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{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1960}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Doug Hawkins
| image = Doug Hawkins Statue (48742999558).jpg
| caption = Statue of Hawkins outside [[Braybrook, Victoria|Braybrook]] Hotel
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|5|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = 
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| nickname = Dancing Dougie, Hawk
| originalteam = [[Braybrook Sporting Club|Braybrook]] ([[Western Region Football League|WRFL]])
| height = 180 cm
| weight = 79 kg
| position = Midfielder/Half Forward
| statsend = 1995
| years1 = 1978&ndash;1994
| club1 = [[Footscray Football Club|Footscray]]
| games_goals1 = 329 (216)
| years2 = 1995
| club2 = [[Fitzroy Football Club|Fitzroy]]
| games_goals2 = {{0}}21 {{0}}(11)
| games_goalstotal = 350 (227)
| sooteam1 = [[Victoria Australian rules football team|Victoria]]
| soogames_goals1 = ?      (?)
| careerhighlights = * [[Charles Sutton Medal]]: 1985
* [[List of Western Bulldogs leading goalkickers|Footscray leading Goal Kicker]]: 1991
* [[List of Western Bulldogs captains|Footscray Captain]]: 1990–1993
* VFL Team of the Year: 1984, 1986
}}
'''Douglas James Hawkins''' (born 5 May 1960) is a former [[Australian rules football]]er who represented {{AFL Foo}} and {{AFL Fit}} in the [[Australian Football League]] (AFL). He also enjoyed a brief career in media and ran for the Senate, as a member of [[Palmer United Party]], in the [[2013 Australian federal election]].<ref name=Palmer>{{cite news|title=AFL Legend Doug Hawkins stands for Palmer United Party|url=http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/afl-legend-doug-hawkins-stands-for-palmer-party-20130611-2o1o8.html|access-date=2013-06-11|work=The Age|date=2013-06-11}}</ref>

==Early career==
Hawkins hailed from the industrialised, working class western suburbs of [[Melbourne]], and although he was a [[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]] supporter in his youth, competition zoning rules in effect prior to the adoption of a national draft, dictated that Hawkins' rights were 'zoned' to {{AFL Foo}}, given his suburb of residence was nearby [[Braybrook, Victoria|Braybrook]]. He got his wish, making his VFL debut for Footscray in 1978 as a teenager.

==Football career==

===Footscray===
Hawkins made his debut in Round 1 1978, against the team he grew up barracking for, the North Melbourne Kangaroos, he recorded 7 disposals and a goal. He played 18 games in his debut season, recording 241 disposals and kicking 11 goals for the season. He played all 22 games in his second season and kicked 17 goals. Over the next few years, he began to make a name for himself as one of the finest [[Australian rules football positions#Midfield|wingers]] the game has ever seen, so much so that at the team's home ground, the [[Western Oval]],  the outer wing of the ground was named the "Doug Hawkins Wing".

Hawkins made the VFL team of the year for the first time in the 1984 season, a season in which Hawkins amassed 446 disposals and booted 9 goals for the year. His finest individual season came in 1985, winning the [[Charles Sutton Medal]], his first and only best and fairest award of his career. 1985 saw Hawkins rack up 531 disposals and kick 7 goals for the year. He backed up his 1985 season by making the VFL team of the year again in 1986.

==Captaincy==
Hawkins was named Captain of Footscray at the beginning of the 1990 season, taking over from Stephen Wallis, he captained the club from 1990 to 1993 and Hawkins was played uncharacteristically as a small forward, as opposed to the wing. He kicked 38 goals in 1991 to win the club goalkicking and followed it up in 1992 with 42 goals. His final season for Footscray came in 1994, with one of his last game's being a famous one, as he broke [[Ted Whitten]]'s long-standing club record of 321 for Footscray, and Whitten was on hand to congratulate him.

==Fitzroy ==
However, after playing 329 games and kicking 216 goals for the Bulldogs, at the conclusion of the 1994 season his contract was not renewed, so he moved to the Fitzroy Football Club for the 1995 season; he played 21 games and kicked 11 goals for the club before announcing his retirement.

==Statistics==
:<ref>[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/D/Doug_Hawkins.html Doug Hawkins' player profile at AFL Tables]</ref>
{{AFL player statistics legend}}
{{AFL player statistics start}}
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1978 VFL season|1978]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Foo}}
| 7 || 18 || 11 || 7 || 157 || 84 || 241 || 65 || {{n/a}} || 0.6 || 0.4 || 8.7 || 4.7 || 13.4 || 3.6 || {{n/a}}
|- 
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1979 VFL season|1979]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Foo}}
| 7 || 22 || 17 || 13 || 279 || 106 || 385 || 64 || {{n/a}} || 0.8 || 0.6 || 12.7 || 4.8 || 17.5 || 2.9 || {{n/a}}
|- style="background:#eaeaea;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1980 VFL season|1980]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Foo}}
| 7 || 12 || 5 || 7 || 138 || 81 || 219 || 38 || {{n/a}} || 0.4 || 0.6 || 11.5 || 6.8 || 18.3 || 3.2 || {{n/a}}
|- 
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1981 VFL season|1981]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Foo}}
| 7 || 21 || 12 || 11 || 219 || 189 || 408 || 73 || {{n/a}} || 0.6 || 0.5 || 10.4 || 9.0 || 19.4 || 3.5 || {{n/a}}
|- style="background:#eaeaea;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1982 VFL season|1982]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Foo}}
| 7 || 16 || 5 || 5 || 198 || 132 || 330 || 48 || {{n/a}} || 0.3 || 0.3 || 12.4 || 8.3 || 20.6 || 3.0 || {{n/a}}
|- 
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1983 VFL season|1983]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Foo}}
| 7 || 19 || 6 || 6 || 254 || 179 || 433 || 74 || {{n/a}} || 0.3 || 0.3 || 13.4 || 9.4 || 22.8 || 3.9 || {{n/a}}
|- style="background:#eaeaea;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1984 VFL season|1984]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Foo}}
| 7 || 22 || 9 || 13 || 290 || 156 || 446 || 99 || {{n/a}} || 0.4 || 0.6 || 13.2 || 7.1 || 20.3 || 4.5 || {{n/a}}
|- 
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1985 VFL season|1985]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Foo}}
| 7 || 24 || 7 || 8 || 349 || 182 || 531 || 172 || {{n/a}} || 0.3 || 0.3 || 14.5 || 7.6 || 22.1 || 7.2 || {{n/a}}
|- style="background:#eaeaea;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1986 VFL season|1986]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Foo}}
| 7 || 16 || 2 || 4 || 198 || 98 || 296 || 92 || {{n/a}} || 0.1 || 0.3 || 12.4 || 6.1 || 18.5 || 5.8 || {{n/a}}
|- 
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1987 VFL season|1987]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Foo}}
| 7 || 12 || 6 || 2 || 144 || 90 || 234 || 72 || 8 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 12.0 || 7.5 || 19.5 || 6.0 || 0.7
|- style="background:#eaeaea;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1988 VFL season|1988]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Foo}}
| 7 || 20 || 7 || 3 || 198 || 161 || 359 || 90 || 22 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 9.9 || 8.1 || 18.0 || 4.5 || 1.1
|- 
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1989 VFL season|1989]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Foo}}
| 7 || 20 || 8 || 4 || 266 || 206 || 472 || 127 || 33 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 13.3 || 10.3 || 23.6 || 6.4 || 1.7
|- style="background:#eaeaea;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1990 AFL season|1990]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Foo}}
| 7 || 21 || 28 || 12 || 248 || 145 || 393 || 101 || 16 || 1.3 || 0.6 || 11.8 || 6.9 || 18.7 || 4.8 || 0.8
|- 
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1991 AFL season|1991]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Foo}}
| 7 || 22 || 38 || 33 || 248 || 119 || 367 || 116 || 20 || 1.7 || 1.5 || 11.3 || 5.4 || 16.7 || 5.3 || 0.9
|- style="background:#eaeaea;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1992 AFL season|1992]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Foo}}
| 7 || 23 || 42 || 22 || 254 || 155 || 409 || 123 || 26 || 1.8 || 1.0 || 11.0 || 6.7 || 17.8 || 5.3 || 1.1
|- 
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1993 AFL season|1993]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Foo}}
| 7 || 20 || 6 || 11 || 200 || 156 || 356 || 88 || 21 || 0.3 || 0.6 || 10.0 || 7.8 || 17.8 || 4.4 || 1.1
|- style="background:#eaeaea;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1994 AFL season|1994]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Foo}}
| 7 || 21 || 7 || 8 || 143 || 88 || 231 || 53 || 23 || 0.3 || 0.4 || 6.8 || 4.2 || 11.0 || 2.5 || 1.1
|- 
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1995 AFL season|1995]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Fit}}
| 3 || 21 || 11 || 3 || 180 || 162 || 342 || 68 || 32 || 0.5 || 0.1 || 8.6 || 7.7 || 16.3 || 3.2 || 1.5
|- class="sortbottom"
! colspan=3| Career
! 350
! 227
! 172
! 3963
! 2489
! 6452
! 1563
! 201
! 0.6
! 0.5
! 11.3
! 7.1
! 18.4
! 4.5
! 1.1
|}

==Accolades and Honours==
During his playing career, Hawkins won the [[Charlie Sutton Medal|club best and fairest award]] in 1985, represented Victoria five times, and was named in the [[All-Australian|AFL Team of the Year]] in 1984 and 1986. Upon reaching 300 senior games, he was awarded AFL Life Membership in 1993.<ref>2013, p. 1067</ref> 
After retiring, Hawkins was awarded Father of the Year in 1998 and was one of the torch bearers for the [[2000 Olympic Games]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classiccomedycompany.com/Sports-Personalities/doug-hawkins.html|title=Doug Hawkins-Sports Personalities-Performers|access-date=3 October 2016}}</ref> When the Bulldogs' Team of the Century was announced in 2002, Hawkins was named on the wing as vice-captain. In 2004, he was inducted into the [[Australian Football Hall of Fame|AFL Hall of Fame]]. In 2010, he was inducted into the Western Bulldogs Hall of Fame before being upgraded to Club Legend status in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|date=12 March 2014|title=Doug Hawkins made a Legend, three inducted to Hall of Fame|url=http://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/news/2014-03-12/hawkins-made-a-legend-three-inducted|publisher=westernbulldogs.com.au}}</ref>

==Media career==
Off the field, Hawkins was known as an old-fashioned Aussie larrikin, someone who himself acknowledged he was not one of the smartest people going around, but was always up for a laugh. As a panel member of the [[Nine Network]]'s ''[[The AFL Footy Show|The Footy Show]]'' during the mid-1990s, he was often portrayed as the show's [[court jester]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/west/doug-hawkins-tired-of-court-jester-label/story-fngnvmj7-1226662503723|title=Doug Hawkins tired of court jester label|first=Patrick|last=Lane|date=12 June 2013}}</ref> In 1998, Hawkins moved to the [[Seven Network]] and appeared on a Wednesday night rival to ''The Footy Show'', ''[[Live and Kicking (Australian TV program)|Live and Kicking]]''.

==Politics==
Hawkins stood as a candidate for a Victorian Senate seat in the [[2013 Australian federal election|2013 Australian Federal Election]] as a member of [[Palmer United Party]].<ref name=Palmer/>

==Personal life==
Hawkins is married to Raelene, who appeared on [[Fox Footy]]'s ''Living with Footballers'' before it was axed at the end of 2004. They have three children – a son and two daughters. Doug currently resides near [[Bacchus Marsh]] and has served as a coach of the [[Bacchus Marsh Football Club]].{{citation needed|date=August 2013}}

== References ==
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==Bibliography==
*{{cite book
|year=2013
|editor1-last=Lovett
|editor1-first=Michael
|title=AFL Record Season Guide 2013
|location=Docklands, VIC
|publisher=AFL Media
|issn=1839-8383
}}

==External links==
* {{AustralianFootball}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928042351/http://prod.www.afl.cfour.com.au/Season2007/Awards/HallofFame/Players/tabid/856/Default.aspx AFL: Hall of Fame]

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{{1986 VFL Team of the Year}}
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{{1994 AFL national draft}}

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