Robb Hawkins
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Robb Hawkins is a former Australian rules footballer, playing with Geelong Football Club
in the Victorian Football League
(VFL) and South Adelaide Football Club
in the South Australian National Football League
.
Hawkins, who grew up in Finley, is the brother of Jack Hawkins
and the uncle of current Geelong player Tom Hawkins
. He played 115 games at South Adelaide, including two club best and fairest
awards but his time at Geelong was curtailed due to injury, only playing 3 games in 1984.
Geelong Football Club
The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
in the Victorian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
(VFL) and South Adelaide Football Club
South Adelaide Football Club
South Adelaide Football Club competes in the South Australian National Football League . Known as the Panthers, their home ground is Hickinbotham Oval , located in Noarlunga Downs in the southern suburbs of Adelaide....
in the South Australian National Football League
South Australian National Football League
The South Australian National Football League is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the governing body for the sport of Australian rules football in South Australia....
.
Hawkins, who grew up in Finley, is the brother of Jack Hawkins
Jack Hawkins (footballer)
Jack Hawkins is a former Australian Rules footballer who played 182 games for Geelong from 1973 to 1981. He is the father of current Geelong forward Tom Hawkins and the son-in-law of former Geelong player Fred Le Deux....
and the uncle of current Geelong player Tom Hawkins
Tom Hawkins (footballer)
Thomas "Tom" Jack Hawkins is an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League...
. He played 115 games at South Adelaide, including two club best and fairest
Best and Fairest
Best and Fairest is the term commonly used in Australian sport to describe the player adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition while not receiving a suspension for misconduct or breaching the rules during that season.In the...
awards but his time at Geelong was curtailed due to injury, only playing 3 games in 1984.