Ken Hinkley

Ken Hinkley
Personal information
Full name	Ken Hinkley
Date of birth	30 September 1966 (1966-09-30) (age 45)
Place of birth	Camperdown, Victoria
Original team	Camperdown
Height/Weight	185 cm / 80 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1987 – 1988 1989 – 1995 Total	Fitzroy Geelong	011 (21) 121 (58) 132 (79)
¹ Playing statistics to end of 1995 season .

Ken Hinkley (born 30 September 1966) is a former Australian rules footballer with the Geelong Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club, a former assistant coach of the St Kilda Football Club and the Geelong Football Club, and now an assistant coach at the Gold Coast Suns.

Hinkley, recruited from Camperdown, started his league career as a forward at Fitzroy but played his best football with Geelong, with whom he was used as a rebounding defender. A half back flanker in the 1991 and 1992 All-Australian Teams, Hinkley also won a Carji Greeves Medal as Geelong's best and fairest player in the 1992 AFL season. In the same year he finished third at the Brownlow Medal count, behind winner Scott Wynd and Hawthorn's Jason Dunstall. He appeared in 12 finals with Geelong, including the 1992, 1994 and 1995 Grand Final losses.

Retiring after the 1995 AFL Grand Final, Hinkley joined Hampden Football League club Mortlake as coach, where he remained for three seasons. He then returned to Camperdown and steered his former club to back to back premierships in 1999 and 2000, the former as captain-coach. St Kilda acquired his services as an assistant coach in 2001 but the following year took up the role of senior coach of Bell Park in the Geelong Football League and oversaw a premiership in 2003. He resumed his AFL coaching career in 2004, as an assistant to Mark Thompson at Geelong. Ken is also an avid follower of greyhound racing . Ken is a now an assistant at the new Gold Coast Suns Franchise

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Ken Hinkley's statistics from AFL Tables
Full Points Footy: Ken Hinkley
The Age: Hinkley would give stereotype the boot

Captains of the Geelong Football Club

1897–1899: Conway • 1900: Burns • 1901–1909: Young • 1910–1913: Eason • 1914–1915: Orchard • 1917: Marsham • 1918: Kearney • 1919: Kearney/Eason • 1920: Eason • 1921–1922: Craven • 1923: B. Rankin • 1924: Hagger • 1925–1927: C. Rankin • 1928: Fitzmaurice • 1929–1930: Coghlan • 1931: Baker • 1932–1940: Hickey • 1941: Arklay • 1944: Butcher • 1945: Butcher/White • 1946: Grant • 1947: Gniel • 1948: White • 1949: Fitzgerald/Morrow • 1950: White/Smith • 1951–1953: Flanagan • 1954: Smith/Flanagan • 1955–1958: Davis • 1959: Trezise • 1960: Hovey/Rice • 1961–1962: Yeates • 1963–1964: Wooler • 1965–1967: Farmer • 1968–1971: Goggin • 1972: Wade • 1973: Ainsworth • 1974–1975: Newman • 1976–1977: B. Nankervis • 1978–1981: I. Nankervis • 1982: Peake • 1983: I. Nankervis • 1984–1986: Turner • 1987–1989: Bourke • 1990–1991: Bews • 1992–1994: Bairstow • 1995: Ablett/Hinkley/Hocking/Stoneham • 1996: Ablett/Stoneham • 1997–1998: Stoneham • 1999: Hocking/Colbert • 2000–2002: Graham • 2003–2006: King • 2007–2009: Harley • 2010–2011: Ling

Carji Greeves Medal • Geelong Football Club Best and Fairest Winners

1897: McShane • 1903: E. Rankin • 1905: Young • 1906: Young • 1910: Grigg • 1911: Grigg • 1914: Grigg • 1915: Eason • 1917: B. Rankin • 1920: Jones • 1921: McCarter • 1922: Johns • 1923: McCarter • 1927: Todd • 1928: Hickey • 1930: Todd • 1931: Todd • 1932: Moloney • 1933: Hardiman • 1934: Hickey • 1935: Hawking • 1936: Quinn • 1937: Quinn • 1938: Arklay • 1939: Grant • 1940: Arklay • 1941: Knight • 1944: Munday • 1945: Fitzgerald • 1946: Mahon • 1947: White • 1948: Morrison • 1949: Flanagan • 1950: Hyde • 1951: Smith • 1952: Geo. Williams • 1953: Pianto • 1954: Sharp • 1955: Geo. Williams • 1956: Smith • 1957: Davis • 1958: O'Neill • 1959: Rice • 1960: Wooler • 1961: West • 1962: Lord • 1963: Farmer • 1964: Farmer • 1965: Walker • 1966: Marshall • 1967: Goggin • 1968: Newman • 1969: Wade • 1970: Goggin • 1971: Clarke • 1972: I. Nankervis • 1973: B. Nankervis • 1974: B. Nankervis • 1975: Newman • 1976: I. Nankervis • 1977: I. Nankervis • 1978: Clarke • 1979: Clarke • 1980: Blake • 1981: Featherby • 1982: Mossop • 1983: Card • 1984: Ablett, Sr. • 1985: Gre. Williams • 1986: Couch • 1987: Bos • 1988: Bos • 1989: Couch • 1990: Stoneham • 1991: Hocking • 1992: Hinkley • 1993: Hocking • 1994: Hocking • 1995: Couch • 1996: Hocking • 1997: Pickering • 1998: Riccardi • 1999: Graham • 2000: King • 2001: Sanderson • 2002: King • 2003: Scarlett • 2004: Ling • 2005: Corey • 2006: Chapman • 2007: Ablett, Jr. • 2008: Corey • 2009: Ablett, Jr./Enright • 2010: Selwood • 2011: Enright

1991 All-Australian team

Defenders Guy McKenna (West Coast) • Anthony Daniher (Essendon) • Nigel Smart (Adelaide) David Grant (St Kilda) • Paul Roos (Fitzroy) (captain) • Ken Hinkley (Geelong)

Midfielders Chris Mainwaring (West Coast) • Paul Couch (Geelong) • Peter Matera (West Coast)

Forwards Gavin Brown (Collingwood) • Stewart Loewe (St Kilda) • Nicky Winmar (St Kilda) Tony Francis (Collingwood) • Tony Lockett (St Kilda) • Garry Hocking (Geelong)

Followers Jim Stynes (Melbourne) • Mark Bairstow (Geelong) • Barry Mitchell (Sydney)

Interchange Billy Brownless (Geelong) • Craig Turley (West Coast)

Coach Michael Malthouse (West Coast)

1992 All-Australian team

Defenders Ben Hart (Adelaide) • Paul Roos (Fitzroy) (captain) • Gavin Wanganeen (Essendon) Ken Hinkley (Geelong) • Barry Stoneham (Geelong) • Milham Hanna (Carlton)

Midfielders Dean Kemp (West Coast) • Darren Jarman (Hawthorn) • Mick McGuane (Collingwood)

Forwards Robert Harvey (St Kilda) • Stewart Loewe (St Kilda) • Gary Ablett, Sr. (Geelong) Tony McGuinness (Adelaide) • Jason Dunstall (Hawthorn) • Tony Lockett (St Kilda)

Followers Scott Wynd (Footscray) • Chris McDermott (Adelaide) • John Platten (Hawthorn)

Interchange Stephen Kernahan (Carlton) • Mark Bairstow (Geelong)

Coach Terry Wheeler (Footscray)

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Name	Hinkley, Ken
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Date of birth	30 September 1966
Place of birth	Camperdown
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