Cale Hooker

Cale Hooker
Personal information
Full name Cale Hooker
Date of birth (1988-10-13) 13 October 1988
Original team(s) East Fremantle (WAFL)
Draft No. 54, 2007 National Draft
Height / weight 197 cm / 100 kg[1]
Position(s) Defender / Forward
Club information
Current club Essendon
Number 26
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2008– Essendon 133 (28)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016.
Career highlights

Cale Hooker (born 13 October 1988) is a professional Australian rules footballer, currently playing for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Hooker graduated from Applecross Senior High School and played for East Fremantle in the WAFL.

Hooker was drafted by the Essendon Football Club with pick 54 in the 2007 national draft and made his debut against the Western Bulldogs in round 21, 2008.[2]

In 2009 and 2010 Hooker established himself as one of the club's key-position defenders. In 2011 Hooker made a good start to the season but tore a hamstring in round 13 and played only one further game for the season. During the trade period after the 2012 season Essendon contemplated trading Hooker to the West Coast Eagles. However, Hooker, who had a year to run on his contract, declined to be traded.[3]

In 2014 Hooker was Essendon's most reliable backman, coming second in the W.S. Crichton Medal and winning All-Australian selection for the first time.

In 2015 Hooker was elevated to Essendon's Leadership Group. He started the year in defence but was switched to the forward line halfway through the season. He became a useful goal scorer and finished the season with 21 goals. He was awarded the W. S. Crichton Medal as Essendon's best and fairest.[4]

Hooker is noted for his marking ability and took in excess of 150 marks in each of 2013, 2014 and 2015.

On 12 January 2016 Hooker was named as one of 34 past and present Essendon players found guilty over their use of illegal supplements during the 2012 AFL season. As a result, Hooker was suspended for 2 years, effective from November 2014, which meant he missed the entire 2016 AFL season.[5]

The suspension sparked strong speculation that Hooker would leave Essendon as a free agent. However, during the morning of Wednesday 27th of April, Hooker signed a 5 year contract with Essendon in a strong display of loyalty.[6] It was later revealed he rejected bigger offers from Fremantle, Hawthorn, North Melbourne, Melbourne and Collingwood to stay at Essendon.

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of round 20, 2015.[7]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team # Games G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
Totals Averages (per game)
2008 Essendon 26 2 0 0 3 17 20 7 1 0.0 0.0 1.5 8.5 10.0 3.5 0.5
2009 Essendon 26 16 3 3 72 173 245 74 53 0.2 0.2 4.5 10.8 15.3 4.6 3.3
2010 Essendon 26 18 2 1 81 174 255 71 39 0.1 0.1 4.5 9.7 14.2 3.9 2.2
2011 Essendon 26 13 0 0 99 99 198 66 20 0.0 0.0 7.6 7.6 15.2 5.1 1.5
2012 Essendon 26 17 0 2 149 125 274 95 28 0.0 0.1 8.8 7.4 16.1 5.6 1.6
2013 Essendon 26 22 2 0 197 198 395 151 44 0.1 0.0 9.0 9.0 18.0 6.9 2.0
2014 Essendon 26 23 0 0 240 182 422 170 35 0.0 0.0 10.4 7.9 18.4 7.4 1.5
2015 Essendon 26 19 13 17 203 136 339 141 44 0.7 0.9 10.7 7.2 17.8 7.4 2.3
Career 130 20 23 1044 1104 2148 775 264 0.2 0.2 8.0 8.5 16.5 6.0 2.0

References

  1. ↑ unnamed, unnamed (16 December 2015). "Senior List 26 Cale Hooker".
  2. ↑ Ralph, Jon (21 August 2008). "Essendon names first-gamer Cale Hooker for Bulldogs clash".
  3. ↑ Twomey, Callum (25 May 2013). "Trade rejection spurs Hooker to great heights".
  4. ↑ Twomey, Callum (16 September 2015). "Swingman Hooker's versatility rewarded with Crichton Medal win". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  5. ↑ Travis King (12 January 2016). "Guilty: court bans the Essendon 34 for 2016". Australian Football League. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  6. ↑ Nick Bowen (27 April 2016). "Another Don Deal". Australian Football League. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  7. ↑ Cale Hooker's player profile at AFL Tables

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