell.

Luke Hodge was named sole Vice Captain of the Hawthorn Football Club in October of 2007, while Sam Mitchell was named Captain.

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Awards
Preceded by
Peter Everitt		 Hawthorn Best and Fairest winner
2005		 Succeeded by
Sam Mitchell


Hawthorn Football Club – current squad

1 Bailey • 2 Roughead • 3 Lewis • 4 Ladson • 5 Mitchell • 6 Williams • 7 Osborne • 8 Jacobs • 9 Crawford • 10 Bateman • 11 Smith • 12 Sewell • 13 Taylor • 14 Birchall • 15 Hodge • 16 Dowler • 17 Muston • 18 Guerra • 19 Dixon • 20 Boyle • 21 Vandenberg • 22 McGlynn • 23 Franklin • 24 Croad • 25 Clarke • 26 Dawson • 27 Gilham • 28 Little • 29 Murphy • 30 Brown • 31 Thorp • 32 Ellis • 33 Thurgood • 34 Renouf • 35 Morton • 36 Kennedy • 37 Moss • 38 Tuck • 39 Campbell • 40 McEntee* • 41 Collins* • 42 Suckling* • 43 Gibson* • 44 Chandler* • 45 Young • Coach: Clarkson

* denotes Rookie Listed players
v • d • e
2001 AFL Draft
First Round
Luke Hodge (Priority Pick) • Luke Ball (Priority Pick) • Chris Judd (Priority Pick) • Graham Polak • Xavier Clarke • Ashley Sampi • David Hale • Jimmy Bartel • Luke Molan • Sam Power • Richard Cole • Brent Reilly • Nick Dal Santo • Ashley Watson • Barry Brooks • Rick Ladson • James Kelly • Shane Harvey • Jason Gram
Second Round
Daniel Elstone • Matt Maguire • Mark Seaby • Charlie Gardiner • Steve Johnson • Steven Armstrong • Aaron Rogers • Tom Davidson • Mark Powell • Lewis Roberts-Thomson • Rod Crowe • Joel Reynolds • Campbell Brown • David Rodan • Simon O'Keefe • Jarrad Wright
Third Round
Sam Mitchell • Leigh Montagna • Ashley Hansen • Justin Davies • Gary Ablett Jnr (F/S) • Henry Playfair • Kieran McGuinness • Mark McGough • Ben Finnin • Nathan Clarke • Jarrad Waite • Andrew Welsh • Simon Cox • Josh Houlihan • Paul Salmon
Later Rounds
Andrew Browne • Daniel Hunt • Ben Robbins • Brad Miller • Paul Medhurst • Brent Colbert • Dane Swan • Jacob Schuback • Adam Schneider • Mick Martyn • Damon White • Adam Houlihan • Daniel McAlister • Chris Hyde • Matthew McCarthy • Brian Harris • Tristen Walker • Ricky Mott • Sam Cranage • Jared Poulton • Martin McGrath • Hugh Foott • David Johnson • Aaron James
v • d • e
Australian Football League number one overall Draft picks
Martin Leslie • Richard Lounder • Alex McDonald • Anthony Banik • Stephen Hooper • John Hutton • Drew Banfield • Darren Gaspar • Jeff White • Clive Waterhouse • Michael Gardiner • Travis Johnstone • Des Headland • Josh Fraser • Nick Riewoldt • Luke Hodge • Brendon Goddard • Adam Cooney • Brett Deledio • Marc Murphy • Bryce Gibbs • Matthew Kreuzer


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