Nicholas "Nick" Hider is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er who played with Collingwood

Collingwood Football Club

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 in the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (AFL).

Hider came to Collingwood from Camperdown

Camperdown Football Club

The Camperdown Football Club is an Australian rules football club which compete in the Hampden Football League.They are based in the Victorian town of Camperdown and is a foundation club of the Hampden Football League since 1930.-Maskell Medallists:...

, through the 1995 Pre-Season Draft

1994 AFL Draft

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. He appeared in the opening two rounds of the 1995 AFL season

1995 AFL season

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 but didn't play any more senior games.

He won his second Maskell Medal in 2003 while with Warrnambool

Warrnambool Football Club

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, having also won the Hampden Football League "Best and Fairest" award back in 1994, for Camperdown.

In 2007, at the age of 36, he played with Maffra and won the West Gippsland Latrobe Football League

West Gippsland Latrobe Football League

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's top award, the Trood Award-Rodda Medal.

Since 2009 he has been the coach of the Sale City Football Club that plays in the North Gippsland Football League

North Gippsland Football League

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.