Paul Dear

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Paul Dear
Personal information
Date of birth	(1966-12-28) 28 December 1966
Original team	Churchill
Debut	1987, Hawthorn
Height/Weight	188cms / 106kgs
Playing career¹
Hawthorn (1987-96) 123 games, 80 goals
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 1996 season.
Career highlights
1991 Norm Smith Medal

Paul Dear (born 28 December 1966) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn.

Younger brother of fellow Hawk ruckman Greg Dear, Paul was the smaller of the two, Greg stood at 199 cm to Paul's 188cm. Though giving away inches to taller opponents Paul would occasionally second ruck for the team. The Dear brothers were recruited when the Latrobe Valley was in the Hawthorn zone. A half forward, Dear made his debut in the 1987 season and played in that year's Grand Final. He filled in for the unavailable Jason Dunstall at full forward but ended up on the losing side.

Unable to break into the side during back to back premiership years of 1988 and 1989 Dear was consistently named as emergency.

In 1990 he got a regular game, playing 23 games and his form continued into 1991. He got his premiership medallion, helping Hawthorn defeat West Coast in the 1991 Grand Final with two goals and winning the Norm Smith Medal. Dear almost single handedly turned a nine point deficit into a ten point half time lead by dominating across the Hawthorn half forward line and setting up several goals.

He turned his skills to coaching in the Victorian countryside. He was successful in leading Apollo Bay to a premiership in the Colac & District Football League.

External links

Paul Dear's statistics from AFL Tables
Profile at Hawksheadquarters.com

v t e Hawthorn Football Club 1991 AFL Premiers

Hawthorn 20.19 (139) defeated West Coast Eagles 13.8 (86), at Waverley Park

Captain: 17. Tuck 1. Jencke 2. Mew 3. Condon 4. Collins 6. Hall 7. Ayres 8. Anderson 11. Jarman 12. Lawrence 13. Dear 15. Allan 16. Gowers 18. Pritchard 19. Dunstall 23. Brereton 24. Langford 33. Hudson 35. Morrissey 44. Platten

Coach: Joyce

v t e Norm Smith Medal winners

1979: Harmes 1980: Bartlett 1981: Doull 1982: Rioli 1983: Robertson 1984: Duckworth 1985: Madden 1986: Ayres 1987: Rhys-Jones 1988: Ayres 1989: Ablett 1990: Shaw 1991: Dear 1992: Matera 1993: Long 1994: Kemp 1995: Williams 1996: Archer 1997: McLeod 1998: McLeod 1999: Grant 2000: Hird 2001: Hart 2002: Buckley 2003: Black 2004: Pickett 2005: Judd 2006: Embley 2007: Johnson 2008: Hodge 2009: Chapman 2010 draw: Hayes 2010 replay: Pendlebury 2011: Bartel 2012: O'Keefe 2013: Lake

italics denotes the player won the Norm Smith Medal in a losing side

Preceded by Tony Shaw	Norm Smith Medallist 1991	Succeeded by Peter Matera

Persondata
Name	Dear, Paul
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	28 December 1966
Place of birth
Date of death
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