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Jon Hassall

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Jon Hassall
Personal information
Full name Jon Hassall
Date of birth (1973-08-14) 14 August 1973 (age 51)
Original team(s) Warrandyte
Height 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 77 kg (170 lb)
Position(s) Defender/Tagger
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1994–1996 Collingwood 50 (12)
1997–1999 Hawthorn 44 (5)
Total 94 (17)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1999.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jon Hassall (born 14 August 1973) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Hawthorn in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the 1990s.

A tagger, Hassall played at Collingwood mostly in the back pocket or midfield and received a 1994 AFL Rising Star nomination for his efforts against Geelong late in his debut season.[1] He played 23 games that year, including a qualifying final and had 353 disposals. Hassall, who was originally from Warrandyte, added a further 19 games in 1995. With Collingwood having a poor season in 1996 and Hassall managing just eight games, he was let go by the club and picked up by Hawthorn in the pre-season draft.

He spent three seasons with Hawthorn and ended the 1998 AFL season well with three Brownlow Medal votes for his performance against Fremantle in the final round.[2] Hassall was delisted a year later but kept playing football in the Essendon District Football League after a stint at the South Adelaide Football Club.

Hassall now trains thoroughbred racehorses with partner Kate Goodrich in Kilmore, Victoria.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  2. ^ "Jon Hassall". AFL Tables.
  3. ^ "Halo a nocturnal". Newspaper House. 17 November 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2012.[permanent dead link]