Josh Hill

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Josh Hill

Personal information
Full name	Josh Hill
Date of birth	(1989-01-19) 19 January 1989
Place of birth	Broome, Western Australia
Original team	Claremont (WAFL)
Draft	61st overall, 2006 National Draft (Western Bulldogs)
Height/Weight	185 cm / 86 kg
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current club	West Coast
Number	33
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2007–2011 2012- Total	Western Bulldogs West Coast	66 (75) 42 (64) 108 (139)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
2009	Indigenous All-Stars	1 (0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2013 season.
Career highlights
AFL Rising Star nominee 2008

Josh Hill (born 19 January 1989) is an Australian rules footballer, currently listed with the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Western Bulldogs.

Career

Originally from Broome in the Kimberley region of Western Australia,^[1] Hill moved to Perth, where he attended Trinity College. He was zoned to Claremont in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), but did not play a senior game for the club.^[2]

He was drafted by the Western Bulldogs with selection 61 in the 2006 National Draft, and made his AFL debut in round 17 of the 2007 season against the West Coast Eagles. In round two, 2008, Hill was named the Rising Star nominee.^[3] In 2009, Hill played 23 games, kicking 33 goals as a half-forward flanker and forward pocket. Hill struggled for form in 2010 and 2011, playing 24 games between the two seasons, and kicking 26 goals.^[4]

Hill was traded to the West Coast Eagles in October 2011 in exchange for the 49th pick overall in the 2011 National Draft.^[5] He made his debut for West Coast in round one of the 2012 season, scoring three goals.^[6] Hill again kicked three goals in the second round of the season, against Melbourne.^[7]

References

↑ Josh Hill – kimberleypage.com.au. Published 1 May 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
↑ H – wafl.com.au. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
↑ Jennifer Witham, NAB AFL Rising Star: round 2, AFL BigPond Network, 1 April 2008. Retrieved on 6 April 2008.
↑ Josh Hill – AFLTables. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
↑ Trades as they happen – afl.com.au. Published 17 October 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
↑ Eagles soar over dogs – Australian Football League. Published 1 April 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
↑ West Coast Eagles vs. Melbourne – Australian Football League. Published 7 April 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2012.

External links

Josh Hill's profile on the official website of the Western Bulldogs
Josh Hill's statistics from AFL Tables

West Coast Eagles – current squad

1 Brown
2 LeCras
3 Gaff
4 Sheed
5 Sheppard
6 Yeo
7 Masten
8 Waters
9 Naitanui
10 Selwood (vc)
11 Priddis
12 Wellingham
13 Shuey
14 Brennan
15 Cripps
16 Mackenzie
17 Kennedy (vc)
18 Ellis
19 Carter
20 Cox
21 Colledge
22 Sinclair*
23 Glass (c)
24 Rosa
25 Hurn
26 Butler
27 Darling
28 Smith
29 Lycett
30 Wilson
31 Schofield
32 Tunbridge
33 Hill
34 Hutchings
35 McGinnity
36 McInnes
37 Barrass
38 Newman*
39 Karpany
40 Main
41 Maginness*
42 McGovern
43 Powell*
44 Bennell

Coach: Simpson

*rookie-listed player

2009 Indigenous All-Stars team

v t e 2008 AFL Rising Star nominees

Rd 1: Houli Rd 2: Hill Rd 3: Palmer Rd 4: Jack Rd 5: McKinley Rd 6: Rioli Rd 7: Wonaeamirri Rd 8: Tippett Rd 9: Ibbotson Rd 10: Brown Rd 11: Kreuzer Rd 12: Cotchin Rd 13: J. Morton Rd 14: Garland Rd 15: Riewoldt Rd 16: Reimers Rd 17: Ebert Rd 18: Urquhart Rd 19: Grigg Rd 20: C. Morton Rd 21: Dalziell Rd 22: Carlile

v t e Australian squad – 2013 International Rules Series

Captain: Wells Armstrong D. Barry Betts Aaron Davey Alwyn Davey Edwards Ellis-Yolmen Franklin Harbrow J. Hill Leroy Jetta Lewis Jetta Lovett-Murray McGrath Motlop Neade Stokes Thomas Wellingham Yarran Coach: O'Loughlin

v t e 2006 AFL National Draft

First round	1. Bryce Gibbs 2. Scott Gumbleton 3. Lachlan Hansen 4. Matthew Leuenberger 5. Travis Boak 6. Mitch Thorp 7. Joel Selwood 8. Ben Reid 9. David Armitage 10. Nathan Brown 11. Andrejs Everitt 12. James Frawley 13. Jack Riewoldt 14. James Sellar 15. Daniel O'Keefe 16. Mitch Brown 17. Shaun Hampson (PP) 18. Leroy Jetta (PP)

Second round	19. Shaun Grigg 20. Tom Hislop 21. Gavin Urquhart 22. Albert Proud 23. Paul Stewart 24. Brent Renouf 25. Nathan Djerrkura 26. Shane Edwards 27. Brad Howard 28. Chris Dawes 29. Eric Mackenzie 30. Ricky Petterd 31. Clayton Collard 32. Kurt Tippett 33. Jarryd Morton 34. Chris Schmidt

Third round	35. Mark Austin 36. Alwyn Davey 37. Todd Goldstein 38. James Hawksley 39. Nathan Krakouer 40. Josh P. Kennedy (F/S) 41. Tom Hawkins (F/S) 42. Bachar Houli 43. Tim Houlihan 44. Brad Dick 45. Brennan Stack 46. Colin Garland 47. Kyle Reimers 48. David Mackay 49. Daniel Currie 50. Will Schofield

Fourth round	51. Clint Benjamin 52. Brock O'Brien 53. Lindsay Thomas 54. Matt Tyler 55. Robbie Gray 56. Garry Moss 57. Simon Hogan 58. Daniel Connors 59. Jarryd Allen 60. Carl Peterson 61. Josh Hill 62. Isaac Weetra 63. Tyson Goldsack 64. Nick Gill 65. Peter Faulks 66. Malcolm Lynch

Fifth round	67. Joe Anderson 69. Ben Warren 70. Sam Sheldon 71. Justin Westhoff 73. Andrew Collins 74. Matthew Ferguson 76. Paul O'Shea 77. Calib Mourish 78. Bryce Campbell 79. Jesse White 80. James Thomson

Sixth round	82. Aaron Edwards 83. Ryan Williams

Seventh round	86. David Rodan

Persondata
Name	Hill, Josh
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	19 January 1989
Place of birth	Broome, Western Australia, Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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