Brendan Whitecross

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Brendan Whitecross
Personal information
Full name	Brendan Whitecross
Date of birth	(1990-01-25) 25 January 1990
Place of birth	Australia
Original team	Zillmere Eagles
Draft	29th overall, 2007 Hawthorn
Height/Weight	184cm / 86 kg
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current club	Hawthorn
Number	11
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2009–	Hawthorn	84 (38)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2013 season.

Brendan Whitecross (born 25 January 1990) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League (AFL) with the Hawthorn Football Club.

He is an all round sportsman having represented his state in Athletics and is an accomplished cricketer, cross country runner, rugby union player and swimmer and Captained his schools St Patrick's College, Shorncliffe, Brisbane Athletics Squad.

Whitecross started his football life at the Kedron Districts Junior Football Club in Brisbane, Queensland playing there for 11 seasons before moving on to the Zillmere Eagles to commence his senior career. He represented Queensland in under 12s (2002), under 16s (2005–2006), captaining the team in 2006 and in under 18s in 2007. He was selected to the AIS/AFL Academy and traveled with the Australian under 17 team to South Africa in 2007.

Taken with Hawthorn second pick in the 2007, Whitecross spent the entire 2008 season in the VFL developing his craft with Hawthorn affiliate Box Hill.

Whitecross, who debuted in the round 1 grand final replay against Geelong .On 14 June 2009, Whitecross re-signed with Hawthorn Football Club for two more seasons.^[1] Whitecross closed an outstanding 2009 season at Hawthorn by winning the club's 2009 "Most Improved Player" Award. He polled 31 votes to finish 19th in the best and fairest vote-count.

By 2011 Whitecross had cemented his place in the Hawthorn line-up. It was his ability to apply pressure, to find the ball, present as a link up option going forward and uncanny goal sense that immediately made him a dangerous player.^[2] His sure hands enable him to become an important link man as the Hawks moved the ball from the middle to the forward line.

Whitecross ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee against Collingwood in the 2012 qualifying final, requiring a reconstruction.^[3]

He change numbers in 2013 from 37 to now 11 after Clinton Young opted to move to Collingwood.

Whitecross again ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee against Geelong in the 2013 Preliminary final, Hawthorn went on to win the game breaking an 11 game losing streak to Geelong since 2008. His injury means he will miss the 2013 AFL Grand Final and much of the 2014 Season.

References

External links

Brendan Whitecross's profile on the official website of the Hawthorn Football Club
Brendan Whitecross's statistics from AFL Tables

Hawthorn Football Club – current squad

2 Roughead (vc)
3 Lewis (vc)
4 Suckling
5 Mitchell
6 Gibson
7 McEvoy
8 Duryea
9 Burgoyne
10 Hill
11 Whitecross
12 Sewell
13 Cheney
14 Birchall
15 Hodge (c)
16 Smith
17 Lake
18 Ceglar
19 Gunston
20 Hale
21 Ross*
22 Breust
23 O'Brien
24 Stratton
25 Schoenmakers
26 Shiels
27 Spangher
28 Puopolo
29 Langford
30 Lowden
31 Litherland
32 Simpkin
33 Rioli
34 Kelly
35 Grimley
36 Wanganeen*
37 Anderson
38 Hallahan
39 Woodward
40 Hartung
41 Sicily
42 Brand
43 Willsmore*
44 Garlett
45 Webster*
46 Heatherley*
47 Tatupu*

Coach: Clarkson

*Rookie Listed players

v t e 2007 AFL National Draft

First round	1. Matthew Kreuzer 2. Trent Cotchin 3. Chris Masten 4. Cale Morton 5. Jarrad Grant 6. David Myers 7. Rhys Palmer 8. Lachie Henderson 9. Ben McEvoy 10. Patrick Dangerfield 11. Patrick Veszpremi 12. Cyril Rioli 13. Brad Ebert 14. Jack Grimes 15. Robbie Tarrant 16. Matthew Lobbe 17. Harry Taylor 18. Alex Rance (PP)

Second round	19. Callan Ward 20. Tony Notte 21. Addam Maric 22. Scott Selwood 23. Tayte Pears 24. Clayton Hinkley 25. Tom Collier 26. Brett Meredith 27. Andy Otten 28. Marlon Motlop 29. Brendan Whitecross 30. Jarrhan Jacky 31. John McCarthy 32. Levi Greenwood 33. Matthew Westhoff 34. Dawson Simpson

Third round	35. Sam Reid 36. Steven Browne 37. Scott Thompson 38. Myke Cook 39. Darcy Daniher (F/S) 40. Chris Mayne 41. James Polkinghorne 42. Jack Steven 43. Easton Wood 44. Scott Simpson 45. Stuart Dew 46. Dennis Armfield 47. Toby Thoolen 48. Jarrad Boumann 49. Mitch Farmer 50. Dan McKenna

Fourth round	51. Dean Putt 52. Bradd Dalziell 53. Kyle Cheney 54. Cale Hooker 55. Mark Johnson 56. Matt Austin 57. Fraser Gehrig 58. Tony Armstrong 59. Craig Bird 60. Adam Donohue (F/S) 61. Jaxson Barham (F/S) 62. Josh Smith 63. Guy O'Keefe

Fifth round	66. Tom McNamara 69. Kepler Bradley 70. Eljay Connors 71. Aaron Kite 72. Blake Grima

Sixth round	75. Taylor Walker (NSWSP)

Persondata
Name	Whitecross, Brendan
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	25 January 1990
Place of birth	Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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